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2014 Giro D'Italia: Stage 1
Results, map, stage profile, summary and photos
Stage 1: Friday, May 9, Belfast - Belfast Team Time Trial, 21.7 km
Photos from stage 1 | Stage 1 map and profile |
The Race: Orica-GreenEdge was the second team off and this played well to their advantage. Orica got home safe, but by the time Belkin, the ninth team to start, it was raining hard, making corners very dangerous.
Colombia rode a ragged time trial, but by virtue of being the first team off, they were able to turn in a better time than such strong teams as Kutusha and Lotto-Belisol.
Five Garmin-Sharp riders went down hard, possibly after a rider slid on a wet, slippery steel manhole cover. Dan Martin looked to be in bad shape after the crash. Fifteen minutes into the Giro, his race is over.
The rain stopped late in the stage, but roads on portions of the course remained wet, locking in Orica's advantage. Omega Pharma and BMC were only a few seconds slower than Orica-GreenEdge. One wonders what they could have done on dry roads.
More photos posted below results |
Results:
Winner's average speed: 52.713 km/hr
| 1 | Orica-GreenEdge | 24min 42sec |
| 2 | Omega Pharma-QuickStep | @ 5 seconds |
| 3 | BMC | 7" |
| 4 | Tinkoff-Saxo | 23" |
| 5 | Team Sky | 35" |
| 6 | Astana Pro Team | 38" |
| 7 | Cannondale Pro Cycling | 53" |
| 8 | Movistar Team | 55" |
| 9 | Team Giant-Shimano | 56" |
| 10 | Ag2r-La Mondiale | 58" |
| 11 | Trek Factory Racing | 1' 00" |
| 12 | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | 1' 01" |
| 13 | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1' 01" |
| 14 | Bardiani-CSF | 1' 07" |
| 15 | Androni Giocattoli | 1' 14" |
| 16 | FDJ.fr | 1' 18" |
| 17 | Lampre-Merida | 1' 20" |
| 18 | Colombia | 1' 22" |
| 19 | Team Katusha | 1' 33" |
| 20 | Lotto-Belisol | 1' 34" |
| 21 | Team Europcar | 1' 48" |
| 22 | Garmin-Sharp | 3' 26" |
GC after Stage 1:
| 1 | Svein Tuft | Orica-GreenEdge | 24min 42sec |
| 2 | Luke Durbridge | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 3 | Pieter Weening | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 4 | Cameron Meyer | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 5 | Michael Matthews | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 6 | Ivan Santaromita | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 7 | Pieter Serry | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | @ 5 seconds |
| 8 | Gianluca Brambilla | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 9 | Rigoberto Uran | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 10 | Serge Pauwels | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 11 | Julien Vermote | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 12 | Alessandro Petacchi | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 13 | Daniel Oss | BMC Racing Team | 7" |
| 14 | Danilo Wyss | BMC Racing Team | |
| 15 | Cadel Evans | BMC Racing Team | |
| 16 | Steve Morabito | BMC Racing Team | |
| 17 | Samuel Sanchez | BMC Racing Team | |
| 18 | Yannick Eijssen | BMC Racing Team | 9" |
| 19 | Brett Lancaster | Orica-GreenEdge | 22" |
| 20 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 21 | Wouter Poels | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 22 | Christopher Juul Jensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | 23" |
| 23 | Jay Mccarthy | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 24 | Michael Rogers | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 25 | Ivan Rovny | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 26 | Pawel Poljanski | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 27 | Nicolas Roche | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 28 | Rafal Majka | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 29 | Chris Anker Sörensen | Tinkoff-Saxo | |
| 30 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | 35" |
| 31 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | |
| 32 | Philip Deignan | Team Sky | |
| 33 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
| 34 | Kanstantsin Siutsou | Team Sky | |
| 35 | Salvatore Puccio | Team Sky | |
| 36 | Sebastian Henao | Team Sky | |
| 37 | Valerio Agnoli | Astana Pro Team | 38" |
| 38 | Janez Brajkovic | Astana Pro Team | |
| 39 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | |
| 40 | Michele Scarponi | Astana Pro Team | |
| 41 | Borut Bozic | Astana Pro Team | |
| 42 | Fabio Aru | Astana Pro Team | |
| 43 | Paolo Tiralongo | Astana Pro Team | |
| 44 | Andrey Zeits | Astana Pro Team | |
| 45 | Mikel Landa Meana | Astana Pro Team | |
