A short prologue instead of a TTT.




The first rider to start is Patrick Konrad from Team Voralberg. His task here is to report the race, and thus he will finish last in the prologue.


The next rider is Ivan Basso, riding in his traditional Cannondale jersey. He sets a time of 8 minutes and 30 seconds.


Young Frenchman Thibaut Pinot from FDJ is next, and he shows that time trials are not his speciality.


Someone in the orange Euskaltel jersey is also participating. No surprise, it's Samuel Sanchez.


Michele Scarponi from Team Lampre beats Basso's time by 3 seconds.


Hey, a cyclist riding for Team Cult Energy from Denmark. Who is this? It's Jakob Fuglsang, riding in an other jersey than he's normally used to. He's 1 second slower as the Italian in pink.


Nicholas Roche also rides for a different team, Rapha Condor-JTL.


Rui Costa rides for Portugese team Efapel, and sets the fastest time so far. 8 minutes and 23 seconds.


It was a shock for Cadel Evans when he heard that BMC didn't want him. He has switched to Drapac instead. And it might have been a good decision, because he's 1 second faster as Costa.


Tejay van Garderen on the other hand was happy when BMC told him to ride for them. He sets a very good time, 8 minutes and 16 seconds.


One of the 3 Colombians here is Carlos Betancur, riding for AG2R. His time-trial was quite disappointing.


And here's another Colombian. Rigoberto Uran will ride for his future team, Omega Pharma.


The Dutchies are represented here by Bauke Mollema and Belkin.


One of the big favourites for today's stage is Bradley Wiggins in a Node 4-Giordana jersey. And he does what is expected from him, the best time so far. 8 minutes and 13 seconds.


Jurgen van den Broeck from Lotto-Belisol is next.


Canadian Ryder Hesjedal from Garmin is here as well. What can he do?


And here's grandpa. Chris Horner from RadioShack is old, but still very good.


Saxo-Tinkoff made a very suprising choice of rider. Not Contador, but Roman Kreuziger will be their rider.


And here's the Spaniard, riding for Caja Rural. Alberto Contador is 10 seconds slower as the current leader, which is still Bradley Wiggins.


Orica-GreenEDGE does not have a good climber, so they borrowed Richie Porte from Sky. He's provisional third, 3 seconds behind.


Alejandro Valverde for Team Movistar. What can he do in his home race?


Team Katusha has come here with Joaquim Rodriguez. He's the slowest today (not counting Konrad).


Nairo Quintana is the last Colombian, riding for the national team called Colombia. He's one of the biggest favourites for the red jersey.


The Shark, Vincenzo Nibali from Astana, is also a serious contender.


But the biggest favourite is Chris Froome from Sky. But, he is 2 seconds slower as Wiggins, who is the winner of the first stage.



Stage and GC:

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	Bradley Wiggins	Node 4 - Giordana Racing	8'13
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	+ 2
3	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	+ 3
4	Richie Porte	Orica - GreenEdge	s.t.
5	Cadel Evans	Drapac Cycling	+ 9

Points:

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Bradley Wiggins	Node 4 - Giordana Racing	25
2	Chris Froome	Sky Procycling	20
3	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC Racing Team	16