Tour de San Luis 2016: Stage 1 Results

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Vincenzo Nibali on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The Italian team waits to start stage 1 at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Andrew Talansky crosses the line during stage 1 at the Tour de san Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Astana roll out of the start line during stage 1 at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Peter sagan gets ready for the start of stage 1 at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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UnitedHealthcare rode to fifth place during stage 1 of the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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The Italian team on course during stage 1 of the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Androni-Sidermec on course during stage 1 of the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Etixx-Quickstep on the way to winning the opening team time trial at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Movistar push the pace at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Winners are grinners, Etixx-QuickStep on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Vincenzo Nibali leads Astana during stage 1 in San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Cannondale lined up during stage 1 of the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Nippo Vini Fantini (Image credit: Bettini)

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Androni-Sidermec (Image credit: Bettini)

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UnitedHealthcare (Image credit: Bettini)

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AG2R during stage 1 in San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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AG2R on the road during stage 1 in San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Nairo Quintana throws his prize to the crowd (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Astana during the TTT (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Movistar placed third on the stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Vincenzo Nibali thows his prize to the crowd (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The rear of Astana (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Dani Moreno leading Movistar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The back of the Movistar team (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-Quick Step riding to victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Fernando Gaviria with Etixx-Quick Step (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Team Movistar on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Team Movistar (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Dani Moreno making his Movistar debut (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Astana team (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Astana were third today (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Movistar crosses the line in second place during stage 1 at the Tour de San Luis. (Image credit: Bettini)

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Celebrating 10 years of the Tour de San Luis (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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AG2R-La Mondiale focused on doing a good TTT (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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AG2R-La Mondiale (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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AG2R-La Mondiale in the TTT (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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AG2R-La Mondiale would finish sixth (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The rear of the AG2R-La Mondiale team (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Peter Sagan and Tinkoff during the TTT (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Peter Sagan drives the Tinkoff train to fourth place (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Astana during the TTT with Vincenzo Nibali on the front (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Vincenzo Nibali drives the Astana train to third place (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Rodrigo Contreras (Etixx - Quick-Step) on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Rodrigo Contreras (Etixx - Quick-Step) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep start the season with a TTT victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The winning Etixx-QuickStep team on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The Etixx-QuickStep team riding to win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep in formation (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep powering to the stage win (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) is the first leader of the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) leads the race (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Etixx-QuickStep) in the green jersey (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Etixx-QuickStep threw down the gauntlet on the Tour de San Luis on Monday, winning the opening team time trial by eight seconds over the Movistar team of Nairo Quintana. The team was led across the line by Argentinean Max Richeze, who will don the first leader's jersey of the 2016 edition.

Tour de San Luis: Quintana takes time on rivals on opening day

Astana were the third fastest, 17 seconds behind the Belgian team.

UnitedHealthcare led the way from the early starters, with Colombian Carlos Alzate leading the team across the line with a solid 24:47. The time was strong enough to fend off the first WorldTour team across the line, AG2R La Mondiale, who fell two seconds shy of unseating the North American squad.

The Italian Lampre-Merida team had an even harder time matching the leaders, coming in 21 seconds behind UnitedHealthcare's mark.

Tinkoff Team set a new fast time at the intermediate check, going fractions of a second quicker than AG2R, but were better able to hold the pace, and crushed UHC's time - setting a new fast mark of 24:16.

Meanwhile, out on course, Etixx-QuickStep were going even faster, coming 12 seconds quicker at the intermediate check. The former world champions in the discipline kept up their furiuos pace, and blasted across the line as the first team to crack the 24-minute mark with a 23:53.

Four teams stood a chance at breaking that mark, with Movistar the last off the ramp.

The continental team Holowesko-Citadel slotted into the top ten, not threatening Etixx-QuickStep, but behind them, Astana trailed by a single second behind Etixx at the intermediate check.

However, by the time Vincenzo Nibali pulled them across the line, they had ceded 17 seconds to the Belgian team.

Cannondale left Rigoberto Uran with a lot of work to do in the coming stages, giving up almost a minute on the stage leaders.

