Vuelta Chile 2012: Stage 1 Results

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The leaders of the stage (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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GW Shimano took second in the team time trial (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Gonzalo Garrido (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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GW Shimano rides to second (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Jamis Sutter Home rode to third. (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Maurico Ardila riding for Comcel - Coldeportes (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Mexico powers through the TTT course (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Mexican team comes out (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Mostazal - Cycling Adventure (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Nippo team in action (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Nippo team heads out for the team time trial (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Scanavini Fullrunners (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Daniel Rincon gets ready to ride (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Colombian team is paraded out (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Coldeportes (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Andalucia Caja Granada in the parade (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Andalucia Caja Granada (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Antonio Cabrera (Clos De Pirque - Trek) took the race lead in the team time trial (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Antonio Cabrera (Clos De Pirque - Trek) is interviewed (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The team from Argentina is presented (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Argentina came fifth fastest (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Arquitectura USM by Triciclo Films (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Bianchi R2 Shimano (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Bici Club Macul (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The home team from Chile comes out (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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Clos de Pirque Trek set the best time (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

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The Colombians of GW Shimano (Image credit: Luis Barbosa)

The first stage of the Vuelta Chile was set on the northern beach front of La Serena, with the opening time trial comprising of a flat 18.8km along the sea front to Coquimbo and back. There were high hopes ahead of stage one for Gonzalo Garrido, the defending champion, and his Clos de Pirque Trek team. In the end they didn't disappoint and took a comfortable victory, coming home 39 seconds clear from their main rivals, the Colombian Shimano GW Bikes team and their rider Felix Cardenas.

“We have made the first step. Tomorrow, my partner Antonio Cabrera will be leading the race, so of course the focus will be on us,” said Garrido at the finish line.

Felix Cardenas was happy with his team's performance and said that they had plenty to build on. “We know the pressure that the Chileans have put on us. Second spot is a good start in this long race,” he said.

From the early starters, Jamis Sutter Home set the fastest time of, 21:34, taking the leading position for a large chunk of the afternoon. The North American team made a big statement, complementing Tyler Wren's stage win last year in the climb to Farellones. “We are here to do something big - it’s our second year over here, and now we know the terrain we are looking forward to putting our name high up in the GC,” he said.

