Team Jayco AlUla were probably the pleasant surprise of the
Paris-Nice team time trial. Despite being a man down (Luke Durbridge abandoned with broken collarbone in stage two), the men in purple flew through the course in a second fastest time of the day. Great news for GC ambitions of
Ben O'Connor who moved up to 4th.
"On the circuit, you had to be careful not to overdo it and then horsepower in the middle was the key thing," says O'Connor in
press release. "I don’t think we could have gone faster. It sucked to lose Luke yesterday, he’s a huge engine and there were parts there where I think one extra guy would have helped. I still think it was a great ride."