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2018 Giro d'Italia

101st edition: May 4 - May 27, 2018

Stage 1, Friday, May 4:
Jerusalem 9.7 km individual time trial

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Stage 1, Friday, May 4: Jerusalem 9.7 km individual time trial

Tom Dumoulin

Tom Dumoulin starts his stage-winning ride.

Weather at Jerusalem at 4:45 PM, local time: 29C (85F), partly cloudy with the win from the SSW at 13 km/hr (9 mph).

The race: Winner Tom Dumoulin's Team Sunweb posted this report:

Team Sunweb's Tom Dumoulin (NED) has secured the stage one victory at the Giro d'Italia, finishing his race against the clock in a time of 12 minutes and two seconds. His efforts also mean that he wears the first Maglia Rosa of the 2018 edition of the race.

Dumoulin said: "It's been quite a cool few days in Israel and today tops it off with the win. I knew that I felt good but you have to see how things go during the race. We've worked really hard over the last few months, so I'm really happy with the win because it confirms that all of the work has paid off. The course was really good for me; it was really technical and I’m good on the corners. I could go full gas, then recover, then go full gas and recover again. It’s nice to be in the Maglia Rosa but it will be hard to keep it for three weeks. We aren’t planning on defending it every day so we will see what we do with that in the coming days.”

Team Sunweb coach Marc Reef (NED) added: "We had a really good preparation period and the atmosphere in the team is really good, relaxed and focused which helped us to get the win today. The course here in Jerusalem was quite difficult; they were hard parcours which were constantly up and down with really warm temperatures. Technically Tom did a really good TT and in the end, whilst some guys had problems keeping the pace high, he could continue strong. We are all very happy and proud of this victory."

At the post-race press conference:

The Maglia Rosa Tom Dumoulin said in the press conference: “I didn’t expect to gain so much time on Chris Froome and the other GC contenders. The victory today is more important to me than the time I gained. I’m proud to wear the two most prestigious jerseys in cycling right now: the Maglia Rosa on top of the rainbow jersey. It’s special to win here in Jerusalem. It was a technical and challenging course in a very impressive city with history and culture, although today I wasn’t concerned with that. The crowd was amazing, especially considering that people in Israel are not used to cycling. I’m honored to win the Gino Bartali prize in a stage dedicated to him. I know his history since I read a book about his life two years ago. Now I’m delighted to be in the Maglia Rosa. I don’t expect to retain it for three weeks. But I also don’t want to lose any of the time I gained on the other GC riders today.”

The Maglia Bianca of Best Young Rider, Maximilian Schachmann, said: “Looking at the start list, I knew I had a good chance of riding into the jersey. It’s hard to say that I expected it; I hoped for it. I knew that I was in very good shape coming into the race. Just before Flèche Wallonne [8th], I went to an altitude training camp. I’m happy to show my good legs here. I will try to defend the Maglia Bianca as long as possible. But we have a few other good young riders in the Giro, so it will be difficult but I’ll try my best to retain it.”

Some statistics:

It’s the fourth stage win at the Giro d’Italia for Tom Dumoulin, the third in a time trial after Apeldoorn 2016 and Montefalco 2017 (the other one was atop Oropa last year). Half of his victories have been conquered outside of Italy. Among the participants of the Giro this year, only Diego Ulissi has more stage wins (6) under his belt than the Dutchman.
Previous Dutch winners of the opening stage of the Giro: Wim Van Est (1953), Jean-Paul van Poppel (1989) and Tom Dumoulin himself (2016). The Team Sunweb rider is the first defending champion to win the opening stage since Paolo Savoldelli in 2006.
With 17 Maglia Rosa in total, Tom Dumoulin equals Carlo Galetti, Learco Guerra and Carlo Clerici in the number of days in the lead of the Giro d’Italia (at the times of Clerici from 1909 to 1911, there was no Maglia Rosa yet). The total days all other competitors at the 101st Giro d’Italia have worn the Maglia Rosa is fewer than Dumoulin’s: 14. It would have been 18 had Konstantin Siutsou been able to start.
Rohan Dennis missed out by just two seconds the opportunity to become the 23rd rider to lead each of the three Grand Tours.

