La Vuelta 2017 – Stage 01 [FULL STAGE – Team Time Trial]

August 19, 2017

La Vuelta 2017 – Stage 01 – Nimes – Nimes (TTT) : 13,7 km

The 2017 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race scheduled to take place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race will be the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and will be the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. The race is scheduled to start in Nîmes, France and finish in Madrid. It will be the first time the race has started in France and only the third time it has started outside Spain, after 1997 (Portugal) and 2009 (Netherlands).

BMC Racing took the Vuelta a Espana’s opening team time trial Saturday in Nimes, France, beating world champions Quick-Step Floors by six seconds and placing Rohan Dennis in the first leader’s jersey of the race.

Dennis surged forward in the final metres to cross the line first for BMC and take the race lead heading into Sunday’s second stage.

“It was a hard course, very technical to start and we really had to tactically figure out if it was better to finish with nine or drop a few beforehand,” he said. “It tested everything, it tested strength, technique, speed and handling. I’m not too worried about GC on this year’s Grand Tour. My goals were always Giro for GC, and then Vuelta. I just want to go for some stages and test myself against some of the GC guys. Hopefully I can come away with a couple of stages.”

Dennis now leads five of his teammates in the general classification, with Quick-Step, Team Sunweb and Team Sky riders amassed closely behind. Among the pre-race GC favourites, Chris Froome (Team Sky) is just nine seconds off Dennis’ lead, with Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) 31 seconds down, Alberto Contador(Trek-Segafredo) is 35 seconds back, and Fabio Aru (Astana) is 41 seconds adrift.

How it unfolded

The 13.7km team time trial in Nimes, France, was a winding affair that included little in the way of vertical challenge. Manzana Postobon led off the nine-man teams in the evening stage, but it was Bora-Hansgrohe that flew over the course in 16:19 that set the early mark to beat. Led by Rafal Majka, the team blasted past earlier leader Lotto Soudal by just three seconds.

The mark looked in good standing until Team Sunweb’s 16:04 blasted all the rest out of contention. World Champions Quick-Step Floors quickly took care of that, however, carving a half second off Sunweb’s time to set a new best mark and move to the top of the leader board.

Two-time team time trial world champions BMC Racing proved their mettle in the discipline with the new best time just a few minutes later, crossing the line under 16 minutes in 15:58.

Crashes on course slowed LottoNL-Jumbo and Movistar, but none of the teams was on track to upset BMC anyway. Trek-Segafredo was the final team across the line, finishing 35 seconds down on the winners.

Results :
1 BMC Racing Team 0:15:58
2 Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
3 Team Sunweb
4 Team Sky 0:00:09
5 Orica-Scott 0:00:17
6 Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:21
7 Lotto-Soudal 0:00:24
8 Movistar
9 Bahrain-Merida 0:00:31
10 Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:33
11 Trek-Segafredo 0:00:35
12 FDJ 0:00:38
13 Aqua Blue Sport
14 Dimension Data 0:00:39
15 LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:40
16 Astana 0:00:41
17 Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:46
18 AG2R La Mondiale
19 UAE Team Emirates 6:29:02
20 Manzana Postobon 0:00:53
21 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:56
22 Cofidis 0:00:57

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:15:58
2 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team
4 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
5 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
7 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
8 David de la Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors
9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors
10 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors
11 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
12 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
13 Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
14 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
15 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb
16 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
17 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 0:00:09
18 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky
19 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
20 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky
21 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
22 Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:00:10
23 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:11
24 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott 0:00:17
25 Magnus Cort (Den) Orica-Scott
26 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
27 Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott
28 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott
29 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:21
30 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
31 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
32 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
33 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
34 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott 0:00:23
35 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:00:24
36 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal
37 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal
39 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal
40 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team
41 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team
42 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
43 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
44 Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
45 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 0:00:25
47 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
48 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:00:29
49 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:31
50 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
51 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
52 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
53 Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
54 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
55 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:33
56 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin
57 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
58 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Katusha-Alpecin
59 Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
60 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott 0:00:34
61 Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Orica-Scott
62 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:35
63 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
64 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
65 Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo
66 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo
67 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo
68 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 0:00:38
69 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ
70 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
71 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ
72 Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ
73 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
74 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport
75 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
76 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
77 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport
78 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
79 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 0:00:39
80 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data
81 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data
82 Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Dimension Data
83 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data
84 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
85 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:40
86 Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
87 Juan José Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
88 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
89 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
90 Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
91 Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:00:41
92 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
93 Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Astana Pro Team
94 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
95 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team
96 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:42
97 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:44
98 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:46
99 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac
100 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
101 Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac
102 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
103 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
104 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
105 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
106 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
107 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
108 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
109 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:47
111 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
112 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
113 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
114 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates
115 Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:00:53
116 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon
117 Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon
118 Hernando Bohórquez (Col) Manzana Postobon
119 Sebastián Molano (Col) Manzana Postobon
120 Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon
121 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ 0:00:54
122 Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
123 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:56
124 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
125 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
126 Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
127 Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
128 Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
129 Hector Sáez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
130 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data 0:00:57
131 Bernardo Suaza (Col) Manzana Postobon
132 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
133 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
134 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
135 Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
136 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
137 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
138 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:58
139 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
140 Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:59
141 Nicholas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data
142 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:00
143 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:02
144 Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ
145 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:03
146 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:04
147 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:09
148 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:10
149 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:12
150 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:13
151 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
152 Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ 0:01:16
153 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ
154 Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:01:02
155 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:18
156 Hernán Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon 0:01:19
157 Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon
158 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott 0:01:20
159 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:21
160 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:23
161 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:24
162 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:32
163 Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:01:33
164 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:35
165 Anass Aït El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:36
166 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:38
167 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
168 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
169 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data
170 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:47
171 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
172 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:48
173 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:50
174 Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
175 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0:01:55
176 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team
177 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:58
178 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
179 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:01
180 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:02:04
181 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
182 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:06
183 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo
184 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:07
185 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
186 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:02:09
187 Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:02:11
188 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:13
189 William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac 0:02:38
190 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:43
191 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
192 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
193 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
194 Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:46
195 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:55
196 Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:56
197 Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:58
198 Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:43