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Saturday, August 25: Stage 1, Málaga 8 km individual time trial

Stage 1 map | Stage 1 photos

Stage winner Rohan Dennis. Photo Gomez Sport

Weather at Málaga at 4:00 PM, local time, with the first rider to start at 5:26 PM: 33C (91F), sunny, with the wind from the southeast at 21 km/hr (13mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) is the first leader of La Vuelta 2018 after a dominant performance in the opening time-trial, on Saturday at Malaga. The Australian champion covered the 8km course in 9’39’’, 6 seconds faster than Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) to become the first non-European rider to win individual time-trials on all three Grand Tours after already doing so on the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia. He already wore the first leader’s jersey of La Vuelta last year in Nîmes and is the first rider to repeat success on two consecutive years since Roger Swerts in 1975. Tomorrow, Dennis will have to defend his red jersey en route to Caminito del Rey, the first uphill finish of La Vuelta 2018.

Dylan Van Baarle (Team Sky) was the first rider to break the 10-minute barrier (9’59’’). He then sat on the hot seat for almost two hours as the Sun was slowly setting down on the Mediterranean coast. BMC Racing Team’s Alessandro De Marchi and Dylan Teuns both came short by a couple of seconds. Spanish champion Jonathan Castroviejo was only one second slower than his Sky teammate. It eventually took a strong push from Nelson Oliveira (Movistar Team) to shake things up with a time of 9’56”.

Team Sky still had strong cards up their sleeves and Michal Kwiatkowski proved he comes to La Vuelta in top shape with a time of 9’45’’, 11 seconds faster than Oliveira! This was enough to hold off the European champion Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal), trailing by one second. But not Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team), who completes his treble after already wining opening time-trials at the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia.

Among GC contenders, Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) hinted his injuries are behind him, with the 10th time today (+22’’), just ahead of Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde (+24’’) and Nairo Quintana (+30’’). Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team) struggled much more for his return to competition after crashing out of the Tour de France in July, dropping 51’’.

Complete results & GC:

Stage 1 photos

8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.741 km/hr

1	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	9min 39sec
2	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	@ 6sec
3	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	00' 07''
4	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	00' 17''
5	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	00' 20''
6	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	00' 21''
7	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	s.t.
8	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	s.t.
9	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	00' 22''
10	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	s.t.
12	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	00' 23''
14	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	s.t.
15	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
16	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	00' 24''
17	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
18	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	s.t.
19	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 25''
20	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	00' 27''
21	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	00' 28''
22	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
23	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
24	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	00' 29''
25	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
26	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
27	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
28	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
29	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	s.t.
30	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
31	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	00' 30''
32	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
33	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
34	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
35	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
36	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	00' 31''
37	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
38	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	s.t.
39	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 33''
40	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	00' 34''
41	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	00' 35''
44	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	s.t.
45	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
46	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
47	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
48	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
49	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	00' 36''
50	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
51	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	00' 38''
53	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
56	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
58	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	00' 39''
60	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 40''
61	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	s.t.
62	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
64	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
66	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
67	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	00' 41''
68	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
69	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	00' 42''
70	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
71	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
72	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
73	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
74	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
75	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	s.t.
76	MAXIMILIAN RICHARD WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
77	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
78	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	00' 43''
79	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	00' 44''
80	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 45''
81	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	s.t.
82	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
83	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	00' 46''
84	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
85	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	00' 47''
86	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
87	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
88	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	00' 48''
89	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	00' 49''
91	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
92	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
92	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
94	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	00' 50''
95	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
96	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
97	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	00' 51''
98	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
99	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	s.t.
100	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
101	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
102	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	00' 52''
103	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 53''
104	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	s.t.
105	MAURITS LAMMERTINK	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
106	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	00' 54''
107	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
108	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
109	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
110	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 55''
111	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	00' 56''
112	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	00' 57''
113	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
115	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos-BH	00' 58''
116	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
116	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
118	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	00' 59''
119	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
120	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
121	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
122	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
123	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
124	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	01' 00''
125	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
126	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 01''
127	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	s.t.
128	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	01' 02''
129	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
130	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
131	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
132	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	s.t.
133	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
134	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 03''
135	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
136	JETSE BOL	Burgos-BH	01' 04''
137	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
138	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos-BH	s.t.
139	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	s.t.
140	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	01' 05''
141	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
142	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
143	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 06''
144	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
145	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	01' 07''
146	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
147	JORGE CUBERO GALVEZ	Burgos-BH	s.t.
148	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
149	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
150	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
151	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	01' 08''
152	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	01' 09''
153	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	01' 10''
154	ARITZ BAGUES KALPARSORO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
155	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
156	JONATHAN LASTRO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 11''
157	GARIKOITZ BRAVO OIARBIDE	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
158	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO	Burgos-BH	01' 12''
159	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
160	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	01' 13''
161	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
162	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	01' 14''
163	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	01' 15''
164	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
165	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
166	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	01' 16''
167	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
168	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
169	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	01' 17''
170	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	01' 18''
171	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	01' 20''
172	JORDI SIMON CASULLERAS	Burgos-BH	01' 23''
173	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	01' 34''
174	JAN HIRT	Astana	s.t.
175	JON ABERASTURI IZAGA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	01' 38''
176	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA	Burgos-BH	01' 42''

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Stage 1 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rigoberto Uran, 80th, at 45 seconds

Elia Viviani was 78th, at 43 seconds.

Vincenzo Nibali was 64th, at 40 seconds

Peter Sagan, 58th place

Fabio Aru was 59th, 39 seconds behind winner Rohan Dennis.

Nairo Quintana, 34th at 30 seconds

Simon Yates, 30th at 29 seconds

Third-place Victor Campenaerts, 7 seconds slower than Rohan Dennis

Runner-up, Michal Kwiatkowski at 6 seconds.

Rohan Dennis was the day's fastest rider.

Rohan Dennis will start stage two in the leader's red jersey.

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