photo credit @ Giro del Trentino
Bora-Argon 18 upset every prediction in today’s opening team time trial, and gave Cesare Benedetti the first leader’s jersey of this year’s Giro del Trentino.
“We made a sprint for the line, but my teammates were happy that I eventually won it – Benedetti told, – I always put my best effort to the team’s service, and this jersey is a great reward for many tough moments. It is great for me to take the start from Dro – where I started racing – tomorrow in the leader’s jersey, and wear it on my training roads…”
Meanwhile, Team Sky and Astana claimed second and third spots on the podium, albeit a bittersweet consolation for Team Sky, who clocked almost the same time as the winners – surrendering the lead by a matter of one hundredths of second.
Race Highlights
Bora-Argon 18 set the fastest time time around today’s 13.3 kilometer course on the shore of Lake Garda, with an average speed of 56.643kph.
However, despite being four seconds down on the German team at the mid-way point, Team Sky made up for lost time during the second half of the course, with the British team falling just short of the stage victory.
In the meantime, despite being down on man-power, Astana produced an impressive result, finishing just four seconds down on Bora-Argon 18 and Sky.
photo credits @ Twitter/Bora – Argon 18
Top 50 Riders
1 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 0:14:05 2 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 3 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 4 José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18 5 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 6 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 7 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky 8 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky 9 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 10 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 11 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 12 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky 13 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0:00:02 14 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:04 15 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 16 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 17 Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team 18 Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team 19 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 20 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:07 21 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Mikel Nieve (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:14 27 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:19 28 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 29 Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 30 Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 31 Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 32 David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 33 Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 34 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 0:00:22 35 Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 36 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 37 Yonnatta Alejandro Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling 38 Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 39 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team 40 Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 41 Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling 42 Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 0:00:24 43 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 44 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 45 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN – Qhubeka 46 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN – Qhubeka 47 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 48 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 49 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 50 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
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