Dungannon rider Rafferty is making his Grand Tour debut at 21 years of age.
BRANDON MCNULTY SNATCHED victory in the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday, edging an individual time trial ahead of Mathias Vacek as the year’s third Grand Tour began in Lisbon.
Defending champion Sepp Kuss finished over half a minute down on general classification contender and three-time champion Primoz Roglic who came in eighth, 17 seconds behind McNulty’s 12 minutes 35 seconds. Portuguese UAE rider Joao Almeida, starting the race to big support on home soil, also impressed and finished two seconds behind Roglic.
“I worked hard for this… I gave it everything and couldn’t do much better, I’m really happy with it,” Lidl-Trek rider Vacek said while waiting to see if he could hold on.
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