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Wednesday, April 30: Stage 1, Ascona - Sion, 200.9 km Brigerbad - Sion, 88.6 km

Stage 1 map and profile | Race day photos posted below result and stage map |

The Race: Stage 1 was shortened to 88.6 km because of snowfall on the Simplon Pass. The stage start was moved to Brigerbad (about km 110 of the original course), at the base of the 2000 meter pass. From there, the parcours was unchanged. See map and profile below.

On the descent out of Lens, Vincenzo Nibali did what he does best, scare everyone on a dowhill. The Italian gained a half-minute gap but was caught well before the finish. The indomitable Thomas Voeckler then tried his chances with a flyer at the flamme rouge, and he too was brought back to the fold just 50 meters from the line. That left it to the peloton reduced by the Lens ascent to have a drag race in Sion. Orica-GreenEdge's Michael Albasini had the speed and the right timing to win the stage.

Michal Kwiatkowski remain the overall leader.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 40.523 km/hr

1	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	2hr 11min 11sec
2	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
4	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
5	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
6	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling
7	Rui Alberto Costa	Lampre-Merida
8	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9	Björn Thurau	Team Europcar
10	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
11	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
12	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
13	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
14	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling
15	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	@ 4 seconds
16	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp
17	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
18	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
19	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
20	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
21	Egor Silin	Team Katusha
22	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
23	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team
24	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
25	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
26	Christopher Froome	Team Sky
27	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
28	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
29	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
30	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
31	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar Team
32	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r-La Mondiale
33	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp
34	Mickaël Chérel	Ag2r-La Mondiale
35	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
36	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
37	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r-La Mondiale
38	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r-La Mondiale
39	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
40	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
41	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha
42	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling
43	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
44	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
45	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team
46	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr
47	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing
48	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
49	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
50	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
51	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
52	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
53	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
54	Maxime Méderel	Team Europcar
55	Thomas de Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	14"
56	Thomas Danielson	Garmin-Sharp
57	Alexey Tsatevich	Team Katusha	53"
58	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
59	Nino Schurter	Orica-GreenEdge
60	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol	55"
61	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
62	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r-La Mondiale
63	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
64	Eduard Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo
65	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	57"
66	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
67	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
68	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano
69	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
70	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale
71	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
72	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida
73	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
74	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing
75	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
76	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
77	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano
78	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
79	David Lopez Garcia	Team Sky
80	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling
81	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp
82	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
83	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
84	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
85	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr
86	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
87	Richie Porte	Team Sky
88	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
89	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling
90	Dmitry Kozontchouk	Team Katusha
91	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
92	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar
93	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	2' 49"
94	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team
95	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale
96	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing
97	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
98	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	4' 28"
99	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar
100	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano
101	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing
102	Juan José Lobato	Movistar Team	4' 31"
103	Matej Mohoric	Cannondale	@ 57 seconds
104	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	6' 02"
105	Lieuwe Westra	Astana Pro Team
106	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	7' 51"
107	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
108	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol
109	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team
110	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge
111	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
112	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
113	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing
114	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	7' 51"
115	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky
116	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
117	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
118	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida
119	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
120	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
121	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano
122	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida
123	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
124	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team
125	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha
126	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
127	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r-La Mondiale
128	Axel Domont	Ag2r-La Mondiale
129	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	10' 15"
130	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo
131	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
132	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing
133	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano
134	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing
135	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
136	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
137	Pablo Lastras Garcia	Movistar Team
138	Xabier Zandio Echaide	Team Sky
139	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
140	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
141	Luke Rowe	Team Sky
142	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol
143	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r-La Mondiale
144	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
145	Mikhail Ignatyev	Team Katusha	10' 35"
146	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team
147	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky
148	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
149	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol
150	Lachlan Morton	Garmin-Sharp	10' 40"

GC after Stage 1: 94.170 km raced so far at an average speed of 41.077 km/hr

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	2hr 17min 33sec
2	Michael Albasini	Orica-GreenEdge	@ 5 seconds
3	Ramunas Navardauskas	Garmin-Sharp
4	Jesus Herrada	Movistar Team	06"
5	Matthias Brändle	IAM Cycling	07"
6	Rohan Dennis	Garmin-Sharp	08"
7	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	09"
8	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	13"
9	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ.fr
10	Christopher Froome	Team Sky	14"
11	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	Movistar Team
12	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge	15"
13	Rui Alberto  Costa	Lampre-Merida	16"
14	Andrew Talansky	Garmin-Sharp
15	Georg Preidler	Team Giant-Shimano
16	Vincenzo Nibali	Astana Pro Team
17	Simon Spilak	Team Katusha	17"
18	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	18"
19	Moreno Moser	Cannondale
20	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
21	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	19"
22	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
23	Mathias Frank	IAM Cycling	20"
24	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	22"
25	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
26	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	23"
27	Maxim Iglinskiy	Astana Pro Team
28	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
29	Thomas Voeckler	Team Europcar
30	Beñat Intxausti	Movistar Team
31	Riccardo Zoidl	Trek Factory Racing	24"
32	Andriy Grivko	Astana Pro Team
33	Nicolas Roche	Tinkoff-Saxo
34	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana Pro Team
35	Rafal Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo	25"
36	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
37	Jonathan Hivert	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
38	Ivan Basso	Cannondale
39	Jean-Christophe Peraud	Ag2r-La Mondiale	26"
40	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	27"
41	Francis Mourey	FDJ.fr	28"
42	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
43	Egor Silin	Team Katusha	29"
44	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r-La Mondiale	31"
45	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r-La Mondiale	32"
46	Björn Thurau	Team Europcar	33"
47	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	35"
48	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	36"
49	Pawel Poljanski	Tinkoff-Saxo
50	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM Cycling	37"
51	Maxime Méderel	Team Europcar
52	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	38"
53	Darwin Atapuma	BMC Racing Team	50"
54	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin-Sharp	51"
55	Mickaël Chérel	Ag2r-La Mondiale	53"
56	Giacomo Nizzolo	Trek Factory Racing	01' 01"
57	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	01' 05"
58	Thomas Danielson	Garmin-Sharp	01' 06"
59	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	01' 10"
60	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	01' 11"
61	Marcel Wyss	IAM Cycling	01' 12"
62	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	01' 13"
63	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.fr	01' 14"
64	Albert Timmer	Team Giant-Shimano	01' 17"
65	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	01' 19"
66	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
67	Nino Schurter	Orica-GreenEdge
68	Peter Velits	BMC Racing Team
69	Jack Bobridge	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
70	Richie Porte	Team Sky	01' 20"
71	Tony Hurel	Team Europcar
72	Luka Mezgec	Team Giant-Shimano	01' 22"
73	Jan Bakelants	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
74	Elia Favilli	Lampre-Merida	01' 23"
75	Tosh Van der Sande	Lotto-Belisol
76	Alexey Tsatevich	Team Katusha
77	Matej Mohoric	Cannondale	01' 24"
78	Davide Malacarne	Team Europcar	01' 25"
79	Fredrik Kessiakoff	Astana Pro Team
80	Rafael Valls Ferri	Lampre-Merida
81	David Lopez	Team Sky	01' 26"
82	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	01' 27"
83	Dmitry Kozontchouk	Team Katusha	01'28"
84	Winner Anacona	Lampre-Merida
85	Sylvester Szmyd	Movistar Team
86	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge	01' 30"
87	Sander Armee	Lotto-Belisol
88	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	01' 32"
89	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo	01' 33"
90	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp	01' 34"
91	Jean-Marc Marino	Cannondale	01'36"
92	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r-La Mondiale
93	Eduard Beltran	Tinkoff-Saxo	01' 41"
94	Silvan Dillier	BMC Racing Team	03' 10"
95	Danilo Hondo	Trek Factory Racing	03' 11"
96	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale	03' 12"
97	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	03' 15"
98	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale	03' 21"
99	Thierry Hupond	Team Giant-Shimano	04' 51"
100	Jens Voigt	Trek Factory Racing	04' 58"
101	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar Team	05' 01"
102	Dennis Vanendert	Lotto-Belisol	05' 10"
103	Christophe Kern	Team Europcar	05' 20"
104	Lieuwe Westra	Astana Pro Team	06' 13"
105	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	06' 36"
106	Marcel Kittel	Team Giant-Shimano	07' 55"
107	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	07' 57"
108	Julien Vermote	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	08' 05"
109	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant-Shimano	08' 06"
110	Svein Tuft	Orica-GreenEdge
111	Pavel Brutt	Team Katusha	08' 07"
112	Nelson Oliveira	Lampre-Merida	08' 08"
113	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol	08' 09"
114	Romain Guillemois	Team Europcar	08' 14"
115	Christopher Juul Jensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
116	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	08' 18"
117	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	08' 19"
118	Calvin Watson	Trek Factory Racing	08' 21"
119	Martin Kohler	BMC Racing Team	08' 23"
120	Tom Stamsnijder	Team Giant-Shimano
121	Cyril Gautier	Team Europcar
122	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	08' 26"
123	Gang Xu	Lampre-Merida	08' 28"
124	Mikel Nieve	Team Sky
125	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r-La Mondiale	08' 30"
126	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo	08' 33"
127	Axel Domont	Ag2r-La Mondiale	08' 35"
128	Danny Van Poppel	Trek Factory Racing	10' 24"
129	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r-La Mondiale	10' 28"
130	Sean De Bie	Lotto-Belisol	10' 30"
131	Michael Hepburn	Orica-GreenEdge
132	Tom Veelers	Team Giant-Shimano	10' 36"
133	Xabier Zandio	Team Sky	10' 37"
134	Jay McCarthy	Tinkoff-Saxo	10' 38"
135	Lars-Petter Nordhaug	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10' 41"
136	Luke Rowe	Team Sky	10' 42"
137	Bart de Clercq	Lotto-Belisol	10' 43"
138	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida	10' 44"
139	Nathan Earle	Team Sky	10' 45"
140	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	10' 48"
141	Eugenio Alafaci	Trek Factory Racing	10' 49"
142	Pablo Lastras	Movistar Team	10' 53"
143	Mikhail Ignatyev	Team Katusha	10' 58"
144	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ.fr
145	Christopher Sutton	Team Sky	11' 06"
146	Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale	11' 07"
147	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	11' 12"
148	Giovanni Visconti	Movistar Team	11' 15"
149	Kenny De Haes	Lotto-Belisol	11' 19"
150	Lachlan Morton	Garmin-Sharp	11' 22"

Stage 1 map and profile:

Original stage 1 course. The stage will start after the Col du Simplon.

Original stage 1 profile.

Photos from stage 1:

Richie Porte and the Sky boys ride into Sion

Race leader Michal Kwiatkowski

Peter Velits

Sylvester Szmyd is riding for Movister this year.

Thomas Voeckler escapes....for a while.

Michael Albasini wins stage 1

Race leader Michal Kwiatkowski finishes stage 1 with his lead intact.

Tony Martin

Rohan Dennis, who was second yesterday.

Stage winner Michael Albasini

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