Team time trials aren’t usually too thrilling, but stage one of the Giro saw Dan Martin crash out, Ryder Hesjedal lose three minutes and Joaquim Rodriguez lose a minute. Of the other main contenders, Rigoberto Uran and Cadel Evans are already well placed, while Nairo Quintana’s getting on for a minute back.
The race leader
Orica GreenEDGE won and Canadian, Svein Tuft, was first across the line. When Tuft was 18, he welded a trailer to a shitty old bike and rode to Alaska with his dog and a sack of potatoes. Here’s a picture. It was a 4,000 mile round trip. Yesterday was his 37th birthday.
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