Chrono des Nations: Stefan Küng takes third title in time trial ahead of Jay Vine

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Vine second, Johan Price-Pejtersen third in Les Herbiers after tightly contested 45.4km race against the clock

Stefan Küng is the Swiss time trial champion
Stefan Küng is the Swiss time trial champion (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Swiss time trial champion Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) powered to his third victory at the prestigious Chrono des Nations race against the clock, narrowly beating Jay Vine (UAE Emirates) in Les Herbiers by just four seconds with a time of 51:53 and average speed of 52.5kph.

Küng was the last rider to set off on the 45.4km and built most of his lead between the two intermediate checkpoints after crossing the first one second down on Vine and three off the pace of fellow UAE rider Mikkel Bjerg. By the second check, Küng was flying and now seven seconds of Vine in first, with Bjerg fading quickly to 17 seconds off the lead.

Vine narrowly took the lead from Johan Price-Pejtersen (Bahrain-Victorious) by just one second after a great performance from the under-23 ITT world champion, however, under a minute later Küng rounded the final corner with his time still in the green to take the victory. 

This is Küng's third win of the season, adding to his successes from the Vuelta a España and his home national championships in Switzerland.

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James Moultrie is a gold-standard NCTJ journalist who joined Cyclingnews as a News Writer in 2023 after originally contributing as a freelancer for eight months, during which time he also wrote for Eurosport, Rouleur and Cycling Weekly. Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert, Lizzie Deignan and Wout van Aert. Outside of cycling, he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby, football, cricket, and American Football to name a few.

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