Tomorrow's stage will start from La Serena, heading to the the white sands of Puerto Velero, and then back to the finish line at downtown La Serena after 137 kilometers, 3 mountain finishes and thre sprint finishes.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Antonio Cabrera (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek	0:20:38
2	Patricio Almonacid (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek
3	Luis Mansilla (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek
4	Christofer Mansilla (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek
5	Gonzalo Garrido (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek
6	Oscar Sanchez (Col) Shimano GW	0:00:39
7	Felix Cardenas (Col) Shimano GW
8	Jaime Suaza (Col) Shimano GW
9	Daniel Rincon (Col) Shimano GW
10	Fernando Antogna (Arg) Jamis Sutter Home	0:00:56
11	Luis Romero (Cub) Jamis Sutter Home
12	Peter Van Dijk (Ned) Jamis Sutter Home
13	Phillip Mooney (USA) Jamis Sutter Home
14	Tyler Wren (USA) Jamis Sutter Home
15	Luis Sepulveda (Chi) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure	0:01:00
16	Gustavo Hernandez (Arg) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure
17	Gabriel Brizuela (Arg) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure
18	Ignacio Pereyra (Arg) Argentina	0:01:03
19	Sergio Godoy (Arg) Argentina
20	Carlos Ackermann (Arg) Argentina
21	Juan Gaspari (Arg) Argentina
22	Alvaro Argiro (Arg) Argentina
23	Gonzalo Miranda (Chi) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure	0:01:04
24	Pablo Gonzalez (Chi) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure
25	Maglio Diaz (Chi) Mostazal - Cycling Adventure
26	Vicente Muga (Chi) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano	0:01:05
27	Jonathan Guzman (Chi) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano
28	Camilo Velasquez (Chi) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano
29	Miguel Hidalgo (Arg) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano
30	Luciano Caraccioli (Arg) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano
31	Gustavo Lopez (Arg) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue	0:01:10
32	Mauricio Frazer (Arg) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue
33	Jorge Contreras (Chi) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue
34	Miguel Burgos (Chi) Bianchi - R2 - Shimano	0:01:16
35	Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:01:18
36	Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
37	Jesus Rosendo (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
38	Adrian Palomares (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
39	Allan Quezada (Chi) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue	0:01:23
40	Mauricio Ardila (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes	0:01:30
41	Stiver Ortiz (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes
42	Camilo Gomez (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes
43	John Martinez (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes
44	Mauricio Neisa (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes
45	Didier Chaparro (Col) Comcel - Coldeportes
46	Wolfgang Burmann (Chi) Scott - Chilemat	0:01:34
47	Pablo Seisdedos (Chi) Scott - Chilemat
48	Ivan Sepulveda (Chi) Scott - Chilemat
49	Cesar Oliva (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners	0:01:36
50	Daniel Bretti (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners
51	Sebastian Lazo (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners
52	Pablo Alarcon (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners
53	Pablo Reyes (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico	0:01:39
54	Gonzalo Gonzalez (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico
55	Lino Arriagada (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico
56	Mandel Marquez (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico
57	Richard Rodriguez (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico
58	Gonzalo Bastidas (Chi) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films	0:01:40
59	Rodrigo Berrios (Chi) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films
60	Freddy Mena (Chi) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films
61	Alejandro Duran (Arg) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films
62	Nelson Nilo (Chi) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films
63	Oscar Osorio (Chi) Arquitectura USM By Triciclo Films
64	Hugo Abarzua (Chi) Scott - Chilemat	0:01:42
65	Ricardo Hazbun (Chi) Clos De Pirque - Trek	0:01:43
66	Rodeyck Asconeguy (Uru) Uruguay	0:02:02
67	Alan Presa (Uru) Uruguay
68	Gonzalo Tagliabue (Uru) Uruguay
69	Jose Miraglia (Uru) Uruguay
70	Diego Gonzalez (Uru) Uruguay
71	Gabriel Ahumada (Chi) Club Ciclista Chacabuco	0:02:08
72	Oscar Pachon (Col) Club Ciclista Chacabuco
73	Alvaro Muñoz (Chi) Club Ciclista Chacabuco
74	Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo	0:02:16
75	Antonio Testa (Ita) Team Nippo
76	Alexander Zhdanov (Rus) Team Nippo
77	Mauro Richeze (Arg) Team Nippo
78	Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Team Nippo
79	Jonathan Millan (Col) Shimano GW	0:02:22
80	Jairo Salas (Col) Shimano GW
81	Murilo Ferraz (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo	0:02:24
82	Cleberson De Almeida (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo
83	Renato Aparecido (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo
84	Eduardo De Sales (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo
85	Sidinei Rodrigues (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo
86	Alcide Simôes (Bra) Clube Dataro De Ciclismo
87	Marco Leon (Arg) Club Ciclista Chacabuco	0:02:33
88	Andres Silva (Chi) Club Ciclista Chacabuco
89	Jonathan Velasquez (Chi) Club Ciclista Chacabuco
90	Jonathan Avendaño (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners	0:02:41
91	Alexander Schrangl (Aut) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:02:42
92	Matthias Wieneroither (Aut) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer
93	Lars Pria (Rom) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer
94	Rene Bauer (Aut) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:02:44
95	Ignacio Maldonado (Uru) Uruguay	0:02:50
96	Vincenzo Garofalo (Ita) Team Nippo	0:02:58
97	Carlos Lopez (Mex) Mexico	0:02:59
98	Hector Rangel (Mex) Mexico
99	Francisco Matamoros (Mex) Mexico
100	Eloy Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada	0:03:06
101	Alejandro Borrajo (Arg) Jamis Sutter Home	0:03:16
102	Matias Delgado (Chi) Scott - Chilemat	0:03:22
103	Antonio Cabello (Spa) Andalucia Caja Granada
104	Ivan Carbajal (Mex) Mexico	0:03:24
105	Ricardo Paredes (Chi) Bicy Club Macul	0:03:33
106	Christian Abarca (Chi) Bicy Club Macul
107	Anthony Ventura (Chi) Bicy Club Macul
108	Uriel Chavez (Mex) Mexico	0:03:47
109	Alexander Dûrager (Aut) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer	0:03:58
110	Alvaro Castro (Chi) Scanavini - Fullrunners	0:04:14
111	Jose Labra (Chi) Scott - Chilemat	0:04:18
112	Rodolfo Fernandez (Mex) Mexico	0:05:25
113	Gerson Zuñiga (Chi) Union Ciclista Alvi PF Curico	0:05:33
114	Cristian Cancino (Chi) Bicy Club Macul	0:05:36
115	Cesar Venegas (Chi) Bicy Club Macul
116	Gonzalo Silva (Chi) Bicy Club Macul
117	Manuel Miranda (Chi) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue	0:05:43
118	Daniel Carrizo (Chi) Felix Geraldo - Sali Hochschild Copiapo - Lm Doñihue
119	Leonel Cuni (Arg) Argentina	0:05:49
DNS	Elmar Hantzsch (Ger) Arbô Gebrûder Weiss - Oberndorfer

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Clos De Pirque – Trek	0:20:38
2	Shimano Gw	0:00:39
3	Jamis Sutter Home	0:00:56
4	Mostazal – Cycling Adventure	0:01:00
5	Selección De Argentina	0:01:03
6	Bianchi – R2 – Shimano	0:01:05
7	Felix Geraldo – Sali Hochschild	0:01:10
8	Andalucia	0:01:18
9	Comcel – Coldeportes	0:01:30
10	Scott – Chilemat	0:01:34
11	Scanavini – Fullrunners	0:01:36
12	Union Ciclista Alvi Pf Curico	0:01:39
13	Arquitectura Usm By Triciclo Films	0:01:40
14	Selección De Uruguay	0:02:02
15	Club Ciclista Chacabuco	0:02:08
16	Team Nippo	0:02:16
17	Clube Dataro De Ciclismo	0:02:24
18	Arbô Gebrûder Weiss – Oberndorfer (Ktm)	0:02:42
19	Selección De México	0:02:59
20	Bicy Club Macul	0:03:33