Juan Ayuso claimed victory in the time trial of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg, moving up to second place in the overall standings.

On Saturday, Spaniard Juan Ayuso triumphed in the time trial of the Skoda Tour de Luxembourg, narrowing the gap to the overall leader.

His performance over the 15.5-kilometre course that started and ended in Differdange earned him a seven-second lead over second-place finisher Antonio Tiberi of Italy and third-place finisher Mads Pedersen of Denmark.

With this win, Ayuso moved up to second place in the general ranking, trailing the overall leader Mathieu van der Poel by just three seconds. Van der Poel, who finished fifth in the time trial, retains his lead in the standings.

The top performer from Luxembourg on Saturday was Alex Kirsch, who achieved a commendable 10th place, finishing 31 seconds behind Ayuso.

Stage result

1 AYUSO Juan 19.11,03
2 TIBERI Antonio 0.07,09
3 PEDERSEN Mads 0.11,31
4 HIRSCHI Marc 0.14,89
5 VAN DER POEL Mathieu 0.19,12
6 GROßSCHARTNER Felix 0.20,22
7 MILESI Lorenzo 0.20,78
8 SIMMONS Quinn 0.26,15
9 SWEENY Harry 0.26,46
10 KIRSCH Alex 0.31,11

20 WENZEL Mats 0.54,85

27 JUNGELS Bob 1.05,14

37 GENIETS Kevin 1.19,16

68 KOCKELMANN Mathieu 1.50,19

88 KESS Alexandre 2.52,35

91 URY Noé 2.59,22

93 WALLENBORN Arno 3.02,31

General ranking

1 VAN DER POEL Mathieu 12:41:18
2 AYUSO Juan 0:03
3 VANSEVENANT Mauri,,
4 HIRSCHI Marc 0:08
5 TIBERI Antonio  0:10
6 SWEENY Harry 0:28
7 GAUDU David 0:39
8 PIGANZOLI Davide 0:46
9 WENZEL Mats 0:57
10 KELDERMAN Wilco 1:02

33 JUNGELS Bob 3:01

46 GENIETS Kevin 10:23

55 WALLENBORN Arno 13:24

61 KIRSCH Alex 18:34

77 URY Noé 28:39

91 KESS Alexandre 35:42