Rolling coverage of Sunday’s team time trialStage one report: Teunissen pips Sagan in photo finishMerckx casts shadow over Belgium’s current cropEmail michael.butler@theguardian.com | Tweet @michaelbutler18 3.00pm BST Jakob Fuglsang, one of the GC contenders that sustained a nasty crash yesterday, has been talking to the cameras. His team, Astana, currently lie in fifth place today. I’m quite happy with it. The team did a decent time trial. I’m happy that I could also turn with the guys. We worked hard to get ready and I was able to battle it out without too much pain. I was of course tired in the head [after he hit his head in yesterday] but today I am OK. It’s the leg that is causing me problems and unfortunately that’s what you need in the Tour. 2.52pm BST Two of the strongest time trial teams, Sunweb and Adam Yates’s Mitchelton–Scott, are still in the mix. Sunweb are six seconds off the pace through the first checkpoint, while Mitchelton–Scott are just rolling out of the starting blocks. #TDF2019 And we’re off! Team INEOS are the fastest team as it stands with a time of 29’18” ⏱ pic.twitter.com/yvxkqzX5lt Continue reading…
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