Vuelta 2014: Movistar outpowers competition, Quintana on course

Saturday, August 23th - La Vuelta 2014 opens with a TTT in 12.6 kilometres in Jerez de la Frontera, teeming with no less than 20 roundabouts. Nairo Quintana's Movistar, the last squad starting, bests the time of the surprisingly strong Cannondale. Uran is another GC rider giving a good performance with his team, whilst Contador and Kelderman are performing properly. Sky (Froome), Astana (Aru) and Rodríguez (Katusha) are up for some repairwork. Jonathan Castroviejo wears the red jersey tomorrow. (Slideshow route/profile)

Vuelta 2014: Results 1st stage

1. Movistar (spa)
1. Cannondale (ita) + 0.06
2. Orica-GreenEdge (aus) s.t.
3. Trek Factory Racing (USA) + 0.09
4. Omega Pharma-Quick Step (bel) + 0.11
5. Giant Shimano (Nld) + 0.16
6. Team Belkin (Nld) + 0.19
7. Tinkoff Saxo (rus) s.t.
9. BMC Racing Team (USA) + 0.21
10. Lampre (ita) + 0.26
11. Team Sky (gbr) + 0.27
12. MTN-Qhubeka (SAf) + 0.29
13. Lotto Belisol (bel) s.t.
14. Astana (kaz) + 0.30
15. AG2R La Mondiale (fra) + 0.33
16. Team Katusha (rus) + 0.38
17. IAM Cycling (Swi) + 0.40
18. Garmin sharp (US) + 0.41
19. Fdj.fr (fra) + 0.46
20. Caja Rural (spa) + 0.48
21. Cofidis (fra) + 0.51
22. Europcar (fra) + 1.03

GC after 1th stage
1. Jonathan Castroviejo (spa)
2. Alejandro Valverde (spa) s.t.
3. Andrey Amador (Crc) s.t.
4. Imanol Erviti (spa) s.t
5. Javier Moreno (spa) s.t
6. Nairo Quintana (col) s.t.
7. Gorka Izagirre (spa) s.t.
8. Adriano Malori (ita) + 0.04
9. José Herrada (spa) + 0.06
10. Damiano Caruso (ita) s.t.

30. Rigoberto Uran (col) + 0.11
45. Alberto Contador (spa) + 0.19
49. Robert Gesink (Nld) s.t.
50. Wilco Kelderman (Nld) s.t.
72. Chris Froome (gbr) + 0.27
86. Fabio Aru (ita) + 0.30
92. Jurgen Van den Broeck (bel) s.t.
109. Joaquim Rodriguez (spa) + 0.38
118. Ryder Hesjedal (can) + 0.41
121. Daniel Martin (Irl) + 0.41
123. Andrew Talansky (USA) s.t.
187. Thibaut Pinot (fra) + 1.34