Movistar, the last team through with favourite Quintana, limited their losses to just eight seconds, coming second on the stage ahead of Astana.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Etixx - Quick-Step	0:23:53
2	Movistar Team	0:00:08
3	Astana	0:00:18
4	Tinkoff Team	0:00:24
5	UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team	0:00:54
6	AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:56
7	Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:00:58
8	Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec	0:00:59
9	Cannondale
10	Drapac Professional Cycling	0:01:00
11	Holowesko-Citadel	0:01:05
12	Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:01:08
13	SEP San Juan	0:01:13
14	Costa Rica	0:01:15
15	Lampre-Merida	0:01:16
16	Strongman-Campagnolo	0:01:20
17	Jamis	0:01:22
18	San Luis Team	0:01:23
19	Italy	0:01:25
20	Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:30
21	Uruguay	0:01:44
22	Mexico	0:01:50
23	Argentina	0:01:57
24	Chile	0:02:00
25	Brazil	0:02:20
26	Los Matanceros	0:02:33
27	Inteja - MMR	0:03:10

General Classification after stage 1

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:23:53
2	Rodrigo Contreras (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step
3	Lukasz Wisniowski (Pol) Etixx - Quick-Step
4	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step
5	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step
6	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:08
7	Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
8	Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team
9	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
10	Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
11	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:00:17
12	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team
13	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
14	Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team
15	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:00:22
16	Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team	0:00:23
17	Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Tinkoff Team
18	Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team
19	Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team
20	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
21	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:00:39
22	Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:00:54
23	Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
24	Daniel Alexander Jaramillo Diez (Col) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
25	Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
26	Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
27	Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:00:56
28	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
29	Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
30	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31	Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
32	Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM	0:00:58
33	Yannick Martinez (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
34	Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
35	Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
36	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli	0:00:59
37	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
38	Daniele Ratto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
39	Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Androni Giocattoli
40	Andrew Talansky (USA) CannondalePro Cycling
41	Phillip Gaimon (USA) CannondalePro Cycling
42	Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por) CannondalePro Cycling
43	Lawson Craddock (USA) CannondalePro Cycling
44	Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
45	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
46	Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:01:00
47	Timothy Roe (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
48	Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling
49	Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling
50	Robin Carpenter (USA) Holowesko-Citadel	0:01:04
51	John Hornbeck (USA) Holowesko-Citadel
52	Robbie Squire (USA) Holowesko-Citadel
53	Oscar Clark (USA) Holowesko-Citadel
54	Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:01:07
55	Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
56	Julien Loubet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
57	Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept
58	Travis Mccabe (USA) Holowesko-Citadel	0:01:08
59	Gaston Emiliano Javier (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan	0:01:13
60	Emiliano Ibarra (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan
61	Ignacio Perez (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan
62	Mauricio Muller (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan
63	Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
64	Josué González (CRc) Costa Rica	0:01:15
65	Juan Carlos Rojas Villegas (CRc) Costa Rica
66	Paul Betancourt (CRc) Costa Rica
67	Pablo Mudarra (CRc) Costa Rica
68	Roman Villalobos (CRc) Costa Rica
