Tirreno-Adriatico 2017: BMC wins TTT and Caruso first leader

The TTT in the Tirreno-Adriatico has been won by BMC. So that’s good news for GC-contenders Rohan Dennis and Tejay van Garderen. QuickStep (Jungels), Movistar (Quintana) and FDJ (Pinot) were strong also. Nibali, Mollema, Dumoulin, Costa and Aru are forced to chase, while Caruso is the first leader. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 1st stage Tirreno-Adriatico

1. BMC Racing Team
2. Quick-Step Floors + 0.17
3. FDJ + 0.22
4. Movistar s.t.
5. Orica-Scott + 0.25
6. LottoNL-Jumbo + 0.40
7. Lotto Soudal + 0.52
8. Bahrain Merida + 0.53
9. Dimension Data s.t.
10. Astana + 0.55

11. Team Sunweb + 0.56
12. Trek-Segafredo + 0.58
13. AG2R La Mondiale + 1.00
14. UAE Emirates + 1.09
15. BORA-Hansgrohe + 1.11
16. Cannondale-Drapac + 1.18
17. Katusha-Alpecin + 1.36
18. Team Sky + 1.42
19. Androni Giocatelli + 1.45
20. Bardiani-CSF + 2.21
21. Novo Nordisk + 2.52
22. Nippo-Vini Fantini + 2.55

GC after 1st stage
1. Damiano Caruso (ita)
2. Rohan Dennis (aus) s.t.
3. Greg Van Avermaet (bel) s.t.
4. Stefan Küng (swi) s.t.
5. Daniel Oss (ita) s.t.
6. Tejay van Garderen (usa) s.t.
7. Tom Boonen (bel) + 0.16
8. Matteo Trentin (ita) s.t.
9. Bob Jungels (lux) s.t.
10. Julien Vermote (bel) s.t.

18. Thibaut Pinot (fra) + 0.21
21. Nairo Quintana (col) s.t.
29. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.24
35. Robert Gesink (nld) + 0.39
46. Vincenzo Nibali (ita) + 0.52
56. Fabio Aru (ita) + 0.54
65. Tom Dumoulin (nld) + 0.55
67. Bauke Mollema (nld) + 0.57
80. Rui Costa (por) + 1.08
90. Rafal Majka (pol) + 1.10
94. Rigoberto Uran (col) + 1.19
101. Simon Spilak (slo) + 1.35
108. Michal Kwiatkowski (pol) + 1.41
109. Geraint Thomas (gbr) s.t.
110. Mikel Landa (spa) s.t.

Read about the route of the TTT in the Tirreno-Adriatico.