134 starters and as in previous years many good teams in the Czech Republic tour. At the start also the World Tour teams of BORA-hansgrohe (Großschartner) and Mitchelton-Scott (Impey), as well as Gazprom Rusvelo (Arslanov), Nero Sottoli (Visconti), Vini Fantini (Cima), and Team Vorarlberg Santic!

Team Vorarlberg Santic entered the team time trial with the first row today. Schelling, Thalmann, Steimle, Diaz and Co. want to deliver a strong performance on this UCI 2.1 stage race.

Today the first stage in Ostrava with a team time trial over 16 kilometers. Team Vorarlberg Santic ride a strong race and finished fifth. Beaten only by the teams Mitchelton-Scott, Elkov-Author, BORA-hansgrohe and the Team CCC.

Tomorrow Stage 2 from Olomouc to Frydek-Mistek (186 Km).

Squad Team Vorarlberg Santic: Patrick Schelling, Roland Thalmann, Colin Stüssi, Maximilian Kuen, Davide Orrico, Jose Manuel Diaz Gallego, Jannik Steimle;

Result: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/czech-cycling-tour/2019/stage-1
Organizer: http://www.czechcyclingtour.cz/zavody/czech-cycling-tour/
Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/czech-cycling-tour/2019/stage-1/startlist