Giro d'Italia 2014: team time trial start times

This year's Giro d'Italia kicks off with an evening time trial around the centre of Belfast, with teams in action between 5:50pm and 8:00pm local time.

The 22 teams will cover a urban route of 21.7km that starts in the Titanic museum and ends in Donegall Square.

The first half of the route is straight and fast on the Newtownwards Road, with the half-way point in the shadow of Stormont Castle. The riders face a spectacular and fast descent and rise up to the Castle before a loop in the gardens takes them down and back onto the Newtownwards Road where they will cross paths with other teams in action.

The final part of the route includes a series of turns in the city centre, where it will be vital for teams to stay together and accelerate out of the corners. A last right turn leads into Donegall Square, with each time taken on the fifth rider to cross the finish line.

The first rider to finish of the fastest team will pull on the first race leader's pink jersey.

The teams start at five minute intervals, with the Colombia team first off at 5:50pm local time. Big favourite for victory Orica-GreenEdge also has an early start at 5:55pm, while Neri Sottoli is the last team to start at 7:35pm local time.

There will be full live coverage of all the action here on Cyclingnews.

The full order of start times is as follows:

5.50pm Colombia
5.55pm Orica-GreenEdge
6.00pm Tinkoff-Saxo
6.05pm FDJ.fr
6.10pm Katusha
6.15pm Movistar
6.20pm Lotto Belisol
6.25pm Trek Factory Racing
6.30pm Belkin
6.35pm Europcar
6.40pm Lampre-Merida
6.45pm Team Sky
6.50pm Cannondale
6.55pm Giant-Shimano
7.00pm Ag2r-La Mondiale
7.05pm Androni Giocattoli
7.10pm Garmin-Sharp
7.15pm Bardiani-CSF
7.20pm BMC
7.25pm Omega Pharma-QuickStep
7.30pm Astana
7.35pm Neri Sottoli.

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Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.