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Sunday, August 3: Stage 1, Gdańsk - Bydgoszcz, 226 km

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Yauhani Hutarovich wins stage 1. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: It started out a nice day for a bicycle race. But that changed with plunging temperatures, hail and rain. The roads became incredibly slippery with crash after crash taking down riders. Early on five riders escaped, but going around what looked like an easy curve with 23 kilometers remaining, they all fell.

First one up was Maciej Paterski (CCC Polsat). He took off, chased by Jimmy Engoulvent (Europcar) and Matthias Krizek (Cannondale). The duo caught Paterski with 12 kilometers to go and the trio worked together smoothly to do their best to stay away from the Tinkoff-Saxo led pack. It almost worked, but everyone was caught with a kilometer left to race. That set things up for a dangerous sprint that was indeed marred by an awful crash when Luka Mezgec ran into a barrier.

Ag2r sprinter Yauheni Hutarovich out-muscled the others to win the sprint.

Note: The GC was later recalculated and the GC leader after stage one was Yauheni Hutarovich, ahead of Roman Maikin by four seconds. Originally credited with the GC lead, Matthias Krizek was moved to fifth place, down 8 seconds. The correct GC is now posted.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 38.984 km/hr

1	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r	5hr 47min 50sec
2	Roman Maikin	RusVelo
3	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida
4	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale
5	Marco Haller	Katusha
6	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
7	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol
8	Sebastian Lander	BMC
9	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
10	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
11	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
12	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
13	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
14	Bos Theo	Belkin
15	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
16	Dominik Nerz	BMC
17	Andrey Amador	Movistar
18	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
19	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
20	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
21	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
22	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
23	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
24	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
25	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
26	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
27	Paul Martens	Belkin
28	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
29	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
30	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
31	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
32	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
33	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
34	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
35	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice
36	Peter Velits	BMC
37	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
38	Sebastian Henao	SKY
39	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
40	Robert Gesink	Belkin
41	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
42	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
43	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
44	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol
45	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
46	Barry Markus	Belkin
47	Steve Morabito	BMC
48	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
49	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
50	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
51	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
52	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
53	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
54	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
55	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
56	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
57	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
58	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
59	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
60	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
61	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp
62	Paweł Franczak	Poland
63	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
64	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
65	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
66	Davide Villella	Cannondale
67	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
68	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
69	Philip Deignan	SKY
70	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
71	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
72	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano
73	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
74	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
75	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
76	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
77	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
78	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
79	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland
80	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
81	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
82	Christophe Kern	Europcar	@ 26 seconds
83	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
84	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
85	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
86	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
87	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
88	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
89	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
90	Stephen Cummings	BMC
91	Paweł Bernas	Poland
92	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	00' 35''
93	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
94	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
95	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
96	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar	00' 40''
97	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge
98	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo	00' 48''
99	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	00' 54''
100	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	01' 06''
101	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	01' 08''
102	Dario Cataldo	SKY
103	Andrey Zeits	Astana
104	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC
105	Adriano Malori	Movistar	01' 11''
106	Murilo Fischer	FDJ
107	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	02' 02''
108	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	02' 10''
109	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	02' 32''
110	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge
111	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha
112	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo
113	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano	00' 00''
114	Hugo Houle	Ag2r	02' 34''
115	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	03' 07''
116	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano
117	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
118	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar
119	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing	03' 36''
120	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha	03' 38''
121	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp	04' 01''
122	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r
123	Anthony Roux	FDJ	05' 04''
124	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	05' 45''
125	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
126	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha
127	David Tanner	Belkin	05' 46''
128	Thor Hushovd	BMC	06' 03''
129	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo
130	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
131	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	06' 16''
132	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ	06' 22''
133	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana	07' 36''
134	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana	07' 36''
135	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	07' 47''
136	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
137	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
138	Laurent Mangel	FDJ
139	Rick Flens	Belkin
140	Kamil Gradek	Poland
141	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	08' 57''
142	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	10' 22''
143	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar
144	Arman Kamyshev	Astana
145	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha
146	Jerome Cousin	Europcar
147	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	10' 25''
148	Fabio Aru	Astana
149	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	11' 32''
150	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing
151	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol
152	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
153	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
154	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
155	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
156	Ben Swift	SKY
157	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
158	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	12' 33''
159	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
160	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	18' 30''
161	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	19' 00''
162	Jack Bobridge	Belkin
163	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano	19' 30''

Corrected GC after Stage 1:

1	Yauheni Hutarovich	Ag2r	5hr 47min 40sec
2	Roman Maikin	RusVelo	@ 4 seconds
3	Manuele Mori	Lampre-Merida	+ 00' 06''
4	Maciej Paterski	CCC Polsat Polkowice	+ 00' 08''
5	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale
6	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale	+ 00' 10''
7	Marco Haller	Katusha
8	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
9	Boris Vallee	Lotto-Belisol
10	Sebastian Lander	BMC
11	Davide Formolo	Cannondale
12	Enrico Gasparotto	Astana
13	Grzegorz Stępniak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
14	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
15	Christian Meier	Orica-GreenEdge
16	Bos Theo	Belkin
17	Timofey Kritskiy	RusVelo
18	Dominik Nerz	BMC
19	Andrey Amador	Movistar
20	Pawel Poljański	Tinkoff-Saxo
21	Alexis Vuillermoz	Ag2r
22	Bartłomiej Matysiak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
23	Giampaolo Caruso	Katusha
24	Angelo Tulik	Europcar
25	Przemysław Niemiec	Lampre-Merida
26	Rafał Majka	Tinkoff-Saxo
27	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff-Saxo
28	Marek Rutkiewicz	CCC Polsat Polkowice
29	Paul Martens	Belkin
30	Pieter Weening	Orica-GreenEdge
31	Warren Barguil	Giant-Shimano
32	Damiano Cunego	Lampre-Merida
33	Kevin De Weert	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
34	Tomasz Marczyński	CCC Polsat Polkowice
35	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Shimano
36	Artem Ovechkin	RusVelo
37	Peter Velits	BMC
38	Martin Velitis	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
39	Jon Izaguirre	Movistar
40	Sebastian Henao	SKY
41	Jose Cayetano Sarmiento	Cannondale
42	Robert Gesink	Belkin
43	Maxime Bouet	Ag2r
44	Maxime Monfort	Lotto-Belisol
45	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale
46	Jonas Van Genechten	Lotto-Belisol
47	Georg Preidler	Giant-Shimano
48	Barry Markus	Belkin
49	Steve Morabito	BMC
50	Davide Rebellin	CCC Polsat Polkowice
51	Paweł Cieślik	Poland
52	Sergey Firsanov	RusVelo
53	Sanchez Samuel	BMC
54	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre-Merida
55	Manuel Silva Pires	Tinkoff-Saxo
56	Evgeny Petrov	Tinkoff-Saxo
57	Eros Capecchi	Movistar
58	Gediminas Bagdonas	Ag2r
59	Sylwester Szmyd	Movistar
60	Vegard Breen	Lotto-Belisol
61	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin-Sharp
62	Bartosz Warchoł	Poland
63	Raymond Kreder	Garmin-Sharp
64	Paweł Franczak	Poland
65	Mattia Cattaneo	Lampre-Merida
66	Branislau Samoilau	CCC Polsat Polkowice
67	Beant Intxausti	Movistar
68	Davide Villella	Cannondale
69	Serge Pauwels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
70	Rory Sutherland	Tinkoff-Saxo
71	Philip Deignan	SKY
72	Christophe Riblon	Ag2r
73	Kamil Zieliński	Poland
74	Johannes Frohlinger	Giant-Shimano
75	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
76	Alexandre Geniez	FDJ
77	Konrad Dąbkowski	Poland
78	Maxime Mederel	Europcar
79	Petr Vakoc	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
80	Przemysław Kasperkiewicz	Poland
81	Mateusz Taciak	CCC Polsat Polkowice
82	Ilnur Zakarin	RusVelo
83	Luka Mezgec	Giant-Shimano
84	Christophe Kern	Europcar	+ 00' 36''
85	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Belisol
86	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma-Quick Step
87	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Europcar
88	Edvald Boasson Hagen	SKY
89	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
90	Bart De Clercq	Lotto-Belisol
91	Nicki Sorensen	Tinkoff-Saxo
92	Stephen Cummings	BMC
93	Paweł Bernas	Poland
94	Eduard Vorganov	Katusha	+ 00' 45''
95	Gorka Izaguirre	Movistar
96	Tobias Ludvigsson	Giant-Shimano
97	Sergey Lagutin	RusVelo
98	Jimmy Engoulvent	Europcar	+ 00' 46''
99	Ivan Santaromita	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 00' 50''
100	Ivan Balykin	RusVelo	+ 00' 58''
101	Sacha Modolo	Lampre-Merida	+ 01' 04''
102	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Belkin	+ 01' 16''
103	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 01' 18''
104	Dario Cataldo	SKY
105	Andrey Zeits	Astana
106	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC
107	Adriano Malori	Movistar	+ 01' 21''
108	Murilo Fischer	FDJ
109	Thomas De Gendt	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 02' 12''
110	Maxim Belkov	Katusha	+ 02' 20''
111	Brett Lancaster	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 02' 42''
112	Samuel Bewley	Orica-GreenEdge	+ 02' 42''
113	Anton Vorobyev	Katusha
114	Andrey Solomennikov	RusVelo
115	Hugo Houle	Ag2r	+ 02' 44''
116	Matteo Bono	Lampre-Merida	+ 03' 17''
117	Nikias Arndt	Giant-Shimano
118	Mitchell Docker	Orica-GreenEdge
119	Bjorn Thurau	Europcar
120	Yaroslav Popovuch	Trek Factory Racing	+ 03' 46''
121	Alexander Rybakov	Katusha	+ 03' 48''
122	Steele Von Hoff	Garmin-Sharp	+ 04' 11''
123	Guillaume Bonnafond	Ag2r
124	Anthony Roux	FDJ	+ 05' 14''
125	Kanstantsin Siutsou	SKY	+ 05' 55''
126	Salvatore Puccio	SKY
127	Sergei Chernetski	Katusha
128	David Tanner	Belkin	+ 05' 56''
129	Thor Hushovd	BMC	+ 06' 13''
130	Jesus Hernandez	Tinkoff-Saxo
131	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 06' 23''
132	Moreno Moser	Cannondale	+ 06' 26''
133	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier	FDJ	+ 06' 32''
134	Francesco Gavazzi	Astana	+ 07' 46''
135	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana
136	Kamil Gradek	Poland	+ 07' 53''
137	Tyler Farrar	Garmin-Sharp	+ 07' 57''
138	Cameron Meyer	Orica-GreenEdge
139	Michael Matthews	Orica-GreenEdge
140	Laurent Mangel	FDJ
141	Rick Flens	Belkin
142	Fumiyuki Beppu	Trek Factory Racing	+ 09' 07''
143	Davide Appollonio	Ag2r	+ 10' 32''
144	Juan Jose Lobato	Movistar
145	Arman Kamyshev	Astana
146	Petr Ignatenko	Katusha
147	Jerome Cousin	Europcar
148	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana	+ 10' 35''
149	Fabio Aru	Astana
150	Caleb Fairly	Garmin-Sharp	+ 11' 42''
151	Fabio Silvestre	Trek Factory Racing
152	Kenny Dehaes	Lotto-Belisol
153	Johan Le Bon	FDJ
154	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ
155	Davide Malacarne	Europcar
156	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale
157	Ben Swift	SKY
158	Sebastien Chavanel	FDJ
159	Lasse Hansen	Garmin-Sharp	+ 12' 43''
160	Koldo Fernandez	Garmin-Sharp
161	Joshua Edmondson	SKY	+ 18' 40''
162	Nathan Brown	Garmin-Sharp	+ 19' 10''
163	Jack Bobridge	Belkin
164	Thierry Hupond	Giant-Shimano	+ 19' 40''

