Giro d’Italia – Stage 1

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Tom Dumoulin ( Team Giant – Alpecin ) wins the opening stage and wears Pink after the first stage of the 2016 Giro d’Italia

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Giro d’Italia – Stage 1

Local hero Tom Dumoulin of Team Giant – Alpecin took the first Maglia Rosa of the 99th Giro d’Italia d’Italia, after clocking the 9.8km of the inaugural time trial in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, in 11’03” at an average speed of 53.212km/h.

“Tom Dumoulin’s performance was wonderful. It was a privilege to stand on the podium of this beautiful opening stage of the Giro. We saw Apeldoorn, Gelderland and the entire country at their very best today” said King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands.

Dumoulin however only just won the stage by the tiniest margin, edging out surprise runner up Primoz RoÄŸlic (LottoNL-Jumbo) by one hundredth of a second. The Slovenian, a former junior world champion in ski jumping who was expected to shine in the mountains, was the revelation of the day.

The pan-flat course initially shone the spotlights on another Giant-Alpecin rider, with Tobias Ludvigsson in the hot seat for one and half hours. The lanky Swede eventually finished fourth and shared the podium with his leader Dumoulin when he received the white jersey of best young rider.

In the races inside the race, for the GC Vincenzo Nibali of Astana Pro Team was the fastest of the other favourites for overall victory, opening an advantage of 5″ over Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), 11″ over Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge) and 21″ over Mikel Landa (Team Sky).

Marcel Kittel of Etixx-Quick Step meanwhile won the battle of the sprinters for whom the Maglia Rosa is within reach thanks to the time bonuses available on the second and third flat stages in the Province of Gelderland. With a deficit of 11 seconds and a total of 13 seconds up for grabs on stage 2, the German is in a favourable situation to dethrone Dumoulin.

Tom Dumoulin said afterwards: “It sounds like I’ve made a few people happy today, hearing all the people who were shouting my name after I won, but mostly I made myself happy. It’s a very emotional moment. It’s a crazy feeling. In cycling, plans usually don’t work. I really meant it when I said that it would be hard to win this time trial.”

” knew that Primoz RoÄŸlic had set a good time. When I crossed the line, I thought I was three seconds ahead of him, but we were actually on the same time. I’ve felt frustrated on a few occasions this year with second places in time trials but luck was on my side this time. It doesn’t matter if I win by a hundredth of a second, one second or ten seconds.”

“It’s an important step in my career. I didn’t grow up in a cycling environment but I’ve learned enough about the history of cycling to understand the meaning of the pink jersey. I hope I still have it when we arrive in Italy but it will be hard to keep it against the sprinters who will fight for time bonusses. However I’ll do my best to wear the pink jersey in this beautiful country. The weather forecast is good for the next two days and I believe a lot of people will be out on the road to cheer me on. It’s very special to be in this position in the Netherlands”. … continued after advert

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Fabian Cancellera (Trek-Segafredo) – Favourite: “It was a strange feeling during the race, I think,” Cancellara said. “I just did the maximum I could; more than that was just not there. The last two weeks I was training hard and had much better sensations. When I was pushing today, I could feel there was something more missing”.

“In the end, I lost almost one second by kilometre. I mean, I am not used [to this]. I feel also that somehow I came to a point where I just could not give more, push more. I said that I would give everything that I could, and I did this. This is just the honest result”.

“Of course being a specialist I can manage somehow a good result, but I mean I am used to different efforts and a different way to perform. I am kind of disappointed, but the situation is I am still sick. This morning I was still fighting the stomach flu symptoms right before the race. This doesn’t help and also the fear I had took a lot of the energy away. It is how it is. I will try to save as much I can in the next days to make it to Italy in better condition.”

Marcel Kittel (Etixx Quickstep): A former Junior world champion and winner of the U23 European title in the time trial discipline, Kittel showed he still has the skills against the clock, especially on short distances, and finished 5th, only 11 seconds behind the first pink jersey of the race, Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin). “It was difficult out there, as is every time trial”.

“I got a good result and I’m satisfied with it, but this doesn’t change anything. Taking the pink jersey isn’t my priority, my focus in only on the flat stages and the sprints. I will be happy if today’s result will help me don the maglia rosa, but I’m not going to put extra pressure on my team for this”, said Marcel Kittel.

Ryder Hesjedal (Trek-Segafredo) put in a very respectable performance to finish in 11:36. Hesjedal’s time around that of his biggest rivals, a promising start for the Canadian. “I felt good out there,” said Hesjedal. “It was a beautiful course, the sun is shining, and it was an amazing start in the velodrome to begin this Giro. I am happy [with the result]. In 10 kilometers it was completely people the whole way! It’s pretty amazing to put everything you have out on the road in a tunnel of people – that’s a special part of the sport and for sure here, there is no shortage of fans.

“Most of the GC guys went later, and we decided that I would go early. Personally, I felt like I did a great ride and didn’t make any mistakes. Dirk [Demol, director] was in the car and was really helpful, and I think we executed really well. The bike was perfect, and I had good power from the legs, and you can’t ask for anything more.”

RESULT
1 DUMOULIN Tom TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:00
2 ROGLIC Primoz TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:00
3 AMADOR Andrey MOVISTAR TEAM 00:06
4 LUDVIGSSON Tobias TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:08
5 KITTEL Marcel ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:11
6 MOSER Moreno CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:12
7 JUNGELS Bob ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:13
8 CANCELLARA Fabian TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:14
9 BRANDLE Matthias IAM CYCLING 00:14
10 DILLIER Silvan BMC RACING TEAM 00:16
11 KLUGE Roger IAM CYCLING 00:16
12 HAGA Chad TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:16
13 PREIDLER Georg TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:17
14 KEIZER Martijn TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:17
15 BOARO Manuele TINKOFF 00:18
16 NIBALI Vincenzo ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:19
17 HOWSON Damien ORICA GREENEDGE 00:19
18 WISNIOWSKI Lukasz ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:20
19 HEPBURN Michael ORICA GREENEDGE 00:20
20 GENIEZ Alexandre FDJ 00:21
21 KANGERT Tanel ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:21
22 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:22
23 VALVERDE Alejandro MOVISTAR TEAM 00:24
24 HOFLAND Moreno TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:25
25 TUFT Svein ORICA GREENEDGE 00:26
26 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:26
27 NIZZOLO Giacomo TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:27
28 ZOIDL Riccardo TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:28
29 FUGLSANG Jakob ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:28
30 WELLENS Tim LOTTO SOUDAL 00:28
31 ULISSI Diego LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:29
32 ROCHE Nicholas TEAM SKY 00:30
33 CHAVES Esteban ORICA GREENEDGE 00:30
34 KUNG Stefan BMC RACING TEAM 00:30
35 HOWARD Leigh IAM CYCLING 00:30
36 MORENO Javier MOVISTAR TEAM 00:31
37 DE BIE Sean LOTTO SOUDAL 00:31
38 ZAKARIN Ilnur TEAM KATUSHA 00:32
38 SERRY Pieter ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:32
40 VISCONTI Giovanni MOVISTAR TEAM 00:32
41 HESJEDAL Ryder TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:33
42 PLAZA MOLINA Ruben ORICA GREENEDGE 00:33
43 URAN URAN Rigoberto CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:33
44 TANKINK Bram TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:34
45 DE LA CRUZ David ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:34
46 TJALLINGII Maarten TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:34
47 GREIPEL André LOTTO SOUDAL 00:34
48 CASTELIJNS Twan TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:35
