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Giro d'Italia (2014) Photos; Stage 1: Belfast → Belfast, 218 km | ||
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| Stage 1 team time trial start from Titanic museum | share this photo | |
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| The view from the start ramp | share this photo | |
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| The view from the other direction | share this photo | |
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| Orica GreenEdge benefited from early dry conditions to set a best time that wasn't beaten on the 21.7 km TTT course. Svein Tuft second from the front. | share this photo | |
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| Light rain fell on Orica GreenEdge in the latter half of their ride. They won the 21.7 km TTT in 24:42 by 5s over OPQS | share this photo | |
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| Orica-GreenEdge | share this photo | |
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| Orica-GreenEdge in tight formation | share this photo | |
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| Svein Tuft crossing first for Orica-GreenEdge in a time of 24:41 + 1s for the 5th rider | share this photo | |
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| Garmin-Sharp sequence crash. Racing difficult to control bikes in tight formation through wet urban streets to kick off a Grand Tour never seems like a good idea in retrospect. | share this photo | |
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| With most of the team down, the remaining riders had to wait costing all them 3:26 in the GC battle effectively ending their GC hopes | share this photo | |
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| Via @inCycleTV. A different prespective of the crash | share this photo | |
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| Garmin-Sharp riders collecting themselves off the asphalt | share this photo | |
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| The Irishman, Dan Martin, of all people took the worst of it | share this photo | |
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| Daniel Martin, like everyone else, was stunned at what happened | share this photo | |
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| Daniel Martin went to hospital with a suspected broken collarbone | share this photo | |
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| 2nd Omega Pharma-QuickStep + 5s | share this photo | |
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| 3rd BMC Racing + 7s | share this photo | |
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| Samuel SANCHEZ at the front for BMC Racing | share this photo | |
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| Michael Rogers at the front for Tinkoff-Saxo | share this photo | |
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| 4th Tinkoff-Saxo + 0:23 | share this photo | |
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| 5th Team Sky + 0:35 | share this photo | |
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| 6th Astana + 0:38 | share this photo | |
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| Huge crowds. A little rain won't deter the Irish. | share this photo | |
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| 8th Movistar + 0:55 | share this photo | |
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| Movistar would have been higher than 8th if they didn't catch the wet, slick time slot | share this photo | |
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| 13th Belkin + 1:01 | share this photo | |
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| 14th Bardiani-CSF + 1:07 | share this photo | |
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| 16th FDJ.fr + 1:18 | share this photo | |
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| It was all downhill from here for Katusha | share this photo | |
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| 19th Katusha + 1:33 and now Joaquin RODRIGUEZ has some time to make up | share this photo | |
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| The highlight of Lotto Belisol's ride, 20th + 1:34 | share this photo | |
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| 21st Europcar + 1:48 | share this photo | |
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| Garmin Sharp with only five riders crossing 3:26 behind the winners | share this photo | |
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| Stage 1 TTT winners, Orica-GreenEdge | share this photo | |
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| Orica GreenEdge celebrates their TTT win by hoisting Canadian Svein Tuft | share this photo | |
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| As the first Orica GreenEdge rider across the line, birthday boy Svein Tuft is the first leader of this year's Giro | share this photo | |
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| 37 year old domestique Svein Tuft is finally in the spotlight on the world stage | share this photo | |
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| After the stage, Svein Tuft spoke to the press: Great expectations: “We came into this stage with huge expectations. Our line-up is designed around the team time trial with Durbridge, Hepburn, Lancaster, Meyer, and so on. Our director sportif Matt White said that, if we’re on a good one, Svein goes across the line first. It’s a dream come true for a guy like me, a once in a lifetime experience, and I’m thankful to the team.” Challenging conditions: “The wind was never coming from one area. It was always blustering, so it made for a difficult time for a 9-man group on narrow roads. You could never be overlapping wheels. As we saw with Garmin, one little mistake and you really pay. We are well drilled for this kind of stage, but anyone who was on a good time today also had some luck.” A magical Belfast welcome: “It was truly impressive. I never expected to see that kind of crowd, 4 or 5 deep along the entire course, screaming and shouting. I’m never thought people would be so into it. Anytime you have crowds on a climb and you can feel that kind of energy, it’s really special. It pushes you to the next level. There are some difficult stages coming with the wind and the exposure on the coast. We have a super-fast man in Michael Matthews, so our objective is to look after him and continue the success of the past weeks.” | share this photo | |
Giro d'Italia (2014) Photos; Stage 1: Belfast → Belfast, 218 km | ||
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