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Stage 1 Results: Columbia-Highroad wins Giro's team time trial; Cavendish dons the first leader's jersey.
Read the race report2009 Giro d'Italia
- Stage 1: Lido di Venezia team time trial
- Stage results: Columbia - Highroad 20.5km in 21.50 (56.514kph)
- GC standings: Mark Cavendish (GB), Columbia-Highroad
- Best young rider standings: Mark Cavendish (GB), Columbia-Highroad
1. Columbia - Highroad 20.5km in 21.50 (56.514kph)
2. Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
3. Astana, at 0:13
4. LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini, at 0:22
5. ISD, at 0:27
6. Team Katusha, at 0:35
7. Rabobank, at 0:38
8. Liquigas, at 0:40
9. Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
10. Team Milram, at 0:49
11. Cervelo TestTeam, at , at 0:49
12. Barloworld, at 0:54
13. Team Saxo Bank 0:55
14. Caisse d'Epargne 0:58
15. Bbox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
16. Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
17. Quick Step, at 1:14
18. Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
19. Acqua & Sapone, at 1:21
20. Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
21. AG2R La Mondiale, at 1:35
22. Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
GC standings
1. Mark Cavendish (GB), Columbia-Highroad, at 21:50
2. Marco Pinotti (Ita), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
4. Michael Rogers (Aus), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
5. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe), Columbia-Highroad,, s.t.
6. Mark Renshaw (Aus), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
7. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
8. Morris Possoni (Ita), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
9. Michael Barry (Can), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
10. David Zabriskie (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
11. Thomas Danielson (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
12. Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
13. Christian Vande Velde (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
14. Bradley Wiggins (GB), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
15. Lance Armstrong (USA), Astana, at 0:13
16. Janez Brajkovic (Slo), Astana, at 0:13
17. Christopher Horner (USA), Astana, at 0:13
18. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Astana, at 0:13
19. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Astana, at 0:13
20. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa), Astana, at 0:13
21. Daniel Navarro (Spa), Astana, at 0:13
22. Danilo Di Luca (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
23. Giairo Ermeti (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
24. Gabriele Bosisio (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
25. Riccardo Chiarini (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
26. Daniele Pietropolli (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
27. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
28. Giovanni Visconti (Ita), ISD, at 0:27
29. Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr), ISD, at 0:27
30. Andriy Grivko (Ukr), ISD, at 0:27
31. Dario David Cioni (Ita), ISD, at 0:27
32. Oscar Gatto (Ita), ISD, at 0:27
33. Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr), ISD, at 0:27
34. Bartosz Huzarski (Pol), ISD, at 0:27
35. Cameron Meyer (Aus), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:29
36. Leonardo Scarselli (Ita), ISD, at 0:31
37. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
38. Filippo Pozzato (Ita), Katusha, at 0:35
39. Luca Mazzanti (Ita), Katusha, at 0:35
40. Alexander Serov (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
41. Pavel Brutt (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
42. Evgeny Petrov (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
43. Nikita Eskov (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
44. Ian Stannard (GB), ISD, at 0:37
45. Denis Menchov (Rus), Rabobank, at 0:38
46. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:38
47. Mauricio Ardila (Col), Rabobank, at 0:38
48. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:38
49. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:38
50. Bram De Groot (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:38
51. Franco Pellizotti (Ita), Liquigas, at 0:40
52. Valerio Agnoli (Ita), Liquigas, at 0:40
53. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol), Liquigas, at 0:40
54. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita), Liquigas, at 0:40
55. Ivan Basso (Ita), Liquigas, at 0:40
56. Kjell Carlström (Fin), (Liquigas),, at 0:40
57. Serguei Klimov (Rus), Katusha, at 0:41
58. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
59. Manuele Mori (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
60. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
61. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
62. Matteo Bono (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
63. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
64. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
65. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
66. Serge Pauwels (Bel), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
67. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
68. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
69. Jeremy Hunt (GB), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
70. Philip Deignan (Irl), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
71. Carlos Sastre (Spa), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
72. Martin Müller (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
73. Thomas Fothen (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
74. Markus Fothen (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
75. Thomas Rohregger (Aut), Milram, at 0:49
76. Ronny Scholz (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
77. Robert Forster (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
78. Luca Barla (Ita), Milram, at 0:49
79. Matthias Russ (Ger), Milram, at 0:49
80. Félix Cardenas (Col), Barloworld, at 0:54
81. Francesco Bellotti (Ita), Barloworld, at 0:54
82. Mauricio Soler (Col), Barloworld, at 0:54
83. Christopher Froome (GB), Barloworld, at 0:54
84. Robert Hunter (RSA), Barloworld, at 0:54
85. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA), Barloworld, at 0:54
86. Giampaolo Cheula (Ita), Barloworld, at 0:54
87. Fabian Cancellara (Swi), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
88. Matthew Goss (Aus), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
89. Lars Ytting Bak (Den), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
90. Juan José Haedo (Arg), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
91. Jason McCartney (USA), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
92. Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
93. Pablo Lastras (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
94. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
95. David Lopez Garcia (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
96. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
97. David Arroyo (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
98. Anthony Charteau (Fra), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
99. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
100. Mathieu Perget (Fra), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
101. Thomas Voeckler (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
102. Steve Chainel (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
103. Guillaume Le Floch (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
104. Johann Tschopp (Swi), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
105. Evgeny Sokolov (Rus), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
106. Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro), Liquigas, at 1:01
107. Manuel Quinziato (Ita), Liquigas, at 1:01
108. Gorazd Stangelj (Slo), Liquigas, at 1:01
109. Saïd Haddou (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:02
110. Matthieu Sprick (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:04
111. Julien Belgy (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:04
112. Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 1:04
113. Gilberto Simoni (Ita), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
114. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
115. Michele Scarponi (Ita), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
116. Francesco De Bonis (Ita), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
117. Jose Serpa (Col), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
118. Jackson Rodriguez (Ven), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
119. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
120. Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel), Saxo Bank, at 1:06
121. Carlos José Ochoa (Ven), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:08
122. Björn Schröder (Ger), Milram
123. Edward King (USA), Cervelo TestTeam, at 1:10
124. Matteo Montaguti (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 1:13
125. Allan Davis (Aus), Quick Step, at 1:14
126. Dario Cataldo (Ita), Quick Step, at 1:14
127. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel), Quick Step, at 1:14
128. Mauro Facci (Ita), Quick Step, at 1:14
129. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel), Quick Step, at 1:14
130. Dries Devenyns (Bel), Quick Step, at 1:14
131. Marco Marzano (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 1:15
132. Daniel Lloyd (GB), Cervelo TestTeam, at 1:18
133. David Garcia Da Pena (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
134. Marcos Garcia (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
135. Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
136. Eduard Vorganov (Rus), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
137. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
138. Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
139. Iban Mayoz (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
140. Serafin Martinez (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
141. Francesco Reda (Ita), Quick Step, at 1:19
142. Dario Andriotto (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
143. Massimo Codol (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
144. Stefano Garzelli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
145. Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
146. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
147. Francesco Masciarelli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
148. Francesco Failli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
149. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
150. Christophe Brandt (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
151. Francis De Greef (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
152. Olivier Kaisen (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
153. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
154. Pieter Jacobs (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
155. Charles Wegelius (GB), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
156. Andrea Masciarelli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:23
157. Jelle Vanendert (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:26
158. Pedro Horrillo (Spa), Rabobank, at 1:33
159. Ben Swift (GB), Katusha, at 1:34
160. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr), Ag2r, at 1:35
161. Tadej Valjavec (Slo), Ag2r, at 1:35
162. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Ag2r, at 1:35
163. Julien Loubet (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
164. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
165. Renaud Dion (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
166. Blaise Sonnery (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
167. Sébastien Hinault (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
168. Mauro Da Dalto (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 1:36
169. Julian Dean (NZl), Garmin-Slipstream, at 1:37
170. Eros Capecchi (Ita), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
171. Jesus Del Nero (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
172. Ricardo Serrano (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
173. Iker Camano (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
174. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
175. Alberto Fernandez (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
176. Angel Gomez (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
177. Davide Vigano (Ita), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
178. Hector Gonzalez (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
179. Yohann Gene (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:49
180. Jos Van Emden (Ned), Rabobank, at 2:10
181. Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus), Rabobank, at 2:10
182. Danny Pate (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 2:10
183. David Millar (GB), Garmin-Slipstream, at 2:10
184. Jean-Charles Senac (Fra), Ag2r, at 2:22
185. Jure Golcer (Slo), LPR Brakes, at 2:27
186. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 2:40
187. Davide Malacarne (Ita), Quick Step, at 2:41
188. Addy Engels (Ned), Quick Step, at 2:41
189. Steve Morabito (Swi), Astana, at 2:46
190. Andrey Zeits (Kaz), Astana, at 2:46
191. Diego Caccia (Ita), Barloworld, at 2:55
192. Jens Voigt (Ger), Saxo Bank, at 3:29
193. Anders Lund (Den), Saxo Bank, at 3:42
194. Delio Ferandez (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 4:08
195. Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita), Barloworld, at 4:13
