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Stage 1, Saturday, August 20: Ourense - Castrelo de Miño 27.8 km team time trial

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Team Sky took the first stage

The Race: Here's the organizer's explanation.

Team Sky beat Movistar by fractions of a second in the 28.7-km inaugural team time trial in Castrel de Mino to make Peter Kennaugh the first leader of the 71st Vuelta on Saturday. The race opener was a tight and promising battle between Chris Froome's and Nairo Quintana's teams with Esteban Chaves's Orica-BiekeExchange a close third, six seconds behind. 

Team Bora Argon 18 were first in action, launching the 2016 Vuelta at 18:26 and the Pro Continental team set a solid reference time of 31:34. Team Astana had won the inaugural team time trial in Galicia in 2013 but they saw their hopes to emulate the feat vanish quickly when their leader Miguel Angel Lopez suffered a mechanical. As a result, the Kazkah outfit finished just a second outside the time set by Bora Argon. It took the real specialists to improve the mark. Etixx-Quick Step, the inaugural team time trial world champions in 2012, first broke the 31-minute barrier on 30'59” with only five riders left, while most other teams were trying both to limit the damage and spare their climbers.

Orica-Bike Exchange also had decided to give it their all and they improved the Etixx-Quick Step time by 16 seconds with Damien Howson leading the way. Winners of the Vuelta opener a year ago in Marbella, BMC were again strong favourites and they set the intermediate fastest times before faltering in the finale to miss top spot by one second. Howson looked set to be the unexpected first red jersey in this edition. But Movistar had other views. A swashbuckling finale saw them surge from behind to take six seconds off the Orica-BikeExchange team, Alejandro Valverde crossing the line first and contemplating a 28th day in red. Still the suspense was far from over as Team Sky clocked the same mark, only beating their Spanish rivals by fractions of a second. It was more than enough anyway for twice British champion Peter Kennaugh to try on the Vuelta leader's red jersey.

Results:

Stage 1 photos

27.8 kilometers raced by Team Sky at an average speed of 54.48 km/hr

1	TEAM SKY	30min 37sec
2	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
3	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	@ 6sec
4	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 00' 07''
5	ETIXX - QUICK STEP	+ 00' 22''
6	TREK - SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 50''
7	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 52''
8	TINKOFF	s.t.
9	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 57''
10	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 58''
11	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
12	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 13''
13	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 17''
14	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
15	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 27''
16	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01' 34''
17	CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA	+ 01' 36''
18	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 48''
19	TEAM GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01' 50''
20	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 55''
21	LOTTO NL -JUMBO	+ 02' 05''
22	LAMPRE-MERDIA	+ 02' 08''

GC after Stage 1:

1	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	30min 37sec
2	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
3	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	SKY	s.t.
4	KONIG Leopold	SKY	s.t.
5	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
6	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
7	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	s.t.
8	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
9	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	s.t.
10	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	s.t.
11	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	@ 1sec
12	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 00' 06''
13	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
14	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
15	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
16	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
17	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
18	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 00' 07''
19	GILBERT Philippe	BMC	s.t.
20	WYSS Danilo	BMC	s.t.
21	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
22	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	s.t.
23	LOPEZ GARCIA David	SKY	+ 00' 09''
24	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 00' 10''
25	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 22''
26	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
27	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
28	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
29	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
30	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 27''
31	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
32	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
33	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
34	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
35	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 43''
36	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 00' 47''
37	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 50''
38	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
39	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
40	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
41	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
42	IRIZAR Markel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
43	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 00' 52''
44	CLARKE Simon	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
45	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
46	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
47	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
48	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
49	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
50	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
51	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	s.t.
52	KISERLOVSKI Robert	TINKOFF	s.t.
53	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	s.t.
54	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	s.t.
55	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 00' 57''
56	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
57	HUZARSKI Bartosz	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
58	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
59	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
60	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	+ 00' 58''
61	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
62	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	s.t.
63	LOPEZ Miguel Angel	ASTANA	s.t.
64	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
65	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
66	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01' 12''
67	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 13''
68	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
69	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
70	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
71	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
72	REYNES Vicente	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
73	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
74	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
76	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	+ 01' 17''
77	TAARAMÄE Rein	KATUSHA	s.t.
78	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
79	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	s.t.
80	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	s.t.
81	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	s.t.
82	HAAS Nathan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
83	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
84	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
85	ANTON Igor	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
87	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 19''
88	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	+ 01' 20''
89	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01' 27''
90	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
91	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
92	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
94	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	+ 01' 32''
95	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01' 32''
96	SENECHAL Florian	COFIDIS	+ 01' 34''
97	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	s.t.
98	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	s.t.
99	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	s.t.
100	BAGOT Yoann	COFIDIS	s.t.
101	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	s.t.
102	MADRAZO Angel	CAJA RURAL	+ 01' 36''
103	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
104	MAS Luis	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
105	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
106	GONCALVES José	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
107	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
108	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 48''
109	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
110	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
111	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
112	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
113	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01' 50''
114	BARGUIL WARREN	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
115	WAEYTENS ZICO	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
116	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
117	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
118	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
119	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01' 55''
120	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
121	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
122	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
123	JEANDESBOZ Fabrice	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
124	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 01''
125	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02' 03''
126	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
127	HERKLOTZ Silvio	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
128	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02' 05''
129	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
130	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	s.t.
131	GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremaryam	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 08''
132	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
133	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
134	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
135	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
136	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 13''
137	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	s.t.
138	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 02' 18''
139	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 19''
140	FISCHER Murilo Antonio	FDJ	+ 02' 23''
141	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	+ 02' 34''
142	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	s.t.
143	BEVIN Patrick	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
144	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
145	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
146	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02' 46''
147	VANBILSEN KENNETH	COFIDIS	s.t.
148	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 49''
149	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02' 51''
150	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	+ 03' 00''
151	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03' 04''
152	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
153	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
154	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
155	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 03' 06''
156	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 09''
157	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 03' 13''
158	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
159	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03' 14''
160	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	+ 03' 15''
161	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	+ 03' 16''
162	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	s.t.
163	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL	+ 03' 18''
164	BONIFAZIO Niccolo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 03' 22''
165	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03' 24''
166	MALACARNE Davide	ASTANA	+ 03' 27''
167	MINARD Sébastien	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 39''
168	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	+ 03' 47''
169	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
170	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
171	ZURLO Federico	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
172	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03' 50''
173	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 04' 04''
174	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 04' 19''
175	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
176	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
177	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 32''
178	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL	+ 04' 34''
179	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL	s.t.
180	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 04' 39''
181	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
182	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
183	HUREL Tony	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 04' 44''
184	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 45''
185	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 04' 51''
186	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	+ 04' 53''
187	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	+ 05' 14''
188	REZA Kévin	FDJ	s.t.
189	BATTAGLIN Enrico	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 05' 25''
190	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 05' 40''
191	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 06' 02''
192	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
193	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
194	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	s.t.
195	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
196	LE BON Johan	FDJ	+ 01' 05''
197	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 04' 19''
198	PICHON Laurent	FDJ	+ 01' 05''

Stage 1 map and profile:

Vuelta stage 1 map

Vuelta stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Astana finished almost a minute down

BMC was fourth

Bora-Argon 18

Cannondale-Drapac

Direct Energie

FDJ

Katusha

LottoNL-Jumbo

Movistar

Orica-BikeExchange

Team Sky on their stage-winning ride

Team Sky beat Movistar by a fraction of a second.

From the gun, Chris Froome is well-positioned to go for the Vuelta win.

And GC leader Peter Kennaugh will start tomorrow's stage in red

Organizer's stage preview: The Vuelta takes off with a 29.4km Team Time Trial that will serve to place all the riders in the general classification, while taking place in dreamy surroundings. The Vuelta's 22 teams will depart from the Laias Health Resort and will arrive at the Castrelo de Miño Nautical Park, in the province of Ourense, after almost 30 flat kilometres. It will be a favourable stage for the big teams who want to make an impression and get ahead of their rivals. The first rider of the winning team to cross the finish-line will have the honour of wearing the first red jersey of the 2016 Vuelta.

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