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2021 Giro d'Italia

104th edition: May 8 - 30, 2021
Stage 1: May 8, 2021

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Saturday, May 8: Stage 1, Torino (Turin) 8.8 km individual time trial

Filppo Ganna

Filippo Ganna on his way to becoming the first Maglia Rosa of the 2021 Giro d'Italia

Weather at Torino at 1:55 PM, loal time: 19C (67F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Filippo Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers team:

Filippo Ganna made sure the Giro d'Italia got off to a perfect start for the Grenadiers with victory in the opening time trial.

The Italian was unbeatable on the streets of Turin, setting a blistering pace to go 10 seconds quicker than anyone else in the short opening stage.

The result saw Ganna mirror his result from the 2020 edition, pulling on the maglia rosa to kick-start the event in style.

Egan Bernal and Pavel Sivakov also got their general classification challenges off to a good start, slotting in amongst the overall contenders after an early chance to open up the legs. Sivakov was 32nd on the day, with Bernal 40th.

Gianni Moscon set a very impressive 10th fastest time, while Jonathan Castroviejo was the fastest of the early runners, eventually finishing 13th on the time sheets.

Filippo Tagliani

Filippo Tagliani (Androni Giocattoli) gets ready to be the first rider to roll out of the starthouse.

Filippo Ganna:
"It felt like a long time waiting in the hot seat for the stage to finish. But I’m here and I’m really happy.

"Now we look ahead to tomorrow and to recover well. It’s just the start of the Giro and this Giro is really hard.

"The radio was not working much. So I said ‘Filippo, go full gas’, listening to the people at the side of the road. I was able to arrive with this amazing victory.

"After Romandie, my power was not so high. Now it’s back and I’m really happy."

Egan Bernal:
"I felt really good. The feeling I had was a nice feeling. We will see after all the times but it is just the start. I’m really happy to be here. We will see how we are in the next stages.

"We are not the specialists so for sure we need to think that we will lose some time in the TTs. We just try to go full gas and try to recover some time in the climbs."

Pavel Sivakov:
"I’m a bit disappointed and of course you always want to do better. But it’s also not catastrophic. I think I was a bit too careful in the corners, even though I did the recon two times. When you go full gas in the race it’s always different. There are of course some guys who will gain time on me on GC, but it’s not like they are gaining minutes, it’s only seconds.

"We know the Giro is an unpredictable race. For me from a TT perspective the last one will be much more important and it suits me better. It’s good to get going and we’ll see what the rest of the race brings."

Complete Results & GC:

8.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 58.748 km/hr. This was the third fastest Giro ITT, behind Ganna's own 2020 ride and the fastest ever, Rik Verbrugghe's 2001 58.874 km/hr

