2017 Vuelta a España
August 19, Stage 1: Team Time Trial, Nîmes - Nîmes
Stage 1, Saturday, August 19: Team Time Trial, Nîmes - Nîmes, 13.8 km
Stage 1 map and profile | Stage 1 photos
Team BMC winning the stage
Rated ascent: Km 7.3 - Alto de Nîmes, category 3
The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.
BMC Racing Team made the most of the opening time-trial of the 72nd La Vuelta, Saturday at Nîmes: stage victory for the American team and first red jersey for Rohan Dennis. With a time of 15'58” over 13.7km, BMC dominated Quick-Step Floors and Team Sunweb with a margin of six seconds. Chris Froome and Team Sky took the fourth place and already won time over most of their rivals for the general classification. BMC already won the ITT in 2015. Dennis is the first Australian rider to wear the red jersey since Michael Matthews kept it for three days in 2014.
198 riders started the 72nd edition of La Vuelta, divided in 22 teams, the first on the road being Manzana-Postobon on the occasion of the inaugural team time trial in the streets of Nîmes. The course showcased the historical monuments of the French city. Second in action, Lotto-Soudal set the first time of reference in 16.22. Bora-Hansgrohe bettered the Belgian team. The young guns of Team Sunweb impressed with the time of 16.04 (51.2km/hr) while half of the teams had crossed the finishing line.
It was a matter of hundredths of a second for Quick-Step Floors to take the lead ahead of the Dutch team, also with a time of 16.04. But BMC Racing Team managed to build a substantial difference, with a time of 15.58 (51.5km/hr). With the American team being the only one to cover the course under 16 minutes, Rohan Dennis grabbed the first red jersey of La Vuelta 2017.
No team was able to come close to BMC as the last ones tackled the very technical course. But Team Sky managed to set the fourth best time (16.07) and put Chris Froome ahead of most of his rivals for the general classification. Esteban Chaves and the Yates brothers (Orica-Scott) lost 8 seconds over Froome, Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) 22 seconds, Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafred) 26, and Fabio Aru (Astana) 32.
Results:
13.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 51.858 km/hr
1 | BMC RACING TEAM | 15min 58sec |
2 | QUICK - STEP FLOORS | @ 6sec |
3 | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
4 | TEAM SKY | @ 9sec |
5 | ORICA - SCOTT | @ 17sec |
6 | BORA - HANSGROHE | @ 21sec |
7 | LOTTO SOUDAL | @ 24sec |
8 | MOVISTAR TEAM | s.t. |
9 | BAHRAIN - MERIDA | @ 31sec |
10 | TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN | @ 33sec |
11 | TREK - SEGAFREDO | @ 35sec |
12 | FDJ | @ 38sec |
13 | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
14 | TEAM DIMENSION DATA | @ 39sec |
15 | TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO | @ 40sec |
16 | ASTANA PRO TEAM | @ 41sec |
17 | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | @ 46sec |
18 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
19 | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | @ 47sec |
20 | MANZANA POSTOBON TEAM | @ 53sec |
21 | CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA | @ 56sec |
22 | COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | @ 57sec |
GC after Stage 1:
- GC leader: Rohan Dennis (BMC)
- Mountain classification leader: Nicolas Roche (BMC)
- Combination classification leader: Daniel Oss (BMC)
- Team classification leader: BMC
1 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | 15min 58sec |
2 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
3 | ROCHE Nicolas | BMC | s.t. |
4 | DE MARCHI Alessandro | BMC | s.t. |
5 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
6 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | BMC | s.t. |
7 | LAMPAERT Yves | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | @ 6sec |
8 | DE LA CRUZ David | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
9 | JUNGELS Bob | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
10 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
11 | TRENTIN Matteo | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
12 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
13 | OOMEN Sam | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
14 | KELDERMAN Wilco | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
15 | KäMNA Lennard | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
16 | BARGUIL WARREN | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
17 | PUCCIO Salvatore | SKY | + 00' 09'' |
18 | FROOME Christopher | SKY | s.t. |
19 | MOSCON Gianni | SKY | s.t. |
20 | POELS Wout | SKY | s.t. |
21 | STANNARD Ian | SKY | s.t. |
22 | HAGA Chad | TEAM SUNWEB | + 00' 10'' |
23 | MAS NICOLAU Enric | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 00' 11'' |
24 | YATES Adam | ORICA-SCOTT | + 00' 17'' |
25 | NIELSEN Magnus Cort | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
26 | HAIG Jack | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
27 | YATES Simon | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
28 | CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
29 | KONRAD Patrick | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 21'' |
30 | MAJKA Rafal | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
31 | POLJANSKI Pawel | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
32 | BENEDETTI Cesare | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
33 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
34 | TUFT Svein | ORICA-SCOTT | + 00' 23'' |
35 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 24'' |
36 | WALLAYS Jelle | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
37 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
38 | MONFORT Maxime | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
39 | DE CLERCQ Bart | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
40 | OLIVEIRA Nelson | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
41 | BETANCUR Carlos Alberto | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
42 | ROJAS José Joaquin | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
43 | MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
44 | FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
45 | SOLER GIMENEZ Marc | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
46 | KNEES Christian | SKY | + 00' 25'' |
47 | ROSA Diego | SKY | s.t. |
48 | CARAPAZ RICHARD ANTONIO | MOVISTAR | + 00' 29'' |
49 | PEDRERO Antonio | MOVISTAR | + 00' 31'' |
50 | NIBALI Vincenzo | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
51 | BOARO Manuele | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
52 | VISCONTI Giovanni | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
53 | GARCIA CORTINA Ivan | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
54 | AGNOLI Valerio | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
55 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 00' 33'' |
56 | TAARAMÄE Rein | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
57 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
58 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
59 | MAMYKIN Matvey | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | s.t. |
60 | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | ORICA-SCOTT | + 00' 34'' |
61 | VERONA Carlos | ORICA-SCOTT | s.t. |
62 | BERNARD Julien | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 00' 35'' |
63 | CONTADOR Alberto | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
64 | IRIZAR ARRANBURU Markel | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
65 | THEUNS Edward | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
66 | PANTANO Jarlinson | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
67 | STETINA Peter | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
68 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias | FDJ | + 00' 38'' |
69 | EIKING Odd Christian | FDJ | s.t. |
70 | LE BON Johan | FDJ | s.t. |
71 | ROUX Anthony | FDJ | s.t. |
72 | MAISON Jérémy | FDJ | s.t. |
73 | HANSEN Lasse Norman | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
74 | DENIFL Stefan | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
75 | CHRISTIAN Mark | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
76 | KREDER Michel | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
77 | WARBASSE Lawrence | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
78 | KONING Peter | AQUA BLUE SPORT | s.t. |
79 | BLYTHE Adam | AQUA BLUE SPORT | + 00' 39'' |
80 | ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
81 | MORTON Lachlan David | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
82 | FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
83 | KING Benjamin | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
84 | PAUWELS Serge | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
85 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 00' 40'' |
86 | CLEMENT Stef | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
87 | LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan José | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
88 | BOUWMAN Koen | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
89 | KRUIJSWIJK Steven | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
90 | OLIVIER Daan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
91 | SANCHEZ Luis León | ASTANA | + 00' 41'' |
92 | LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel | ASTANA | s.t. |
93 | CHERNETSKI Sergei | ASTANA | s.t. |
94 | LUTSENKO Alexey | ASTANA | s.t. |
95 | ARU Fabio | ASTANA | s.t. |
96 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 00' 42'' |
97 | PELLIZOTTI Franco | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 00' 44'' |
98 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | + 00' 46'' |
99 | VILLELLA Davide | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
100 | CLARKE Simon | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
101 | SCULLY Tom | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
102 | WOODS Michael | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
103 | CANTY Brendan | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
104 | SKUJINS TOMS | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
105 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
106 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
107 | DOMONT Axel | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
108 | GENIEZ Alexandre | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
109 | BARDET Romain | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
110 | MOHORIC Matej | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 00' 47'' |
111 | POLANC Jan | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
112 | MEINTJES Louis | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
113 | FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
114 | NIEMIEC Przemyslaw | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
115 | REYES ORTEGA Aldemar | MANZANA POSTOBON | + 00' 53'' |
116 | VILELA Ricardo | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
117 | BOHORQUEZ SANCHEZ Hernando | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
118 | ORJUELA GUTIERREZ Fernando | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
119 | MOLANO Juan Sebastian | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
120 | BOL Jetse | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
121 | MANZIN Lorrenzo | FDJ | + 00' 54'' |
122 | DOMBROWSKI Joseph Lloyd | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | s.t. |
123 | ARROYO DURAN David | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | + 00' 56'' |
124 | SCHULTZ Nicholas | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
125 | PARDILLA BELLON Sergio | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
126 | ROSON GARCIA Jaime | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
127 | MAS BONET Luis Guillermo | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
128 | REIS Rafael | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
129 | SAEZ BENITO Hector | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | s.t. |
130 | KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN Merhawi | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 57'' |
131 | SUAZA Bernardo Albeiro | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
132 | PEREZ Anthony | COFIDIS | s.t. |
133 | TURGIS Jimmy | COFIDIS | s.t. |
134 | ROSSETTO Stéphane | COFIDIS | s.t. |
135 | MATE MARDONES Luis Angel | COFIDIS | s.t. |
136 | NAVARRO Daniel | COFIDIS | s.t. |
137 | TURGIS Anthony | COFIDIS | s.t. |
138 | MERTZ Rémy | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 00' 58'' |
139 | HANSEN Adam James | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
140 | DE KORT Koen | TREK-SEGAFREDO | + 00' 59'' |
141 | DOUGALL Nicolas | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
142 | BELKOV Maxim | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 00'' |
143 | TERPSTRA Niki | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01' 02'' |
144 | FOURNIER Marc | FDJ | s.t. |
145 | CHEVRIER Clément | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 03'' |
146 | GATE Aaron | AQUA BLUE SPORT | + 01' 04'' |
147 | DUNNE Conor | AQUA BLUE SPORT | + 01' 09'' |
148 | BENNETT George | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 10'' |
149 | GOUGEARD Alexis | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 12'' |
150 | VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose | BMC | + 01' 13'' |
151 | NIBALI Antonio | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
152 | COURTEILLE ARNAUD | FDJ | + 01' 16'' |
153 | HOELGAARD Daniel | FDJ | s.t. |
154 | RUBIO HERNANDEZ Diego | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | + 01' 17'' |
155 | BONNAFOND Guillaume | COFIDIS | + 01' 18'' |
156 | AGUIRRE CAIPA Hernan Ricardo | MANZANA POSTOBON | + 01' 19'' |
157 | OSORIO ARBOLEDA Juan Felipe | MANZANA POSTOBON | s.t. |
158 | BEWLEY Sam | ORICA-SCOTT | + 01' 20'' |
159 | LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 01' 21'' |
160 | LOPEZ GARCIA David | SKY | + 01' 23'' |
161 | DUVAL Julien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 24'' |
162 | NIEVE Mikel | SKY | + 01' 32'' |
163 | HAMILTON Christopher | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 33'' |
164 | MORENO BAZAN Javier | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 01' 35'' |
165 | AIT EL ABDIA ANNAS | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 01' 36'' |
166 | CAPECCHI Eros | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | + 01' 38'' |
167 | DECLERCQ Tim | QUICK-STEP FLOORS | s.t. |
168 | DE GENDT Thomas | LOTTO-SOUDAL | s.t. |
169 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
170 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | TEAM SUNWEB | + 01' 47'' |
171 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
172 | VANBILSEN KENNETH | COFIDIS | + 01' 48'' |
173 | ARMEE Sander | LOTTO-SOUDAL | + 01' 50'' |
174 | MODOLO Sacha | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | s.t. |
175 | BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA Pello | ASTANA | + 01' 55'' |
176 | HANSEN Jesper | ASTANA | s.t. |
177 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | + 01' 58'' |
178 | VLIEGEN Loic | BMC | s.t. |
179 | DENZ Nico | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 02' 01'' |
180 | DE VREESE LAURENS | ASTANA | + 02' 04'' |
181 | STALNOV Nikita | ASTANA | s.t. |
182 | GONCALVES José | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | + 02' 06'' |
183 | DEGENKOLB John | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
184 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques Willem | DIMENSION DATA | + 02' 07'' |
185 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas | COFIDIS | s.t. |
186 | LINDEMAN Bert Jan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 09'' |
187 | FERRARI BARCELO Fabricio | CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | + 02' 11'' |
188 | NOVAK Domen | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | + 02' 13'' |
189 | CLARKE William | CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | + 02' 38'' |
190 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 43'' |
191 | HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Alberto | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
192 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
193 | DE TIER Floris | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
194 | ATAPUMA HURTADO Jhon Darwin | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 02' 46'' |
195 | SCHWARZMANN Michael | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 55'' |
196 | ZURLO Federico | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | + 02' 56'' |
197 | KOLAR Michal | BORA-HANSGROHE | + 02' 58'' |
198 | ARCAS PEñA Jorge | MOVISTAR | + 04' 23'' |
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
Central Nîmes
Pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
LottoNL-Jumbo finishes the stage
Orica-Scott
Team Sky
Trek-Segafredo
Team Sunweb
Quick Step Floors
BMC was the fastest team of the day.
Team BMC celebrates its stage win.
Rohan Dennis will start stage two in the leader's red jersey.