49 ROELANDTS Jurgen LOTTO SOUDAL 00:35
50 VOROBYEV Anton TEAM KATUSHA 00:35
51 BAK Lars Ytting LOTTO SOUDAL 00:35
52 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas FDJ 00:35
53 VIVIANI Elia TEAM SKY 00:36
54 QUINZIATO Manuel BMC RACING TEAM 00:36
55 OSS Daniel BMC RACING TEAM 00:36
56 KNEES Christian TEAM SKY 00:36
57 BETANCUR Carlos A. MOVISTAR TEAM 00:37
58 SEROV Alexander GAZPROM – RUSVELO 00:37
59 TCATEVITCH Alexey TEAM KATUSHA 00:37
60 MAJKA Rafal TINKOFF 00:38
61 PORSEV Alexander TEAM KATUSHA 00:38
62 PERAUD Jean Christophe AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:38
63 TAARAMAE Rein TEAM KATUSHA 00:38
64 MONFORT Maxime LOTTO SOUDAL 00:38
65 VAUGRENARD Benoit FDJ 00:40
66 DEMARE Arnaud FDJ 00:40
67 LANDA Mikel TEAM SKY 00:40
68 MCCARTHY Jay TINKOFF 00:40
69 SIUTSOU Kanstantsin TEAM DIMENSION DATA 00:40
70 PIRAZZI Stefano BARDIANI CSF 00:40
71 SENNI Manuel BMC RACING TEAM 00:41
72 BETTIOL Alberto CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:41
73 SUTTERLIN Jasha MOVISTAR TEAM 00:41
74 AGNOLI Valerio ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:41
75 BOBRIDGE Jack TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:42
76 LOPEZ GARCIA David TEAM SKY 00:42
77 ZABEL Rick BMC RACING TEAM 00:42
78 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC RACING TEAM 00:42
79 TIMMER Albert TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:42
80 SUTHERLAND Rory MOVISTAR TEAM 00:42
81 CLARKE Simon CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:43
82 WYSS Marcel IAM CYCLING 00:43
83 OVECHKIN Artem GAZPROM – RUSVELO 00:43
84 ERSHOV Artur GAZPROM – RUSVELO 00:43
85 GRETSCH Patrick AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:44
86 BRUTT Pavel TINKOFF 00:44
87 AMEZQUETA Julen WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 00:45
88 SCARPONI Michele ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:45
89 COLEDAN Marco TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:45
90 LIGTHART Pim LOTTO SOUDAL 00:45
91 TOSATTO Matteo TINKOFF 00:45
92 BEWLEY Sam ORICA GREENEDGE 00:46
93 LAENGEN Vegard Stake IAM CYCLING 00:46
94 VAN POPPEL Boy TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:46
95 SABATINI Fabio ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:46
96 VENTER Jacobus TEAM DIMENSION DATA 00:46
97 POZZOVIVO Domenico AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:47
98 BERTAZZO Liam WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 00:47
99 CONTI Valerio LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:47
100 WARBASSE Lawrence IAM CYCLING 00:47
101 MARTINEZ Daniel WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 00:47
102 COLBRELLI Sonny BARDIANI CSF 00:48
103 DENIFL Stefan IAM CYCLING 00:48
104 ARNDT Nikias TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 00:49
105 FORMOLO Davide CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:50
106 FIRSANOV Sergey GAZPROM – RUSVELO 00:50
107 DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:50
108 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:50
108 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin MOVISTAR TEAM 00:50
108 DEIGNAN Philip TEAM SKY 00:50
111 HOULE Hugo AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:50
112 HENAO Sebastian TEAM SKY 00:50
113 ZEITS Andrey ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:51
114 BATTAGLIN Enrico TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 00:51
115 TXURRUKA Amets ORICA GREENEDGE 00:51
116 CAPECCHI Eros ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:52
117 MONTAGUTI Matteo AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:53
118 BOSWELL Ian TEAM SKY 00:53
119 VAN ZYL Johann TEAM DIMENSION DATA 00:53
120 SARREAU Marc FDJ 00:54
121 FISCHER Murilo Antonio FDJ 00:55
122 DIDIER Laurent TREK – SEGAFREDO 00:56
123 HAUSSLER Heinrich IAM CYCLING 00:56
124 MODOLO Sacha LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:56
124 LE GAC Olivier FDJ 00:56
126 HERRADA LOPEZ José MOVISTAR TEAM 00:57
