Stage 1: Nimes-Nimes, 13.7km
The Vuelta has a penchant for opening TTTs which make a statement. Nothing quite so forbidding as the 2015 Marbella start's wooden slats and sand this year, but it is a flat, technical blast through the narrow streets of old Nîmes, the ancient French city. It's the eighth year in a row the race has started with a TTT.
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Tour of Turkey: Elia Viviani sprints to stage 7 victory to take first win for Lotto
Italian beats Alexander Kristoff into second in close bunch finish in Çeşme -
Sarah Sturm takes 'disappointing' third in Traka 360 sprint, reiterates need for better women's start after men's race mix-up chaos
American rider on the podium for a third time after feeling strong despite issues with women's race catching dropped male riders -
'It's possible' - Primož Roglič and Jan Tratnik on reuniting and why they think the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe star can win another Giro d'Italia
Tratnik operating as team captain role for first time alongside longstanding friend and compatriot -
Gallery: The winning bikes of The Traka 360
Tobias Kongstad's and Karolina Migon's mud-splattered bikes, plus some from the podium finishers too