69	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida
70	Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Lampre-Merida
71	Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida
72	Matej Mohoric (Slo) Lampre-Merida
73	Gonzalo Joaquin Najar (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan
74	Oscar Eduardo Sanchez Guarin (Col) Strongman-Campagnolo	0:01:20
75	Jaime Suaza Lopez (Col) Strongman-Campagnolo
76	Stiven Calderon Porras (Col) Strongman-Campagnolo
77	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Strongman-Campagnolo
78	Jonathan Millan (Col) Strongman-Campagnolo
79	Jonathan Klever Caicedo Cepeda (Ecu) Strongman-Campagnolo
80	Eric Marcotte (USA) Jamis	0:01:22
81	Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Jamis
82	Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle (Col) Jamis
83	Brayan Stiven Sanchez Vergara (Col) Jamis
84	Kyle Murphy (USA) Jamis
85	Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) San Luis Team	0:01:23
86	Sergio Daniel Godoy (Arg) San Luis Team
87	Alfredo Orlando Lucero (Arg) San Luis Team
88	Enzo Moyano (Arg) San Luis Team
89	Edoardo Affini (Ita) Italy	0:01:25
90	Riccardo Minali (Ita) Italy
91	Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy
92	Edward Ravasi (Ita) Italy
93	Emmanuel Domingo Guevara Arguello (Arg) San Luis Team
94	Genki Yamamoto (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:30
95	Grega Bole (Slo) Nippo - Vini Fantini
96	Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
97	Antonio Nibali (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
98	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:32
99	Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Italy	0:01:34
100	Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:38
101	Roderick Asconegui (Uru) Uruguay	0:01:44
102	Richard Mascaranas (Uru) Uruguay
103	Ramiro Cabrera Gonzalez (Uru) Uruguay
104	Jorge Bravo (Uru) Uruguay
105	Anderson Maldonado (Uru) Uruguay
106	Matias Pérez (Uru) Uruguay
107	Andres Giuliano Mini (Arg) San Luis Team
108	Juan Pablo Magallanes Aranda (Mex) Mexico	0:01:49
109	Flavio De Luna (Mex) Mexico
110	Ulises Alfredo Castillo Soto (Mex) Mexico
111	Frayre Moctezuma Eder (Mex) Mexico
112	Miguel Luis Álvarez (Mex) Mexico
113	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
114	Cesar Rojas Villegas (CRc) Costa Rica	0:01:55
115	Juan Ignacio Curuchet (Arg) Argentina	0:01:57
116	Rubén Ramos (Arg) Argentina
117	Nicolas Navaro (Arg) Argentina
118	Alejandro Antonio Duran (Arg) Argentina
119	German Nicolas Tivani Perez (Arg) Argentina
120	Marco Arriagada (Chi) Chile	0:02:00
121	Francisco Moreno Cornejo (Chi) Chile
122	Elias Tello Bolvaran (Chi) Chile
123	Luis Fernando Sepulveda (Chi) Chile
124	Matias Arriagada (Chi) Chile
125	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:13
126	Felix Nodarse (Cub) Cuba	0:02:15
127	Jan Carlos Arias Perez (Cub) Cuba
128	José Mogica (Cub) Cuba
129	Pedro Portuondo Torres (Cub) Cuba
130	Endrigo Da Rosa Pereira (Bra) Brazil	0:02:20
131	Andre Eduardo Gohr (Bra) Brazil
132	Rodrigo Dos Santos Quirino (Bra) Brazil
133	Antonio Fernando Prestes Garnero (Bra) Brazil
134	Caio Godoy Ormenese (Bra) Brazil
135	Lucas Motta (Bra) Brazil
136	Julian Paulo Gaday Orozco (Arg) Los Matanceros	0:02:33
137	Walter Gaston Trillini (Arg) Los Matanceros
138	Sebastian Jose Tolosa (Arg) Los Matanceros
139	Ariel Sivori (Arg) Los Matanceros
140	Rene Corella (Mex) Mexico	0:02:38
141	Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:02:45
142	François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:59
143	Luis Romero Amaran (Cub) Jamis	0:03:03
144	Nathan Brown (USA) CannondalePro Cycling	0:03:05
145	Leandro Marcos Viqueiro (Cub) Cuba	0:03:09
146	Fernando Grijalba (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:03:10
147	Diego Milan Jimenez (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
148	Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
149	Israel Nuno Arguelles (Spa) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
150	Joel García (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team
151	Juan Jose Cueto Montero (Dom) Inteja-MMR Dominican Cycling Team	0:03:13
152	Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida	0:03:30
153	Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff team	0:03:45
154	Davide Vigano (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:03:47
155	Miguel Bryon (USA) Holowesko-Citadel	0:04:09
156	Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida	0:04:25
157	Guido Emanuel Palma (Arg) Los Matanceros	0:04:52
158	Lucas Gaday Orozco (Arg) Argentina	0:04:56
159	Alex Howes (USA) CannondalePro Cycling	0:05:05
160	Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept	0:05:09
161	Cristopher Mansilla Almonacid (Chi) Chile	0:05:16
162	Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:05:35
163	Yasmany Viamonte (Cub) Cuba	0:06:17
164	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Italy	0:06:30
165	Emiliano Contreras (Arg) Sindicato de Empleados Publicos de San Juan	0:06:47
166	Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling	0:07:03

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