2010 Giro d' Italia, stage 1: Amsterdam - Amsterdam (ITT) 8.4 km.

Just catching the highlights now.

Wiggins did a great ride.
But Evans rode a superb ITT.

Vino did well too (can't recall Vino being a good ITT but there you go).

One rider who disappointed was Bruseghin : he came in well down the field.

Amsterdam's a tricky place to stage an ITT.
Tram lines, twisting parcour, cobbles : love scenic place but a bugger to time trial in I would think.

Wiggins did what he planned to do. Very good showing from Brent Bookwalter. We could pull conclusion that Evans won't be so handicapped in TTT.
Nibali rode good TT keeping in mind he wasn't supposed to race the Giro, thus he wasn't preparing specially for it.
Everything else, more - less, went according to expectations.

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Stage 1 Results

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:10:18
2 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:02
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
4 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 0:00:05
5 Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team
6 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
7 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:06
8 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:07
9 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:09
10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:10
12 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:11
13 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:12
14 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:00:13
15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team
16 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:00:14
17 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:15
18 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team
19 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank
20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana 0:00:16
21 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto
22 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:17
23 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team
24 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
25 André Greipel (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:18
26 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana 0:00:19
27 William Bonnet (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:20
28 John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team
29 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
31 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:00:21
32 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
33 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
34 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 0:00:22
35 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
36 Baden Cooke (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:23
37 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
38 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre-Farnese Vini
39 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo
40 Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:24
41 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:25
42 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
43 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana
44 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:26
45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin - Transitions
46 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
47 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions
48 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto
49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto
50 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:27
51 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
52 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:28
53 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
54 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
55 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
56 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 0:00:29
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Acqua & Sapone
58 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:30
59 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia
60 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
61 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:31
62 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana
63 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
64 Cameron Wurf (Aus) Androni Giocattoli
65 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:32
66 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
67 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:33
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step
69 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
70 Michael Barry (Can) Sky Professional Cycling Team
71 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:34
72 Edward King (USA) Cervelo Test Team
73 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
74 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:35
75 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
76 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 0:00:36
77 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
78 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli
79 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
80 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:37
81 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram
82 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha
83 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:38
84 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:39
85 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
86 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
87 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin - Transitions
88 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Milram
89 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram
90 Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team
91 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:40
92 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
93 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Astana 0:00:41
94 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
95 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
96 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:42
97 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
98 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:43
99 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
100 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Doimo
101 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
101 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
103 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:44
104 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:45
105 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
106 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
107 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
108 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom
109 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Astana
110 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
111 Morris Possoni (Ita) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:46
112 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini
113 Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha
114 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia
115 Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
116 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Caisse d'Epargne
117 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:47
118 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step
119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
120 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
121 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
122 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli
123 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
124 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Footon-Servetto
125 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:00:48
126 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Liquigas-Doimo
127 Simone Stortoni (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
128 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
129 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
130 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0:00:49
131 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC - Columbia
132 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
133 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
134 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
135 Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:00:50
136 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
137 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:51
138 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
139 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
140 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:52
141 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
142 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
143 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
144 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
145 Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto
146 Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom
147 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:00:53
148 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
149 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
150 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
151 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 0:00:54
152 Anthony Ravard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
153 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:55
154 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom
155 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
156 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:00:56
157 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0:00:57
158 Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
159 Anthony Charteau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
160 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
161 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:58
162 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
163 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions
164 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
165 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
166 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale
167 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
168 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
169 Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:00:59
170 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
171 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
172 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team
173 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Footon-Servetto
174 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
175 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:00
176 Chris Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
177 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto
178 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:01
179 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:02
180 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
181 Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:05
182 Adam Blyth (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:01:08
183 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team
184 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 0:01:11
185 Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
186 Michele Merlo (Ita) Footon-Servetto
187 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 0:01:13
188 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Omega Pharma-Lotto
189 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Footon-Servetto 0:01:16
190 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 0:01:17
191 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:01:18
192 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0:01:20
193 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
194 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:01:22
195 Marco Corti (Ita) Footon-Servetto 0:01:23
196 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha 0:01:30
197 Martin Pedersen (Den) Footon-Servetto 0:01:31
198 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0:01:32

limerickman said:

(can't recall Vino being a good ITT but there you go).

Huh????

Quoted post said:

Very good showing from Brent Bookwalter.

Especially when you consider that it was wetter when he rode than when Wiggins rode.

Quoted post said:

We could pull conclusion that Evans won't be so handicapped in TTT.

That would be nice, but BMC drops off fast after Bookwalter and Evans. For example, their no 5 rider was 90th. The Astana no 5 was 43rd. I think the TTT will still hurt Evans. And an ITT like Corones won't help him a bit against his primary competitors.

Quoted post said:

Nibali rode good TT keeping in mind he wasn't supposed to race the Giro, thus he wasn't preparing specially for it.

Nibali did ride very well. But he was preparing for the ToC, and the start time is not that different.

This is a bad course for Evans!
I like Sastre, but set Tondo free!
Will Basso have time to round into shape?
Could this be the year when an old war horse like Garzelli finally get's a course to his taste, and when the big name dopers are absent (well, all but Vino)?
Wiggins butt is too big for climbing right now!
With that stage 20 and 21, nothing will be resolved until we are almost at the end.