Briton Ethan Vernon won the prologue of the Tour of Germany where he took the lead in the general classification for a second ahead of Dane Mads Pedersen on Wednesday in Sankt Wendel.
The young Soudal-Quick Step rider (22 years old) covered the 2.3 kilometers of the course in 2 minutes 23 seconds at an average speed of 57.6 km/h to sign the 8th victory of his career, the 5th this season. . Thursday, the first stage connects Sankt Wendel to Merzig over 189 km with the Ellerberg coast (1.8 km at 6.2%) to be crossed twice, the last time 8 k from the line.
