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First Endurance rider Gregory Rast (Team Astana) is the first leader in the 69th Tour of Luxembourg . Rast was the fastest rider in the prologue, a 2.7 kilometer time trial in the streets of the capital of Luxembourg. The Team had another solid performance with three riders finishing in the top ten. Assan Bazayev finished fourth and Andreas Klöden sixth.
Three-time Swiss road champion Gregory Rast was extremely pleased with his first victory of the 2009 season. Earlier this year for two days he wore the yellow leader’s jersey in the Tour de Romandie (ProTour). “I had this prologue already a long time in my mind. The last two years I was good in this prologue, but could not win it. Now I am much stronger. My sprints are better. This prologue was a long sprint. Of course I will try to keep the leader’s jersey. In 2007 I won the overall classification. I would like to repeat that victory. The climbs are not so steep or hard here. I hope to be able to not lose time uphill on the Schlecks and the Italian riders. On the other hand, with Assan Bazayev and Andreas Klöden, we have two other riders able to win this Tour of Luxemburg.” Result Prologue: Luxembourg, ITT 2.7 km 1 Gregory Rast (Astana) 3.46; 2 Jonathan Hivert 0.02; 3 Romain Feillu
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