196. Bart Dockx (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 4:13
197. Alessandro Donati (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 4:16
198. Nicki Sørensen (Den), Saxo Bank, at 5:56
Best young rider standings
1. Mark Cavendish (GB), Columbia-Highroad, at 21:50
2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
3. Thomas Lövkvist (Swe), Columbia-Highroad,, s.t.
4. Morris Possoni (Ita), Columbia-Highroad, s.t.
5. Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
6. Riccardo Chiarini (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 0:22
7. Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr), ISD, at 0:27
8. Oscar Gatto (Ita), ISD, at 0:27
9. Cameron Meyer (Aus), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:29
10. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus), Katusha, at 0:35
11. Ian Stannard (GB), ISD, at 0:37
12. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned), Rabobank, at 0:38
13. Valerio Agnoli (Ita), Liquigas, at 0:40
14. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
15. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu), Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
16. Luca Barla (Ita), Milram, at 0:49
17. Christopher Froome (GB), Barloworld, at 0:54
18. John-Lee Augustyn (RSA), Barloworld, at 0:54
19. Matthew Goss (Aus), Saxo Bank, at 0:55
20. Arnold Jeannesson (Fra), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
21. Mathieu Perget (Fra), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
22. Guillaume Le Floch (Fra), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
23. Evgeny Sokolov (Rus), BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
24. Jackson Rodriguez (Ven), Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
25. Matteo Montaguti (Ita), LPR Brakes, at 1:13
26. Dario Cataldo (Ita), Quick Step, at 1:14
27. Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel), Quick Step, at 1:14
28. Marcos Garcia (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
29. Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
30. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
31. Serafin Martinez (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
32. Francesco Masciarelli (Ita), Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
33. Francis De Greef (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
34. Pieter Jacobs (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
35. Jelle Vanendert (Bel), Silence-Lotto, at 1:26
36. Ben Swift (GB), Katusha, at 1:34
37. Julien Loubet (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
38. Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
39. Blaise Sonnery (Fra), Ag2r, at 1:35
40. Eros Capecchi (Ita), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
41. Alberto Fernandez (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
42. Davide Vigano (Ita), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
43. Hector Gonzalez (Spa), Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37
44. Jos Van Emden (Ned), Rabobank, at 2:10
45. Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus), Rabobank, at 2:10
46. Jean-Charles Senac (Fra), Ag2r, at 2:22
47. Davide Malacarne (Ita), Quick Step, at 2:41
48. Andrey Zeits (Kaz), Astana, at 2:46
49. Anders Lund (Den), Saxo Bank, at 3:42
50. Delio Fernandez (Spa), Xacobeo Galicia, at 4:08
Overall team standings
1. Columbia-Highroad, at 21:50
2. Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:06
3. Astana, at 0:13
4. LPR Brakes, at 0:22
5. ISD, at 0:27
6. Katusha, at 0:35
7. Rabobank, at 0:38
8. Liquigas, at 0:40
9. Lampre-NGC, at 0:42
10. Milram, at 0:49
11. Cervelo TestTeam, at 0:49
12. Barloworld, at 0:54
13. Saxo Bank, at 0:55
14. Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:58
15. Bbox Bouygues Telecom, at 1:01
16. Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 1:06
17. Quick Step, at 1:14
18. Xacobeo Galicia, at 1:19
19. Acqua e Sapone, at 1:21
20. Silence-Lotto, at 1:22
21. Ag2R La Mondiale, at 1:35
22. Fuji-Servetto, at 1:37


