Stage 1: Porto Banus - Marbella, 7.4km
Stage winner: BMC Racing Team
Red jersey: Peter Velits (BMC Racing)
What happened: The opening stage for the Vuelta a España greeted the riders on a scorching day, and over a unconventional course along the beachfront of Porto Banus to Marbella. BMC Racing Team continued their dominance of the discipline as the Team Time Trial World Champions, winning by one second ahead of Tinkoff-Saxo and Orica-GreenEdge who tied for second. The latter had enjoyed the hot seat for nearly ten minutes before the red and black skin suits of BMC crossed the line to come out on top.
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Despite the concerns over the safety of the course by the riders, the neutralised stage finished without any crashes or incidents. Classification jerseys at the end of the first day were awarded despite no general classification times recorded. Peter Velits was awarded the red jersey having been the first BMC rider across the line.
He said what? "To be honest, I don’t remember much of it, it went by so quickly. We’re super happy with the win and I couldn’t be happier for Peter Velits to take the jersey." – Tejay van Garderen
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