GreenEdge wins stage 1 team time trial
Goss leads overall after scorching effort by Aussie ProTeam
The GreenEdge Cycling Team has won its first race on European soil in dominating fashion as the Australian ProTour squad claimed victory in the first stage at Tirreno-Adriatico. GreenEdge completed the 16.9km team time trial in 18:41, 17 seconds faster than runner-up RadioShack-Nissan which was anchored by time trial stalwart Fabian Cancellara.
Garmin-Barracuda, which had set the early benchmark, finished fractions of a second behind RadioShack-Nissan for third place.
Team Sky's effort garnered the British ProTour squad a fourth place finish, 23 seconds down, while Astana rounded out the top five at 30 seconds.
GreenEdge's Matt Goss led the team across the finish line and the 25-year-old Australian earned the first leader's jersey as well as a morale boost 10 days prior to defending his Milan-Sanremo title.
"The season started a little bit slower, and it was deliberately aimed to be good at this race and then through Sanremo and the Classics. So far it's working," said Goss with a smile. "It's a perfect start. It's incredible to win our first team time trial together.
"My form is pretty similar to last year. At Milan-Sanremo I was at the end of a peak of form. This year I hope to be in slightly better form. However winning now is important for my morale and the morale of the team."
Goss and five of his GreenEdge teammates currently hold the top six positions on general classification. Daniele Bennati holds seventh overall and leads a contingent of RadioShack-Nissan riders at 17 seconds back.
2011 Tirreno-Adriatico champion Cadel Evans and his BMC Racing Team opened their title defense inauspiciously as they conceded nearly one minute to GreenEdge, finishing 58 seconds off the pace for 17th place out of 22 teams. While GreenEdge may not pose a threat for the final general classification, teams high up on the leader board have put their respective GC riders in good position. RadioShack-Nissan's Chris Horner and Garmin-Barracuda's Andrew Talansky both lead Evans by 41 seconds while Astana's Roman Kreuziger holds a 28-second advantage over the defending champion, who sits in 109th place on general classification entering stage 2.
If last year's race is any indication, seconds may prove crucial as the top-five riders on the final general classification were separated by 30 seconds.
Worlds re-match
Tomorrow the peloton will face the opening road stage at Tirreno-Adriatico, covering 230km from San Vincenzo to Indicatore, in a day likely favouring the sprinters. The peloton is chock full of sprinting talent including the likes of world champion Mark Cavendish (Sky), Matt Goss (GreenEdge), André Greipel (Lotto Belisol Team), Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Barracuda), Oscar Freire (Katusha), Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-ISD), Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), Daniele Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan), Borut Bozic (Astana) and Sacha Modolo (Colnago-CSF-Inox).
For race leader Matt Goss, it will be the first head-to-head competition against Cavendish since the world championships where Cavendish and Goss finished 1-2 respectively. In fact, with Greipel at the race, the complete world championship podium as well as eight of the top-10 Worlds finishers are at Tirreno-Adriatico.
"The stage will probably end in a sprint," said Goss. "I'll be up against [Mark] Cavendish but against everyone else too. The last time I sprinted against Cavendish was at the Worlds in Copenhagen (where Goss finished second). He's very fast but I'd like to change the result from the Worlds around. But it's wrong to be one step behind another team. We'll try and do something ourselves and keep the leader's blue jersey for the next two days."
1 | GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:18:41 |
2 | RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:17 |
3 | Garmin - Barracuda | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Sky Procycling | 0:00:23 |
5 | Astana Pro Team | 0:00:30 |
6 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:38 |
7 | Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:39 |
8 | Katusha Team | 0:00:40 |
9 | Ag2R La Mondiale | 0:00:43 |
10 | Lotto Belisol Team | 0:00:45 |
11 | Lampre - ISD | 0:00:46 |
12 | Farnese Vini | 0:00:47 |
13 | Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:51 |
14 | Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Liquigas | 0:00:55 |
16 | Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:57 |
17 | BMC Racing Team | 0:00:58 |
18 | Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:09 |
19 | Movistar Team | 0:01:11 |
20 | FDJ-Big Mat | 0:01:18 |
21 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:25 |
22 | Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:01:45 |
1 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:18:41 |
2 | Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
3 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:05 |
7 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:17 |
8 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Christopher Horner (USA) RadioShack-Nissan | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan | 0:00:18 |
18 | Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:00:20 |
19 | Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:23 |
20 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Sky Procycling | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:30 |
25 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:00:35 |
34 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | 0:00:36 |
35 | Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:38 |
36 | Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Bruno Pires (Por) Team Saxo Bank | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Team Saxo Bank | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone | 0:00:39 |
44 | Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Fabio Taborre (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | 0:00:40 |
51 | Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:43 |
58 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
63 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | 0:00:45 |
64 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Jurgen Wandewalle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
70 | Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:00:46 |
71 | Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Simone Stortoni (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | 0:00:47 |
78 | Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:51 |
85 | Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Jérome Pineau (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:00:55 |
96 | Kristjan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:57 |
102 | Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
104 | Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:58 |
109 | Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:01:04 |
114 | Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep | 0:01:06 |
116 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:09 |
117 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:01:17 |
124 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | 0:01:18 |
130 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Rui Costa (Por) Movistar Team | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Jose Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Francisco Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:01:19 |
137 | Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:23 |
138 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:25 |
139 | Ego Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone | 0:01:29 |
146 | Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | 0:01:45 |
147 | Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
148 | Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
149 | Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
150 | Robinson Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
151 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
152 | Wilson Marentes Torres (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
153 | Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Colombia - Coldeportes | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
154 | David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda | 0:01:46 |
155 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:58 |
156 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:02:03 |
157 | Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD |