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Astana put in a perfect winning performance in the opening team time trial of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Giro del Trentino, putting 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Valerio Agnoli into the race leader's jersey. The Italian team put 14 seconds into Team Sky, giving 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vincenzo Nibali an advantage over rival Mikel Landa of Sky. AG2R La Mondiale were third o🍌n ꦯthe same time as Sky, while Bora Argon 18 finished two seconds back.

Their team time trial victory puts a series of Astana riders in the top places in the overall classification, led by Agnoli. More importantly, Nibali has a 14-second༒ advantage over his potentially nearest rival Landa heading into a 220km stage that ends on a summit in Anras (Austria). The climb is a new addition to the race and f🔥eatures a four-kilometre, 7 per cent drag to the finish line.

The Giro del Trentino kicked off with a 12.1km team time trial overlooking Lake Garda in Riva del Garda and travelled along the breezy coastline before turning inland for a fast a technical section of the course. Each team then lit it up for long straight roads back to Lake Garda༒ for the finish in Torbole.

The event started with the ♉two headlining t☂eams in the race: Team Sky with their leader Landa and Astana with Nibali.

Team Sky were the first team off the starting ra🐲mp and finished with an opening time of 13:44, setting up Landa for a💦 good start to the four-day stage race. Their roster for the event is Phil Deignan, Christian Knees, Ian Boswell, David Lopez, Alex Peters, Xabier Zandio and local resident and neo-pro Gianni Moscon.

Although it was good performance, Astana stormed through 14 seconds faster, giving Nibali the early edge over Landa in the general classification at the end of t✤he day. Nibali’s support crew for the raꦐce includes Valerio Agnoli, Eros Capecchi, Jakob Fuglsang, Tanel Kangert, Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev, Davide Malacarne and Michele Scarponi.

An😼 unfortunate crash for Drapac saw them lose two riders after they overcooked one of the sharp corners. Most of the riders got back up and carried on and they clocked in with 14:24.

The next overall favourites to start were with team 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:AG2R La Mondiale: Domenico Pozzovivo and Roman Bardet. The team slotted in third place 14 seconds behind Astana and with the same time a꧑s Team Sky.

, surprise winners of the previous year’s team time trial, had a strong rideꦰ with 13:46, two secoꦿnds slower than AG2R La Mondiale and Team Sky, and just off the podium in fourth.

There 🔜were several Italian teams out on cou🅰rse with Amore & Vita, Androni Giocattoli, Nippo-Vini Fantini, d'Amico Bottecchia, Bardiani-CSF and Southeast-Venezuela. The big Italian stage race is an important event for them to show their colours and strength.

Of the Italian teams, Nippo-Vini Fantini and Bardiani-CSF were the highest placed in the team time tria𓄧l, in sixth and seventh, both at 34 seconds back. Southeast-Venezu🧸ela was only one second off their mark in eighth.

Gazprom-Rus🌺velo started as the last team of the day with several top riders that could upset fo💃r a stage win or a top GC place, including Sergey Firsanov. The team did not disappoint, finishing in fifth place at 22 seconds behind Astana.

The racing will continue with 220km second stage from Lienz to Arco-Anras. It will be t🐷he first test for the climbers with t🌠wo Category 2 ascents over Vigolo Vattaro mid-stage, followed by a final Category 1 climb to Anras in Austria.

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