Giro d'Italia (2011) Photos; Stage 1: Venaria Reale → Torino, 19.3 km (TTT)
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The Northern Italy Hillbillies (aka the Alpini fans) have arrived. The Alpini are the elite mountain warfare soldiers of the Italian Army... on this day symbolic for marking the 150th anniversay Italy's unification		share this photo
Alpini socializing with female crowd		share this photo
Liquigas' Vicenzo Nibali, Enos Capecchi and others ready to hit the course for a warm-up		share this photo
A big crowd assembling in Torino		share this photo
Alpini twins eager for the start		share this photo
Teams queuing up for the real thing		share this photo
Unofficially, this was the first team on the course		share this photo
Officially, Omega Pharma-Lotto was the first team down the ramp...		share this photo
First on the course, Omega Pharma-Lotto set a time of 21:21 which held up for quite awhile. They settled for 3rd (+ 0:22)		share this photo
Astana not looking like a team. They finished 17th (+ 0:50).		share this photo
Start panoramic in Venaria Reale with Euskaltel-Euskadi on the ramp		share this photo
Euskaltel-Euskadi needed all the crowd support they could get today...		share this photo
Despite looking good, Euskaltel-Euskadi finished dead last out of 23 teams. The Basque mountain men were 1:13 off the winning time.		share this photo
The Coppi e Bartali TTT winners put in a good show. 12th Androni-Giocattoli in 21:38 (+ 0:39)		share this photo
Flashback to Torino 11 years ago: In 2000, the last stage started in Torino with Stefano Garzelli in Pink (and hair) receiving some pointers from teammate Marco Pantani...		share this photo
... 11 years later in Torino and Stefano Garzelli at the front for Acqua&Sapone who finished second last in 22:06 (+ 1:07)		share this photo
Team Sky finished 9th today in 21:36 (+ 0:37)		share this photo
Saxo Bank on the road		share this photo
HTC-Highroad looking good set the best mid-point time		share this photo
HTC-Highroad with Italian TT Champ, Marco Pinotti, set a time that would not be beat: 19.3 km in 20:59 (55,186 km/h)		share this photo
Lampre-ISD led by sprinter Alessandro Petacchi finished 6th in 21:23 (+ 0:24)		share this photo
Liquigas is always a contender in a TTT especially on home soil as they were today		share this photo
Despite having all nine riders together at the line, Saxo-Bank w/ Matteo Tosatto, Alberto Contador and Richie Porte leading the way could only manage 8th (+ 0:30)		share this photo
Tiago Machado at the front looking good for RadioShack		share this photo
Finish parnoramic: Liquigas rounding the final corner with 125m to go...		share this photo
... Liquigas with Vincenzo Nibali crossing first wasn't quite good enough today. 4th + 0:22.		share this photo
QuickStep about to finish 15th + 0:42		share this photo
RadioShack led by Robbie McEwen, with many of their B-TTT squad riders, were the surprise of the day finishing 2nd + 0:10.		share this photo
Movistar and in particular this dropped rider were the last to finish. 11th + 0:38.		share this photo
Actress Cristiana Capotondi was an Alpini honoree today		share this photo
Your Stage 1 TTT winners, HTC-Highroad		share this photo
HTC-Highroad celebrates their dominating performance. They crossed 1st with the minimum five riders: Marco Pinotti (Ita), Lars Ytting Bak (Den), Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr), Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad and Craig Lewis (USA)		share this photo
First HTC-Highroad man across the line was Marco Pinotti...		share this photo
... so he gets the first Maglia Rosa		share this photo
Pinotti, Chiamparino and Capotondi		share this photo
Great to see a vehement anti-doper as the first race leader		share this photo
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HTC-Highroad and their man in Pink		share this photo
American Bjorn Selander riding for RadioShack is the Young Rider Leader after just his first stage of a Grand Tour		share this photo
Alpino Pinotti		share this photo
Pinotti will take the hat and pink jersey into Stage 2		share this photo
Giro d'Italia (2011) Photos; Stage 1: Venaria Reale → Torino, 19.3 km (TTT)
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