Stage 1 photos

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	8min 47sec
2	Edoardo Affini	Jumbo-Visma	@ 10sec
3	Tobias Foss	Jumbo-Visma	0:13
4	Joao Almeida	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:17
5	Remi Cavagna	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:18
6	Jos van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Remco Evenepoel	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:19
8	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
9	Matthias Brandle	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:22
10	Gianni Moscon	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
11	Aleksandr Vlasov	Astana-Premier Tech	0:24
12	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	0:26
13	Jonathan Castroviejo	INEOS Grenadiers	0:27
14	Alex Dowsett	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
15	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	0:28
16	Nelson Oliveira	Movistar	0:29
17	Diego Ulissi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
18	Roger Kluge	Lotto Soudal	0:30
19	Alessandro de Marchi	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
20	Fabio Felline	Astana-Premier Tech	0:31
21	Domenico Pozzovivo	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
22	Valerio Conti	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
23	Jan Tratnik	Bahrain Victorious	0:32
24	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
25	Damiano Caruso	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
26	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
27	Mikkel Honore	Deceuninck-Quick Step	0:33
28	Samuele Battistella	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
29	Davide Formolo	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
30	Matteo Sobrero	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
31	Michael Hepburn	Team BikeExchange	0:34
32	Pavel Sivakov	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
33	Daniel Martinez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:36
34	Matteo Jorgenson	Movistar	s.t.
35	Hugh Carthy	EF Education-Nippo	0:38
36	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Simon Yates	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
38	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
39	Fausto Masnada	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
40	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:39
41	Romain Seigle	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Tejay van Garderen	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
43	Julius van den Berg	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
44	Felix Grossschartner	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
45	Gorka Izagirre	Astana-Premier Tech	0:40
46	Nicolas Roche	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Simon Carr	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
48	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Fernando Gaviria	UAE Team Emirates	0:41
50	Vincenzo Nibali	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	George Bennett	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
53	Harold Tejada	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Bauke Mollema	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
55	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Marc Soler	Movistar	0:42
57	Nikias Arndt	Team DSM	s.t.
58	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Cameron Meyer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
60	Tanel Kangert	Team BikeExchange	0:43
61	Mauro Schmid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
62	Tony Gallopin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
64	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	0:44
65	Patrick Bevin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
66	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Sebastien Reichenbach	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
68	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
68	Marm Vanhoucke	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
70	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
71	Jens Keukeleire	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
72	Clement Champoussin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
73	Jai Hindley	Team DSM	s.t.
74	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-Nippo	0:47
75	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Giacomo Nizzolo	Qhubeka-Assos	0:48
77	Mikel Landa	Bahrain Victorious	0:49
78	Lars van den Berg	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Kilian Frankiny	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
80	Jhonnatan Narvaez	INEOS Grenadiers	0:50
81	Kobe Goossens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
82	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
83	Quinten Hermans	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
84	Salvatore Puccio	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
85	Alessandro Covi	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
86	Paul Martens	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
87	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Louis Vervaeke	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Elia Viviani	Cofidis	0:51
90	Giovanni Aleotti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
91	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	0:52
92	Pieter Serry	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
93	Matteo Fabbro	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
94	Thomas de Gendt	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
95	Attila Valter	Groupama-FDJ	0:53
96	Andrea Vendrame	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Yukiya Arashiro	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
98	Jonathan Caicedo	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
99	Callum Scotson	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
100	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
101	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	0:54
102	Vincenzo Albanese	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
103	Chris Hamilton	Team DSM	0:55
104	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Krists Neilands	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
106	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	0:56
107	Giulio Ciccone	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	Daniel Martin	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:57
109	Cesare Benedetti	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
110	Antoine Duchesne	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Iljo Keisse	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
112	Tim Merlier	Alpecin-Fenix	0:58
113	Michael Storer	Team DSM	s.t.
114	Jimmy Janssens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
115	Simone Consonni	Cofidis	s.t.
116	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:59
117	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
118	Matteo Moschetti	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
119	Nick Schultz	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
120	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:01
121	Simone Ravanelli	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
122	Mark Christian	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
123	Remy Rochas	Cofidis	s.t.
124	Andrii Ponomar	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:02
125	Alexis Gougeard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
126	James Knox	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
127	Tomasz Marczynski	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
128	Nicolas Edet	Cofidis	1:03
129	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
130	Fabio Sabatini	Cofidis	1:04
131	Andrea Pasqualon	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
132	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
133	Koen de Kort	Trek-Segafredo	1:05
134	Max Kanter	Team DSM	1:06
135	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
136	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
137	Giovanni Carboni	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
138	Davide Villella	Movistar	1:08
139	Joe Dombrowski	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
140	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
141	Francois Bidard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
142	Filippo Zana	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:10
143	Davide Cimolai	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
144	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	s.t.
145	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
146	Dario Cataldo	Movistar	s.t.
147	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Soudal	1:11
148	Stefano Oldani	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
149	Jacopo Mosca	Trek-Segafredo	1:12
150	Alexander Krieger	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
151	Marton Dina	Eolo-Kometa	1:13
152	Dylan Groenewegen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
153	Rafael Valls	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
154	Lawrence Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:14
155	Simon Guglielmi	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
156	Antonio Pedrero	Movistar	1:15
157	Francesco Gavazzi	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
158	Eduardo Sepulveda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
159	Riccardo Minali	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:16
160	Bert-Jan Lindeman	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
161	Samuele Rivi	Eolo-Kometa	1:17
162	Gianluca Brambilla	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
163	Natnael Tesfazion	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:19
164	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:21
165	Simon Pellaud	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	s.t.
166	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux	1:22
167	Natnael Berhane	Cofidis	1:23
168	Umberto Marengo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
169	Edward Ravasi	Eolo-Kometa	1:24
170	Mikel Nieve	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
171	Filippo Fiorelli	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:25
172	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:26
173	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
174	Giovanni Visconti	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:27
175	Alexander Cepeda	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:28
176	Davide Gabburo	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	1:30
177	Enrico Battaglin	Bardiani CSF Faizanè	s.t.
178	Nicola Venchiarutti	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:31
179	Manuel Belletti	Eolo-Kometa	1:32
180	Lorenzo Fortunato	Eolo-Kometa	s.t.
181	Attilio Viviani	Cofidis	1:33
182	Filippo Tagliani	Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec	1:34
183	Guy Niv	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
184	Luis Leon Sanchez	Astana-Premier Tech	1:37