Stage 1 photos:

Europcar duriing the team presentations. Photo ©Sirotti

Moreno Moser heads to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Robert Gesink. Photo ©Sirotti

Thor Hushovd. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Tinkoff-Saxo were at the front of the peloton most of the day. Photo ©Sirotti

Steve Cummings. Photo ©Sirotti

Maciej Paterski on his break just before being caught by Engoulvent and Krizek. Photo ©Sirotti

A determined-looking Jimmy Engoulvent chasing hard. Photo ©Sirotti

The end to a perfectly dreadful day in the saddle. Yauheni Hutarovich wins stage one. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Yauheni Hutarovich. Photo ©Sirotti

Live Updates:

30 km to go: It's a dreadful day. There has been hail and very cold rain. Lots of crashes. A break of five has about two and a half minutes.

23 km to go: The riders are on the final circuit. The break is 1min 27sec ahead of the field. The field is strung out. It looks like the peloton, led by Tinkoff-Saxo, wants to catch the break.

Aww, all the riders in the break slipped going around a corner carefully.

it looks like Maciej Paterski (CCC Polsat) is in the lead and being first back on his bike and is pressing on. Jimmy Engoulvent and Matthias Krizek are chasing Paterski.

15 km to go: Maciej Paterski is looking good, but Englevent and Krizek are closing in on him.

14 km to go: Paterski is about 100 meters in front of the chasing pair. No time gap back to the peloton.

12 km to go: It's now three riders in the lead, Paterski has been caught: Matthias Krizek, Jimmy Engoulvent and Maciej Paterski. They are 40 seconds ahead of the peloton as everyone is trying to just stay upright on the slick roads.

10 km to go: Tinkoff-Saxo still leads the pack. The lead trio has 38 seconds.

7 km to go: The lead trio is working together with a vengeance. They have 23 seconds. The roads look like they are drying out a bit. Maybe the finish won't be a scene of meyhem.

3 km to go: Paterski is off alone, 12 seconds clear. Giant-Shimano is moving up in the peloton.

2 km to go: Paterski has 14 seconds. The peloton is closing in on him.

1 km to go: Paterski has been caught.

The finish: Big crash on the side of the road as a couple of riders slammed into the barriers. Yauheni Hutarovich (Ag2r) won the sprint. I'll post full results as soon as they are available.

Stage 1 map and profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

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