The seven-man squad managed the tricky team time trial well. Robert Gesink, Gijs Leemreize and Edoardo Affini kept the pace high in the beginning. After that, a steep climb had to be conquered in the final kilometres. With an average speed of 53 kilometres per hour, Valter, Primož Roglič, Jan Tratnik and Koen Bouwman finished the team time trial in Poza de la Sal. Their advantage over Movistar eventually reached nineteen seconds

"I think our team time trial was almost perfect”, Valter said. "It's a discipline we rarely do, so it was another challenge. We had a good plan, although maybe we could have started more quietly. It takes a lot from everyone in the team to follow a rider like Edoardo. It was nice to do a team time trial before the Vuelta a España. We can also take some improvement points from it. I'm thrilled with this victory.”

Valter will enjoy the leader's jersey tomorrow. "It will be challenging to keep this position, also because we have a strong leader in Primož. My role is to support him as much as possible. But I am very proud to wear this jersey. Hopefully, I can finish high in the general classification as well.”

"It was a pretty fast team time trial with a tricky climb at the end”, sports director Marc Reef said. "That made it complicated, especially as the efforts of the early stages started to weigh on the climb. After four kilometres, we lost Gijs and Robert after their lead, and Edoardo did the execution work up to the climb. Koen then continued strongly on the final stage. Everyone did an excellent job. It was a great day for the team.”

The victory in the team time trial brings Team Jumbo-Visma's season tally to 47 victories.