Tirreno-Adriatico stage 1 LIVE - Riders go against the clock in race opener

Isaac Del Toro goes fastest at the split, he leads by four seconds over Welsford but six seconds ahead of leader at the finish, Hatherly.

Welsford goes third fastest with a terrific ride by the Australian sprinter with him 10 seconds down on Hatherly.

Jan Christen spoke to TV crews after his ride... "The TT wasn't the best for me but I managed well considering I haven't trained on the TT as I am not doing GC here, so I am happy with my time. It is super nice, I hope Isaac does similar or even better so we have a strong GC position. We are here with a strong team so we hope to win the GC."

Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sets off on his ride. One of the pre-race favourites.

Bax slots into third at just 19 seconds down on Hatherly.

Sam Welsford (Ineos Grenadiers) out on course, he'll be hoping to have some good opportunities in the sprints this week.

Sjoerd Bax (Pinarello-Q36.5) with a surprisingly strong ride at the split, he's just four seconds off Hatherly's time.

Jan Christen crosses the line and misses the time by South African, Hatherly, by just nine seconds.

Christen goes fastest at the time split by just one second over Hatherly.

Crash!

Oded Kogut (NSN)

The Israeli sprinter hits the deck in the early stages of his ride.

Andrea Vendrame (Jayco-AlUla) showing that the equipment for the Aussie team are running fast with the Italian slotting into a surprise third just 24 seconds down on teammate, Hatherly.

Jan Christen (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) has set off on his ride.

Wout Van Aert spoke to TNT Sports after he finished saying "the feeling was good, I came in without expectations for the TT, I pushed a little bit for a warm up for the rest of the race. I hope to be there to battle for a stage win so we shall have a few stages to try and go for it."

Not many people have managed to challenge the top names. Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) slotted into sixth at 38 seconds on Hatherly.

One of the big in form riders in world cycling at the moment, Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon-CMA CGM), has set off on his ride.

Gianni Moscon (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Intermarche) are both out on course at the moment.

Connor Swift (Ineos Grenadiers) finished well and slotted himself into third after being down in sixth at the split.

New best time

Alan Hatherly goes fastest by 22 seconds over Jan Tratnik who had only just taken the lead himself. Hatherly set a time of 12'38".

Van Aert recovered well with a negative split but it wasn't enough. He finishes three seconds down on new leader, Bilbao.

New fastest time

Bilbao goes a tenth of a second faster than Johannessen at the finish and takes the lead!

Alan Hatherly (Jayco-AlUla) goes two seconds faster than Tratnik at the split. The South African mountain bike star is flying.

Tratnik goes fastest at the split by just two seconds over Johannessen with Van Eetvelt losing 14 seconds at halfway.

New fastest time

Tobias Johannessen sets the fastest time with a 13'15", putting him nine seconds ahead of Emiel Verstrynge.

First finisher

Vestrynge crosses the line with a time of 13'24". How will that stack up against the rest?

Van Eetvelt and Tratnik have both set off on their rides.

Van Aert has not started well at all with the Visma-Lease a Bike man already down by 10 seconds on Johannessen at the halfway point.

Bilbao just misses out on besting Johannessen by two seconds at the intermediate time check.

Another possible GC rider in the race is Norwegian Uno-X Mobility rider, Tobias Johannessen, who started very early and leads at the split after five riders with an advantage of eight seconds over Verstrynge.

Van Aert sets off on his ride. One of the early big name favourites. But, how is the Belgian's form after illness, injuries and various other set backs?

Some early riders to watch for are Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) who is setting off now, he is immediately followed by Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) then a few minutes later Jan Tretnik (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarche) start their race.

Verstrynge sets off and the racing at Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 begins!

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The first rider, Emiel Verstrynge (Alpecin-Premier Tech), is set to roll off the start ramp in around 10 minutes time.

There are so many ways you can watch the racing around the world but, if you're not sure, here is an important link... How to watch Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 – Live streams, TV channels for Italian stage race.

There is a stacked lineup at this year's race. Take a look at who is riding with our dedicated contenders page... Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Isaac del Toro among the riders to watch at Tirreno-Adriatico.

Take a look at what the riders have in store for them across the week with the Tirreno-Adriatico 2026 route page.

The race opens with the usual individual time trial around Lido di Camaiore just 11.5km of racing on this pan flat course. Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) will be hoping he can add to his earlier TT win at the Volta ao Algarve earlier in the year.

Buongiorno and welcome to Cyclinfnew's live page for the opening stage of Tirreno-Adriatico 2026.