Cycling news - Tim Wellens retains BinckBank Tour lead after time trial

Team Ineos rider Ganna won the 8km time trial in Den Haag.

The Italian the natioanl time trial champion and used his experience to put down a time five seconds faster than his closest rival, fellow Italian Eduardo Affini, riding for Mitchelton-Scott.

Eight seconds behind was Jos Van Embden (Jumbo-Visma), riding in his home country.

Wellens was 20 seconds behind Ganna but despite finishing 10th, he was able to extend his lead over Marc Hirschi (Team Sunweb) to eight seconds. Third on the podium before the final stage is Laurens de Plus (Jumbo-Visma).

Ganna, who suffered from a crash earlier in the BinckBack Tour, was pleased to have not sufered too much and get back to winning ways.

The Italian said of his win: "It was nice... The crash was two days ago, we feel better. It was lucky, it was not a dangerous crash and now we're so happy."