Home Races Road Tuft in pink as Orica-GreenEdge wins Giro d'Italia opener By Daniel Benson published 9 May 2014 Omega Pharma, BMC close to Australian team (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Image 1 of 102Cadel Evans was easy to spot in his red helmet (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Ivan Basso driving the pace for Cannondale (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Cannondale in a sea of pink (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Edvald Boasson Hagen drives the pace for Team Sky (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Sky were fifth today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Wilco Kelderman on the front for Belkin (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Joaquim Rodríguez warming up (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Giant-Shimano leave the starthouse (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Belkin leave the starthouse (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Europcar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Europcar with a touch of pink (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) celebrates his first time in a Grand Tour leader's jersey (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Katusha on the Belfast course (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The stage is set... (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)FDJ.fr in the opening Giro stage (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Colombia a bit ragged in the turn (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp came to grief in the Giro d'Italia TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp came to grief in the Giro d'Italia TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp came to grief in the Giro d'Italia TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp came to grief in the Giro d'Italia TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Orica-GreenEdge celebrates their TTT win in the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Daniel Martin sits stunned on the ground after crashing in the Giro d'Italia team time trial (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Orica-GreenEdge celebrates their TTT win in the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)The Neri Sottoli team stood out in the grey weather in Belfast (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Movistar suffered in the sudden downpour, but kept it upright (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Colombia suffered in the TTT, losing a few riders on the way (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Astana sets out for the Giro d'Italia team time trial (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Omega Pharma-Quickstep was a close second in the Giro TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Omega Pharma-Quickstep missed out on the stage by five seconds (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)BMC put in a strong ride despite wet conditions (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)BMC took third, but more importantly gave Cadel Evans an advantage on his rivals (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Anrdoni Giocattoli in action on stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)AG2R La Mondiale coming apart a bit in the turn (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Team Europcar rode in the wet (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Belkin sticks together in the Giro d'Italia opening team time trial (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Team Orica GreenEdge in perfect formation. (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Lots of fans came out to cheer (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Orica GreenEdge en route to winning stage 1 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Orica GreenEdge (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Omega Pharma QuickStep (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)The crowds watch the big screen to find out what's up with the injured Dan Martin (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Orica GreenEdge started off its Giro on a positive note with a stage win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Orica GreenEdge on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Team Orica GreenEdge celebrates the stage win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Omega Pharma Quick Step finishes up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)A colorful looking Orica GreenEdge (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Movistar finishes its time trial (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Tinkoff-Saxo finishes up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Sky at the end of its time trial (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Belkin wraps up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Luke Durbridge in white (Image credit: Bettini Photo)An injured Garmin-Sharp rider finishes up the time trial (Image credit: Bettini Photo)The Neri Sottoli team in action (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Cannondale finishes up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Orica GreenEdge on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft opens the champagne (Image credit: Bettini Photo)The Giro visits Belfast (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Katusha wraps up (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Tinkoff-Saxo crosses the line (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team time trial winners Orica-GreenEdge (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Orica-GreenEdge wins the Giro opener (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Astana riders during the team time trial (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Lampre-Merida rounds an unusual corner (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team Sky on the streets of Belfast (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Movistar in wet conditions (Image credit: Bettini Photo)The Movistar team time trials (Image credit: Bettini Photo)The Bardiani-CSF team (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Movistar in action (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Tinkoff-Saxo in action (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Tinkoff-Saxo starts off their Giro (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft on the podium (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Svein Tuft opens the champagne (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Giant-Shimano time trials (Image credit: Bettini Photo)The first Giro d'Italia leader Svein Tuft (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Androni Giocattoli riders time trial (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Team BMC looked fast (Image credit: Bettini Photo)Orica GreenEdge on their way to the stage win (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Orica GreenEdge in the TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) in pink at the 2014 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) became the second Canadian to wear the maglia rosa (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Svein Tuft celebrates his lead in the 2014 Giro d'Italia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp riders try to regroup after a terrible crash in the Giro TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Garmin-Sharp's Giro got off to a horrible start (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Dan Martin stunned after crashing in the TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)The Garmin-Sharp team suffered a disasterous crash in the TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Dan Martin on the ground after crashing in the Giro d'Italia TTT in Belfast (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)Orica-GreenEdge speeds past the huge crowds in Belfast for the Giro d'Italia opening TTT (Image credit: Bettini Photo)
