Tour de Suisse 2018 Stage 1: BMC wins team time trial, Küng first leader

The 1st stage of the Tour de Suisse is a trying team time trial with a number of uphill kicks. BMC crushes the competition on the 18.3 kilometres course. Sunweb finishes second, QuickStep third. Stefan Küng is the first BMC rider to cross the line, so he is the first overall leader in the 2018 Tour de Suisse. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 1st stage 2018 Tour de Suisse

1. BMC Racing Team
2. Team Sunweb + 0.20
3. Quick-Step Floors + 0.27
4. Bora-Hansgrohe s.t.
5. Mitchelton-Scott + 0.29
6. Movistar + 0.33
7. Bahrain Merida + 0.36
8. Groupama-FDJ + 0.45
9. Katusha-Alpecin + 0.46
10. UAE Team Emirates + 0.50

11. LottoNL-Jumbo + 0.53
12. Lotto Soudal + 0.58
13. Trek-Segafredo s.t.
14. Team Sky + 1.02
15. EF Education First-Drapac + 1.05
16. AG2R La Mondiale + 1.07
17. Dimension Data + 1.10
18. Astana + 1.16

GC after the 1st stage
1. Stefan Küng (swi)
2. Richie Porte (aus) s.t.
3. Greg Van Avermaet (bel) s.t.
4. Tejay van Garderen (usa) s.t.
5. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 0.20
6. Sam Oomen (nld) s.t.
7. Søren Kragh Andersen (den) s.t.
8. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
9. Simon Gerrans (aus) + 0.25
10. Philippe Gilbert (bel) + 0.27

16. Patrick Konrad (aut) s.t.
24. Andrey Amador (crc) + 0.33
27. Mikel Landa (spa) s.t.
28. Nairo Quintana (col) s.t.
29. Ion Izagirre (spa) + 0.36
41. Simon Spilak (slo) + 0.46
53. Steven Kruijswijk (nld) + 0.53
54. Bauke Mollema (nld) + 0.58
75. Mathias Frank (swi) + 1.07
104. Jakob Fuglsang (den) + 1.18
122. Gorka Izagirre (spa) + 2.31