The roads of Luxembourg celebrate Kevin Pezzo Rosola. The son of a cycling family has won the time trial prologue of the Fleche du Sud, starting and finishing in Dudelange, over a distance of 7.3 kilometers. The General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia athlete covered the distance in 10'30", beating the Dutch rider Martijn Rasenberg by a few hundredths of a second and Timo De Jong by 3 seconds. Giovanni Bortoluzzi also performed well, placing ninth with a deficit of 9".

With Pezzo Rosola in the leader's jersey, tomorrow's stage is the 151.2 km Rumelange-Rumelange.

FINAL STANDINGS

1 PEZZO ROSOLA Kevin General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia 00:10:30

2 RASENBERG Martijn Parkhotel Valkenburg + 00

3 DE JONG Timo VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 03

4 HUCK Léandre VC Rouen 76 + 06

5 HEREMANS Joppe VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 07

6 KUKRLE Michael ATT Investments + 08

7 BÖGLI Noah Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 08

8 VAN DER WAL Rik Diftar Continental Cycling Team + 08

9 BORTOLUZZI Giovanni General Store-Essegibi-F.Ili Curia + 09

10 TENDON Arnaud Elite Fondations Cycling Team + 09

11 GONOV Lev XDS Astana Development Team + 09

12 GODFROID Olivier Baloise Glowi Lions + 11

13 OTTEMA Rick Diftar Continental Cycling Team + 12

14 ADAM Guillaume VC Rouen 76 + 14

15 MEIN Thomas MG.K vis Costruzioni Ambiente + 17

16 KRAMER Jesse Hagens Berman Jayco + 18

17 PENNA Fausto Team Lotto-Kern Haus PSD Bank + 18

18 NEGRENTE Mattia XDS Astana Development Team + 18

19 VANICEK Simon ATT Investments + 18

20 DAEMEN Stijn VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 19

21 JOCHUM Ben Team Lotto-Kern Haus PSD Bank + 19

22 ZANINI Simone XDS Astana Development Team + 19

23 FOFONOV Artem XDS Astana Development Team + 20

24 KINGSTON Matthew MG.K vis Costruzioni Ambiente + 22

25 BARTA Martin ATT Investments + 22