In his first year as a professional, Bob Jungels (RadioShack-Leopard) took both Luxembourg national titles. First he took the ITT, and yesterday he also won the road race.

In the 12-lap, 170 km race, Jungels wasn’t even his team’s designated leader to begin with: “It was really hard because we said we would go for Andy [Schleck],” he recalled. “Laurent [Didier] and I were there to help him. I was pulling from the first lap to control the race. The break was composed of local riders so we actually caught them a bit too early. With the rain and everything, Andy didn’t feel good enough so we changed tactics.”

Laurent and I were also tired so we had to see what was possible. He attacked with 20km to go but was brought back after 5km. I counterattacked straight away and rode the last 15km alone.  Everyone was looking at us to control the race so that was a lot of pressure.”

At the finish, Jungels had a 44-second advantage over a group of five riders. Pit Schlechter (Leopard-Trek CT) won the sprint for second place ahead of Jempy Drucker (Accent Jobs-Wanty).

Result:

1. Bob Jungels (RadioShack-Leopard) 4:14:20

2. Pit Schlechter (Leopard-Trek CT) +0:44

3. Jempy Drucker (Accent Jobs-Wanty)

4. Laurent Didier (RadioShack-Leopard)

5. Tom Thill (Leopard-Trek CT)

6. Joël Zangerle (Leopard-Trek CT)

7. Ben Gastauer (AG2R La Mondiale) +0:51

8. Alex Kirsch (Leopard-Trek CT) +1:01

9. Christian Helmig (Differdange-Losch) +1:05

10. Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) +4:14