JERSEYS

Maglia Rosa (pink), general classification leader, sponsored by Enel – Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
Maglia Ciclamino (cyclamen), sprinter classification leader, sponsored by Segafredo – Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb)
Maglia Azzurra (blue), King of the Mountains classification leader, sponsored by Banca Mediolanum – not assigned today
Maglia Bianca (white), young rider general classification leader, sponsored by Eurospin – Maximilian Schachmann (Quick-Step Floors)

Complete Results & GC:

Stage 1 photos

9.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.365 km/hr

1	DUMOULIN Tom	TEAM SUNWEB	12min 2sec
2	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	@ 2sec
3	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
4	GONÇALVES José	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0’ 12”
5	DOWSETT Alex	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0’ 16”
6	BILBAO Pello	ASTANA	0’ 18”
7	YATES Simon Philip	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0’ 20”
8	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	0’ 21”
9	MARTIN Tony	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0’ 27”
10	POZZOVIVO Domenico	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
11	BETANCUR Carlos	MOVISTAR	0’ 28”
12	CONTI Valerio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	0’ 29”
13	SCHMIDT Mads Würtz	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0’ 30”
14	GROSSSCHARTNER Felix	BORA-HANSGROHE	0’ 31”
15	WELLENS Tim	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0’ 32”
16	PINOT Thibaut	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0’ 33”
17	SCULLY Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	0’ 34”
18	KONRAD Patrick	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
19	PREIDLER Georg	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
20	CAVAGNA Rémi	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	0’ 35”
21	FROOME Chris	SKY	0’ 37”
22	VALLS FERRI Rafael	MOVISTAR	0’ 38”
23	ULISSI Diego	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	0’ 40”
24	DE LA PARTE Victor	MOVISTAR	s.t.
25	POELS Wout	SKY	s.t.
26	FORMOLO Davide	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
27	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	MOVISTAR	0’ 41”
28	MARCATO Marco	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	0’ 42”
29	OOMEN Sam	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
30	KANGERT Tanel	ASTANA	0’ 43”
31	KING Benjamin	DIMENSION DATA	0’ 44”
32	LUTSENKO Alexey	ASTANA	s.t.
33	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
34	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
35	ROELANDTS Jurgen	BMC	0’ 45”
36	KIRYIENKA Vasil	SKY	s.t.
37	HENAO Sergio Luis	SKY	s.t.
38	HAGA Chad	TEAM SUNWEB	0’ 46”
39	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
40	CHAVES Jhoan Esteban	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
41	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	0’ 48”
42	VERVAEKE Louis	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
43	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	0’ 49”
44	DE MARCHI Alessandro	BMC	s.t.
45	O'CONNOR Ben	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
46	HAMILTON Christopher	TEAM SUNWEB	0’ 50”
47	ARU Fabio	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
48	MASNADA Fausto	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	0’ 51”
49	CAPECCHI Eros	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
50	DENZ Nico	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0’ 52”
51	DE LA CRUZ David	SKY	s.t.
52	MONTAGUTI Matteo	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
53	VENTOSO Francisco	BMC	0’ 53”
54	CATTANEO Mattia	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
55	GENIEZ Alexandre	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
56	SANCHEZ Luis Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
57	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-HANSGROHE	0’ 54”
58	KREUZIGER Roman	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0’ 55”
59	POLANC Jan	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	0’ 56”
60	VILLELLA Davide	ASTANA	s.t.
61	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	s.t.
62	MULLEN Ryan	TREK - SEGAFREDO	0’ 57”
63	ROY Jérémy	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0’ 59”
64	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
65	ZARDINI Edoardo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
66	DOMBROWSKI Joseph	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 00”
67	VENDRAME Andrea	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
68	FRISON Frederik	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
69	GIBBONS Ryan	DIMENSION DATA	01’ 01”
70	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
71	CARAPAZ Richard	MOVISTAR	s.t.
72	EG Niklas	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
73	BEWLEY Sam	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
74	SENECHAL Florian	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	01’ 02”
75	BOARO Manuele	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
76	WOODS Michael	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 02”
77	DIDIER Laurent	TREK - SEGAFREDO	01’ 03”
78	ELISSONDE Kenny	SKY	s.t.
79	MOHORIC Matej	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
80	TONELLI Alessandro	BARDIANI CSF	01’ 04”
81	JUUL JENSEN Christopher	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
82	PEDRERO Antonio	MOVISTAR	s.t.
83	LAMMERTINK Maurits	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	01’ 05”
84	PEDERSEN Mads	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
85	PANTANO Jarlinson	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	01’ 06”
