The first stage of this season's Tirreno Adriatico is a short Team Time Trial in Marina di Carrara. We do not expect huge time gaps, but certain teams will definitely be looking to get a few seconds' advantage here which could put their leaders in a favourable position later in the race. Let's see how this one goes.
Cedevita are the first to start. They set the benchmark at the first intermediate of 2'12".
Huski match the previous time at the intermediate.
Evonik is 8 seconds off the pace.
Gazelle improve the best time to 2'8".
Polar improve it further to 2'6".
Los Pollos are 2 seconds down.
Zwift are a further 2 seconds down.
ISA do better and currently trail the best time by only a second.
UBS are 2 seconds off the pace.
ELCO are also only a second down.
Aker have lost 3 seconds so far.
Tinkoff are only a second down.
Lierse are 3 seconds off the pace.
Grieg have lost 2 seconds on the first sector.
Puma are slower and have lost 4 seconds.
Aegon have lost 5 seconds.
King Power are down 4 seconds at the moment.
De Stijl are also 4 seconds off the pace.
MOL are a further second in arrears.
Vesuvio are just a second off the fastest time.
Yorkshire are 3 seconds off.
Moser have lost 7 seconds.
Isostar have already lost 14 seconds.
Duolingo are a single second down in the first sector.
Here are the standings at the first checkpoint:
Polar
2'6
Duolingo
2'7
ISA Hexacta
2'7
ELCO - ABEA
2'7
Tinkoff
2'7
Vesuvio
2'7
UBS
2'8
Gazelle
2'8
Los Pollos
2'8
Grieg
2'8
Aker
2'9
Lierse
2'9
cycleYorkshire
2'9
Puma
2'10
Zwift
2'10
King Power
2'10
De Stijl
2'10
Aegon
2'11
MOL
2'11
Cedevita
2'12
Huski
2'12
Moser
2'13
Isostar
2'20
Evonik
2'20
Cedevita set the benchmark again at 10'24".
Huski lower it to 10'19".
Evonik lose 25 seconds.
Gazelle improve the best time to 10'7".
Polar improve it further to 10 minutes even.
Los Pollos is 7 seconds slower today.
Zwift is slower still at 12 seconds.
ISA lose ground in the second sector and finish 6 seconds down.
UBS is only slightly better at 5 seconds.
ELCO lose 2 seconds at the finish.
Aker lose 4 seconds.
Tinkoff tie the best time. It remains to be seen who gets awarded the higher placing by the judges.
Lierse lose more time and end up 8 seconds down.
Grieg also ties the best time!
Puma lose 7 seconds today.
Aegon are quite some way off at 19 seconds.
King Power lose 4 seconds in each sector to end up 8 seconds slower.
De Stijl have a bad second sector and lose 21 seconds overall.
MOL lose 13 seconds for now.
Vesuvio make it the fourth team to tie the best time of 10' so far!
No such luck for cycleYorkshire as they lose 4 seconds.
Moser not near the top, losing 16 seconds.
Isostar lose 27 seconds in all.
Duolingo make up their deficit and clock the best final sector of the day to get the best time of the day as well. Their winning time is 9'58".
Today's winner - Duolingo.
Duolingo's win puts Zoltan Sipos into the leader's jersey for today. Keegan Girdlestone is the U25 classification leader.
