Vuelta a Espana 2017: Stage 1 Results

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BMC on the podium after stage 1 at the Vuelta a Espana(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

BMC Racing took the Vuelta a Espana's opening team time trial Saturday in Nimes, France, beating world champions Quick-Step Floors by six seconds and placing Rohan Dennis in the first leader's jersey of the race.

Dennis takes second Grand Tour lead of career in 2017 Vuelta

Dennis surged forward in the final metres to cross the line first for BMC and take the race lead heading into Sunday's second stage.

Dennis now leads five of his teammates in the general classification, with Quick-Step, Team Sunweb and Team Sky riders amassed closely behind. Among the pre-race GC favourites, Chris Froome (Team Sky) is just nine seconds off Dennis' lead, with Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) 31 seconds down, Alberto Contador(Trek-Segafredo) is 35 seconds back, and Fabio Aru (Astana) is 41 seconds adrift.

How it unfolded

The 13.7km team time trial in Nimes, France, was a winding affair that included little in the way of vertical challenge. Manzana Postobon led off the nine-man teams in the evening stage, but it was Bora-Hansgrohe that flew over the course in 16:19 that set the early mark to beat. Led by Rafal Majka, the team blasted past earlier leader Lotto Soudal by just three seconds.

The mark looked in good standing until Team Sunweb’s 16:04 blasted all the rest out of contention. World Champions Quick-Step Floors quickly took care of that, however, carving a half second off Sunweb’s time to set a new best mark and move to the top of the leader board.

Two-time team time trial world champions BMC Racing proved their mettle in the discipline with the new best time just a few minutes later, crossing the line under 16 minutes in 15:58.

Crashes on course slowed LottoNL-Jumbo and Movistar, but none of the teams was on track to upset BMC anyway. Trek-Segafredo was the final team across the line, finishing 35 seconds down on the winners.

Results

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	BMC Racing Team	0:15:58
2	Quick-Step Floors	0:00:06
3	Team Sunweb	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Team Sky	0:00:09
5	Orica-Scott	0:00:17
6	Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:21
7	Lotto-Soudal	0:00:24
8	Movistar	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bahrain-Merida	0:00:31
10	Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:33
11	Trek-Segafredo	0:00:35
12	FDJ	0:00:38
13	Aqua Blue Sport	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Dimension Data	0:00:39
15	LottoNL-Jumbo	0:00:40
16	Astana	0:00:41
17	Cannondale-Drapac	0:00:46
18	AG2R La Mondiale	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	UAE Team Emirates	6:29:02
20	Manzana Postobon	0:00:53
21	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:56
22	Cofidis	0:00:57

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General Classification after stage 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team	0:15:58
2	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	0:00:06
8	David de la Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky	0:00:09
18	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb	0:00:10
23	Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors	0:00:11
24	Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott	0:00:17
25	Magnus Cort (Den) Orica-Scott	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:21
30	Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott	0:00:23
35	Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal	0:00:24
36	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Movistar Team	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Rubén Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky	0:00:25
47	Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team	0:00:29
49	Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:31
50	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:33
56	Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Michael Mørkøv (Den) Katusha-Alpecin	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Matvey Mamykin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott	0:00:34
61	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Orica-Scott	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:35
63	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Trek-Segafredo	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Edward Theuns (Bel) Trek-Segafredo	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ	0:00:38
69	Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) FDJ	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ	Row 70 - Cell 2
72	Jeremy Maison (Fra) FDJ	Row 71 - Cell 2
73	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 72 - Cell 2
74	Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 73 - Cell 2
75	Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 74 - Cell 2
76	Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 75 - Cell 2
77	Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport	0:00:39
80	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Dimension Data	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Ben King (USA) Dimension Data	Row 82 - Cell 2
84	Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin	0:00:40
86	Stef Clement (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 85 - Cell 2
87	Juan José Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 86 - Cell 2
88	Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Daan Olivier (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Luis León Sánchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:00:41
92	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team	Row 91 - Cell 2
93	Sergei Chernetckii (Rus) Astana Pro Team	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:00:42
97	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:00:44
98	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac	0:00:46
99	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 98 - Cell 2
100	Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 99 - Cell 2
101	Thomas Scully (NZl) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 100 - Cell 2
102	Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 101 - Cell 2
103	Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 102 - Cell 2
104	Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 103 - Cell 2
105	Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 104 - Cell 2
106	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 105 - Cell 2
107	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 106 - Cell 2
108	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 107 - Cell 2
109	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	Row 108 - Cell 2
110	Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates	0:00:47
111	Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates	Row 110 - Cell 2
112	Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates	Row 111 - Cell 2
113	Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates	Row 112 - Cell 2
114	Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates	Row 113 - Cell 2
115	Aldemar Reyes (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:00:53
116	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Manzana Postobon	Row 115 - Cell 2
117	Fernando Orjuela (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 116 - Cell 2
118	Hernando Bohórquez (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 117 - Cell 2
119	Sebastián Molano (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 118 - Cell 2
120	Jetse Bol (Ned) Manzana Postobon	Row 119 - Cell 2
121	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ	0:00:54
122	Joe Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Drapac	Row 121 - Cell 2
123	David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:56
124	Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 123 - Cell 2
125	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 124 - Cell 2
126	Jaime Roson Garcia (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 125 - Cell 2
127	Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 126 - Cell 2
128	Rafael Reis (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 127 - Cell 2
129	Hector Sáez Benito (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	Row 128 - Cell 2
130	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data	0:00:57
131	Bernardo Suaza (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 130 - Cell 2
132	Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 131 - Cell 2
133	Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 132 - Cell 2
134	Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 133 - Cell 2
135	Luis Angel Maté Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 134 - Cell 2
136	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 135 - Cell 2
137	Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 136 - Cell 2
138	Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:00:58
139	Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal	Row 138 - Cell 2
140	Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo	0:00:59
141	Nicholas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data	Row 140 - Cell 2
142	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:01:00
143	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors	0:01:02
144	Marc Fournier (Fra) FDJ	Row 143 - Cell 2
145	Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:03
146	Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport	0:01:04
147	Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport	0:01:09
148	George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:01:10
149	Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:12
150	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team	0:01:13
151	Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	Row 150 - Cell 2
152	Arnaud Courteille (Fra) FDJ	0:01:16
153	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ	Row 152 - Cell 2
154	Diego Rubio (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:02
155	Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:18
156	Hernán Aguirre (Col) Manzana Postobon	0:01:19
157	Juan Felipe Osorio (Col) Manzana Postobon	Row 156 - Cell 2
158	Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica-Scott	0:01:20
159	Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin	0:01:21
160	David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky	0:01:23
161	Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:24
162	Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Team Sky	0:01:32
163	Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb	0:01:33
164	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Bahrain-Merida	0:01:35
165	Anass Aït El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates	0:01:36
166	Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	0:01:38
167	Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors	Row 166 - Cell 2
168	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 167 - Cell 2
169	Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data	Row 168 - Cell 2
170	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb	0:01:47
171	Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb	Row 170 - Cell 2
172	Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:01:48
173	Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal	0:01:50
174	Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	Row 173 - Cell 2
175	Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:01:55
176	Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team	Row 175 - Cell 2
177	Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:01:58
178	Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team	Row 177 - Cell 2
179	Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:01
180	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team	0:02:04
181	Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	Row 180 - Cell 2
182	José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin	0:02:06
183	John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo	Row 182 - Cell 2
184	Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data	0:02:07
185	Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	Row 184 - Cell 2
186	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:02:09
187	Fabricio Ferrari (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:02:11
188	Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida	0:02:13
189	William Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac	0:02:38
190	Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:43
191	Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Trek-Segafredo	Row 190 - Cell 2
192	Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 191 - Cell 2
193	Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	Row 192 - Cell 2
194	Darwin Atapuma (Col) UAE Team Emirates	0:02:46
195	Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:55
196	Federico Zurlo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates	0:02:56
197	Michal Kolár (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe	0:02:58
198	Jorge Arcas (Spa) Movistar Team	0:04:43

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Mountains Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	3	pts
2	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	2	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team	1	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Combined Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team	4	pts
2	Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team	4	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team	3	Row 2 - Cell 3

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Teams Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Bmc Racing Team	0:15:48
2	Quick - Step Floors	0:00:06
3	Team Sunweb	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Team Sky	0:00:09
5	Orica - Scott	0:00:17
6	Bora - Hansgrohe	0:00:21
7	Lotto Soudal	0:00:24
8	Movistar Team	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Bahrain - Merida	0:00:31
10	Team Katusha Alpecin	0:00:33
11	Trek - Segafredo	0:00:35
12	Fdj	0:00:38
13	Aqua Blue Sport	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Team Dimension Data	0:00:39
15	Team Lotto Nl - Jumbo	0:00:40
16	Astana Pro Team	0:00:41
17	Cannondale Drapac Professional Cycling Team	0:00:46
18	Ag2R La Mondiale	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Uae Team Emirates	0:00:47
20	Manzana Postobon Team	0:00:53
21	Caja Rural - Seguros Rga	0:00:56
22	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:57

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