| 46 | Iljo Keisse | Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 41" |
| 47 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | 52" |
| 48 | Elia Viviani | Cannondale | 53" |
| 49 | Michel Koch | Cannondale | |
| 50 | Ivan Basso | Cannondale | |
| 51 | Daniele Ratto | Cannondale | |
| 52 | Alan Marangoni | Cannondale | |
| 53 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale | |
| 54 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale | |
| 55 | Adriano Malori | Movistar Team | 55" |
| 56 | Nairo Alexander Quintana | Movistar Team | |
| 57 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti | Movistar Team | |
| 58 | Eros Capecchi | Movistar Team | |
| 59 | Andrey Amador | Movistar Team | |
| 60 | Simon Geschke | Team Giant-Shimano | 56" |
| 61 | Marcel Kittel | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 62 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 63 | Luka Mezgec | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 64 | Georg Preidler | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 65 | Alexis Vuillermoz | Ag2r-La Mondiale | 58" |
| 66 | Maxime Bouet | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 67 | Davide Appollonio | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 68 | Matteo Montaguti | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 69 | Hubert Dupont | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 70 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 71 | Patrick Gretsch | Ag2r-La Mondiale | |
| 72 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Trek Factory Racing | 1' 00" |
| 73 | Robert Kiserlovski | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 74 | Danilo Hondo | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 75 | Fumiyuki Beppu | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 76 | Julian David Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 77 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 78 | Riccardo Zoidl | Trek Factory Racing | |
| 79 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 1' 01" |
| 80 | Jetse Bol | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 81 | Jos Van Emden | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 82 | Maarten Tjallingii | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 83 | Marc Goos | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 84 | Steven Kruijswijk | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 85 | Mauro Finetto | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 86 | Francesco Chicchi | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 87 | Andrea Fedi | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 88 | Matteo Rabottini | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 89 | Jonathan Monsalve | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 90 | Giorgio Cecchinel | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 91 | Stefano Pirazzi | Bardiani-CSF | 1' 07" |
| 92 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 93 | Francesco Bongiorno | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 94 | Edoardo Zardini | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 95 | Enrico Barbin | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 96 | Nicola Boem | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 97 | Nicola Ruffoni | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 98 | Marco Canola | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 99 | Enrico Battaglin | Bardiani-CSF | |
| 100 | Emanuele Sella | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 1' 14" |
| 101 | Yonder Godoy | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 102 | Diego Rosa | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 103 | Franco Pellizotti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 104 | Jackson Rodriguez | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 105 | Johnny Hoogerland | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 106 | Paolo Longo Borghini | Cannondale | 1" 16" |
| 107 | Jussi Veikkanen | FDJ.fr | 1' 18" |
| 108 | Alexandre Geniez | FDJ.fr | |
| 109 | Francis Mourey | FDJ.fr | |
| 110 | Laurent Pichon | FDJ.fr | |
| 111 | Nacer Bouhanni | FDJ.fr | |
| 112 | Johan Le Bon | FDJ.fr | |
| 113 | Diego Ulissi | Lampre-Merida | 1' 20" |
| 114 | Roberto Ferrari | Lampre-Merida | |
| 115 | Przemyslaw Niemiec | Lampre-Merida | |
| 116 | Manuele Mori | Lampre-Merida | |
| 117 | Jan Polanc | Lampre-Merida | |
| 118 | Winner Anacona Gomez | Lampre-Merida | |
| 119 | Damiano Cunego | Lampre-Merida | |
| 120 | Albert Timmer | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 121 | Leonardo Fabio Duque | Colombia | 1' 23" |
| 122 | Carlos Julian Quintero | Colombia | |
| 123 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila | Colombia | |
| 124 | Fabio Andres Duarte | Colombia | |
| 125 | Jarlinson Pantano | Colombia | |
| 126 | José Herrada Lopez | Movistar Team | 1' 29" |
| 127 | Angel Vicioso Arcos | Team Katusha | 1' 33" |
| 128 | Luca Paolini | Team Katusha | |
| 129 | Vladimir Gusev | Team Katusha | |
| 130 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez | Team Katusha | |
| 131 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver | Team Katusha | |
| 132 | Maxime Monfort | Lotto-Belisol | 1' 34" |
| 133 | Tim Wellens | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 134 | Tosh Van Der Sande | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 135 | Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 136 | Adam Hansen | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 137 | Francisco José Ventoso | Movistar Team | 1' 42" |
| 138 | Davide Villella | Cannondale | |
| 139 | Bjorn Thurau | Team Europcar | 1' 48" |
| 140 | Yukiya Arashiro | Team Europcar | |
| 141 | Davide Malacarne | Team Europcar | |
| 142 | Pierre Rolland | Team Europcar | |
| 143 | Maxime Mederel | Team Europcar | |
| 144 | Tony Hurel | Team Europcar | |
| 145 | Perrig Quemeneur | Team Europcar | |
| 146 | Romain Sicard | Team Europcar | |
| 147 | Marco Bandiera | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | |
| 148 | Marco Frapporti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 1' 53" |
| 149 | Miguel Angel Rubiano | Colombia | 1' 57" |
| 150 | Rick Flens | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 2' 08" |
| 151 | Maxim Belkov | Team Katusha | 2' 09" |
| 152 | Mattia Cattaneo | Lampre-Merida | 2' 13" |
| 153 | Boy Van Poppel | Trek Factory Racing | 2' 15" |
| 154 | Manuel Belletti | Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela | 2' 28" |
| 155 | Daniele Colli | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | |
| 156 | Tom Veelers | Team Giant-Shimano | 2' 33" |
| 157 | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | 2' 44" |
| 158 | Brent Bookwalter | BMC Racing Team | |
| 159 | Michael Hepburn | Orica-GreenEdge | 2' 45" |
| 160 | Murilo Antonio Fischer | FDJ.fr | 2' 59" |
| 161 | Nicolas Jonathan Castroviejo | Movistar Team | 3' 05" |
| 162 | Axel Domont | Ag2r-La Mondiale | 3' 11" |
| 163 | Rodolfo Andres Torres | Colombia | 3' 19" |
| 164 | Bert De Backer | Team Giant-Shimano | 3' 21" |
| 165 | Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin Sharp | 3' 26" |
| 166 | Tyler Farrar | Garmin Sharp | |
| 167 | Fabian Wegmann | Garmin Sharp | |
| 168 | Dylan Van Baarle | Garmin Sharp | |
| 169 | Thomas Dekker | Garmin Sharp | |
| 170 | Simone Ponzi | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | 3' 38" |
| 171 | Alberto Losada | Team Katusha | 3' 41" |
| 172 | Martijn Keizer | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 3' 52" |
| 173 | Bernhard Eisel | Team Sky | |
| 174 | Christopher Sutton | Team Sky | |
| 175 | Tom Stamsnijder | Team Giant-Shimano | |
| 176 | Evgeny Petrov | Tinkoff-Saxo | 4' 01" |
| 177 | Eugenio Alafaci | Trek Factory Racing | 4' 06" |
| 178 | Igor Anton | Movistar Team | 4' 12" |
| 179 | Julien Berard | Ag2r-La Mondiale | 4' 15" |
| 180 | Dennis Vanendert | Lotto-Belisol | 4' 18" |
| 181 | Sander Armee | Lotto-Belisol | |
| 182 | Sébastien Chavanel | FDJ.fr | 4' 23" |
| 183 | Arnaud Courteille | FDJ.fr | |
| 184 | Mitchell Docker | Orica-GreenEdge | |
| 185 | David Tanner | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | |
| 186 | Jeffry Johan Romero | Colombia | 4' 37" |
| 187 | Robinson Eduardo Chalapud | Colombia | |
| 188 | Angelo Tulik | Team Europcar | 4' 45" |
| 189 | Matteo Bono | Lampre-Merida | 5' 08" |
| 190 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | 5' 15" |
| 191 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | |
| 192 | Gert Dockx | Lotto-Belisol | 5' 25" |
| 193 | Kenny De Haes | Lotto-Belisol | 5' 32" |
| 194 | Nathan Haas | Garmin Sharp | 5' 57" |
| 195 | Andre Fernando Cardoso | Garmin Sharp | |
| 196 | Ramon Carretero | Neri Sottoli-Yellow Fluo | 6' 02" |
| 197 | Koldo Fernandez | Garmin Sharp | 10' 11" |
The Garmin-Sharp crash just as it was happening.
Garmin-Sharp's disaster
Trying to sort things out.
Dan Martin was obviously very badly hurt and in terrible pain.
Team Colombia
FDJ
Movistar
Belkin
Europcar
Katusha
Ag2r
BMC
Omega Pharma-Quick Step
Astana
Yellow Fluo
Tinkoff-Saxo
Lotto-Belisol
Orica-GreenEdge celebrates
Svein Tuft in pink
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile