Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) wins the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia 2018. Team Sunweb leader won stage 1 time trial by getting off the ramp last wearing the World Champion jersey. In this way Giro d’Italia title holder left Italy twelve months ago dressed in pink and welcomes Israel with the maglia rosa on his shoulders. The Dutchman smashed the best time by two seconds over Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing), who clocked home in a time of 12’04 in the very first stages of today’s racing. European time trial champion Victor Campenaerts (Lotto – Soudal) stopped the clock at the same time of Dennis whereas Katusha – Alpecin duo made of José Goncalves and Alex Dowsett complete today’s top-5.
Besides stage winner Tom Dumoulin, Simon Yates (Mitchelton – Scott) made the best performance with regards to the GC competitors. British climber finished in seventh with only 20 down on Dumoulin. Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain – Merida) and Carlos Betancur (Movistar) performed well too. Bahrain – Merida’s leader stopped the clock 27 seconds down on the winning time whereas the Colombian clocked home one second later the Italian. Chris Froome, who crashed this morning when he was doing the stage recon, slotted into twenty-first with 37 seconds from the stage winner. Maximilian Schachmann (Quick Step Floors), who has finished in eighth, is the white jersey holder.
Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 1 Results and GC
1 DUMOULIN Tom Team Sunweb 12:02
2 DENNIS Rohan BMC Racing Team 0:02
3 CAMPENAERTS Victor Lotto Fix All ,,
4 GONÇALVES José Team Katusha – Alpecin 0:12
5 DOWSETT Alex Team Katusha – Alpecin 0:16
6 BILBAO Pello Astana Pro Team 0:18
7 YATES Simon Mitchelton-Scott 0:20
8 SCHACHMANN Maximilian Quick-Step Floors 0:21
9 MARTIN Tony Team Katusha – Alpecin 0:27
10 POZZOVIVO Domenico Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team ,,
11 BETANCUR Carlos Movistar Team 0:28
12 CONTI Valerio UAE-Team Emirates 0:29
13 WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads Team Katusha – Alpecin 3 0:30
14 GROSSSCHARTNER Felix BORA – hansgrohe 2 0:31
15 WELLENS Tim Lotto Fix All 1 0:32
16 PINOT Thibaut Groupama – FDJ 0:33
17 SCULLY Thomas Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:34
18 KONRAD Patrick BORA – hansgrohe ,,
19 PREIDLER Georg Groupama – FDJ ,,
20 CAVAGNA Rémi Quick-Step Floors 0:35
21 FROOME Christopher Team Sky 0:37
22 VALLS Rafael Movistar Team 0:38
23 ULISSI Diego UAE-Team Emirates 0:40
24 DE LA PARTE Víctor Movistar Team ,,
25 POELS Wout Team Sky ,,
26 FORMOLO Davide BORA – hansgrohe ,,
27 SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo Movistar Team 0:41
28 MARCATO Marco UAE-Team Emirates 0:42
29 OOMEN Sam Team Sunweb ,,
30 KANGERT Tanel Astana Pro Team 0:43
31 KING Benjamin Dimension Data 0:44
32 LUTSENKO Alexey Astana Pro Team ,,
33 VAN EMDEN Jos Team LottoNL-Jumbo ,,
34 PFINGSTEN Christoph BORA – hansgrohe ,,
35 ROELANDTS Jurgen BMC Racing Team 0:45
36 KIRYIENKA Vasil Team Sky ,,
37 HENAO Sergio Luis Team Sky ,,
38 HAGA Chad Team Sunweb 0:46
39 PUCCIO Salvatore Team Sky ,,
40 CHAVES Johan Esteban Mitchelton-Scott ,,
41 FERNÁNDEZ Rubén Movistar Team 0:48
42 VERVAEKE Louis Team Sunweb ,,
43 BENNETT George Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:49
44 DE MARCHI Alessandro BMC Racing Team ,,
45 O’CONNOR Ben Dimension Data ,,
46 HAMILTON Chris Team Sunweb 0:50
47 ARU Fabio UAE-Team Emirates ,,
48 MASNADA Fausto Androni – Sidermec – Bottecchia 0:51
49 CAPECCHI Eros Quick-Step Floors ,,
50 DENZ Nico AG2R La Mondiale 0:52