127 DOMONT Axel AG2R LA MONDIALE 00:57
128 ROVNY Ivan TINKOFF 00:57
129 COURTEILLE Arnaud FDJ 00:57
130 BROWN Nathan CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:58
131 KOCHETKOV Pavel TEAM KATUSHA 00:58
132 BOEM Nicola BARDIANI CSF 00:59
133 BERLATO Giacomo NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 00:59
134 VERONA Carlos ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 00:59
135 BELKOV Maxim TEAM KATUSHA 01:01
136 MOHORIC Matej LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:01
137 KOZHATAYEV Bakhtiyar ASTANA PRO TEAM 01:01
138 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:02
139 DE MARCHI Alessandro BMC RACING TEAM 01:02
140 FILOSI Iuri NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:02
141 HANSEN Adam LOTTO SOUDAL 01:03
142 SAVITSKIY Ivan GAZPROM – RUSVELO 01:04
143 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:04
144 PETILLI Simone LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:04
145 PETROV Evgeny TINKOFF 01:04
146 VANENDERT Jelle LOTTO SOUDAL 01:05
147 MORI Manuele LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:05
148 STAMSNIJDER Tom TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 01:05
149 MEZGEC Luka ORICA GREENEDGE 01:05
150 DELAGE Mickael FDJ 01:05
151 FERRARI Roberto LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:06
152 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav TEAM KATUSHA 01:06
153 FOLIFOROV Alexander GAZPROM – RUSVELO 01:06
154 MALACARNE Davide ASTANA PRO TEAM 01:06
155 ZILIOLI Gianfranco NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:07
156 SILIN Egor TEAM KATUSHA 01:08
157 NIEVE Mikel TEAM SKY 01:08
158 SBARAGLI Kristian TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:08
159 POZZATO Filippo WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:08
160 SIMION Paolo BARDIANI CSF 01:09
161 MAESTRI Mirco BARDIANI CSF 01:09
162 TRENTIN Matteo ETIXX – QUICK-STEP 01:11
163 POLJANSKI Pawel TINKOFF 01:11
164 BUSATO Matteo WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:11
165 CICCONE Giulio BARDIANI CSF 01:11
166 KOSHEVOY Ilia LAMPRE – MERIDA 01:12
167 KADRI Blel AG2R LA MONDIALE 01:13
168 SOLOMENNIKOV Andrey GAZPROM – RUSVELO 01:14
169 DE BACKER Bert TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 01:14
170 ATAPUMA Darwin BMC RACING TEAM 01:14
171 BISOLTI Alessandro NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:15
172 ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:15
173 VAN EMDEN Jos TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 01:16
174 ALAFACI Eugenio TREK – SEGAFREDO 01:17
175 ANDREETTA Simone BARDIANI CSF 01:18
176 THOMSON Jay Robert TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:18
177 DUPONT Hubert AG2R LA MONDIALE 01:18
178 RYBALKIN Aleksey GAZPROM – RUSVELO 01:18
179 RODRIGUEZ Cristian WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:20
180 JI Cheng TEAM GIANT – ALPECIN 01:21
181 KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:21
182 BOLE Grega NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:22
183 KOLOBNEV Alexandr GAZPROM – RUSVELO 01:22
184 STACCHIOTTI Riccardo NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:24
185 CARDOSO Andre Fernando S CANNONDALE PRO CYCLING TEAM 01:26
186 BELLETTI Manuel WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:27
187 BONGIORNO Francesco Manuel BARDIANI CSF 01:27
188 CUNEGO Damiano NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:27
189 HERNANDEZ Jesus TINKOFF 01:29
190 YAMAMOTO Genki NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:30
191 BONNAFOND Guillaume AG2R LA MONDIALE 01:31
192 EWAN Caleb ORICA GREENEDGE 01:31
193 ZHUPA Eugert WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:33
194 GROSU Eduard Michael NIPPO – VINI FANTINI 01:36
195 RUFFONI Nicola BARDIANI CSF 01:41
196 JIM Songezo TEAM DIMENSION DATA 01:47
197 PELUCCHI Matteo IAM CYCLING 01:47
198 MARECZKO Jakub WILIER TRIESTINA – SOUTHEAST 01:48

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