Stage 1: Utrecht (ITT), 13.8km
Stage winner: Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing)
Yellow jersey: Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing)
What happened: Endless blue skies and huge crowds created the backdrop for the first stage of this year’s Tour de France with a city-centre test around Dutch venue of Utrecht. Rohan Dennis (BMC) was among the earlier starters and the former UCI Hour Record holder held off a volley of challengers including former world time trial champions Tony Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) and Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing). Whether it was the fastest time trial ever recorded at the Tour is still open to debate but there was no doubting Dennis’ phenomenal performance.
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Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was the best of the 'fab four' as he crossed the line in 22nd place. 2013 champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) was next in 39th place, seven seconds down on Nibali, with Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) conceding 15 seconds and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) 18 seconds.
He said what? "It started to sink in when I saw the big threats come in behind me. It was surreal but a few emotions came out." - Rohan Dennis.
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