 The first rider to set off was Stijn Vandenbergh ( Etixx – Quick @-@ Step ) , who recorded a time of 23 ' 37 " . Alexander Kristoff ( Team Katusha ) completed the course in 22 ' 11 " and led the race for a while . Sérgio Paulinho ( Tinkoff – Saxo ) briefly took over the lead , before he was overtaken by Thomas De Gendt ( Lotto – Soudal ) , whose time was 21 ' 19 " . Rein Taaramäe ( Cofidis ) recorded a better time , but was immediately beaten by the next rider , Andrew Talansky ( Cannondale – Garmin ) . Talansky 's time was 21 ' 00 " ; he led until former world time trial champion Tony Martin ( Etixx – Quick @-@ Step ) became the first rider to complete the course in under 21 minutes . Martin was the leader of the stage until the final few riders completed the course . 