87	MORI Manuele	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
88	ROUX Anthony	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
89	COLEDAN Marco	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	01’ 07”
90	STYBAR Zdenek	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	01’ 08”
91	BERHANE Natnael	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
92	HIRT Jan	ASTANA	s.t.
93	FRAPPORTI Marco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
94	MEINTJES Louis	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
95	BROWN Nathan	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
96	MØRKØV Michael	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
97	BERTAZZO Liam	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
98	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	01’ 09”
99	TEN DAM Laurens	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
100	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
101	DUPONT Hubert	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
102	REICHENBACH Sébastien	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
103	VLIEGEN Loïc	BMC	s.t.
104	MORABITO Steve	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
105	IRIZAR ARAMBURU Markel	TREK - SEGAFREDO	01’ 10”
106	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	01’ 11”
107	BELKOV Maxim	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
108	HERMANS Ben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 12”
109	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
110	DOCKER Mitchell	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
111	BONNET William	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
112	MODOLO Sacha	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 13”
113	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	BALLERINI Davide	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
115	GAVAZZI Francesco	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
116	ROCHE Nicolas	BMC	01’ 14”
117	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
118	VAN HOECKE Gijs	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	01’ 15”
119	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
120	VAN POPPEL Boy	TREK - SEGAFREDO	s.t.
121	NIEVE ITURRALDE Mikel	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	01’ 16”
122	VIVIANI Elia	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	01’ 17”
123	SCHILLINGER Andreas	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
124	TORRES Rodolfo	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	01’ 18”
125	BENNETT Sam	BORA-HANSGROHE	01’ 19”
126	CARTHY Hugh John	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	s.t.
127	FRANKINY Kilian	BMC	01’ 20”
128	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
129	CICCONE Giulio	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
130	FONZI Giuseppe	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	01’ 21”
131	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	s.t.
132	VAN ASBROECK Tom	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC	01’ 22”
133	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	01’ 23”
134	MAESTRI Mirco	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
135	PLAZA Ruben	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 24”
136	TURRIN Alex	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	s.t.
137	SABATINI Fabio	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
138	VENTER Jaco	DIMENSION DATA	01’ 25”
139	TUFT Svein	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
140	VISCONTI Giovanni	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
141	BAK YTTING Lars	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
142	LINDEMAN Bert-Jan	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
143	VENTURINI Clement	AG2R LA MONDIALE	01’ 26”
144	MOSCA Jacopo	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	01’ 27”
145	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
146	CHEREL Mikael	AG2R LA MONDIALE	01’ 28”
147	SIMION Paolo	BARDIANI CSF	01’ 30”
148	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
149	HOFSTEDE Lennard	TEAM SUNWEB	01’ 31”
150	ATAPUMA Jhon Darwin	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
151	BARBIN Enrico	BARDIANI CSF	01’ 33”
152	SELIG Rudiger	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
153	ANDREETTA Simone	BARDIANI CSF	01’ 36”
154	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
155	MARECZKO Jakub	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	01’ 38”
156	HANSEN Adam James	LOTTO-SOUDAL	01’ 39”
157	BOIVIN Guillaume	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 41”
158	ZHUPA Eugert	WILIER TRIESTINA-SELLE ITALIA	01’ 43”
159	DEMPSTER Zakkari	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
160	BELLETTI Manuel	ANDRONI GIOCATTOLI-SIDERMEC	s.t.
161	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO-SOUDAL	01’ 44”
162	SAGIV Guy	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 45”
163	BONIFAZIO Niccolò	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
164	SENNI Manuel	BARDIANI CSF	s.t.
165	CURVERS Roy	TEAM SUNWEB	01’ 46”
166	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	LOTTO-SOUDAL	01’ 49”
167	NIV Guy	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	s.t.
168	NIBALI Antonio	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	01’ 50”
169	NEILANDS Krists	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 51”
170	NOVAK Domen	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	01’ 54”
171	QUINTANA Dayer	MOVISTAR	01’ 56”
172	SBARAGLI Kristian	ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY	01’ 59”
173	VAN POPPEL Danny	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	02’ 10”
174	HAIG Jack	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	02’ 35”
175	GUARDINI Andrea	BARDIANI CSF	02’ 44”