Vuelta Stage 1 - BMC Bike Best

They like to start with a Team Time Trial. And they started in France not Spain. But the wackiest Grand Tour of them all, the Vuelta A Espana has definitely started. 

Undeterred by the loss of Samuel 'Dirty' Sanchez - who tested positive for some drug I've never heard of a few days before the start - BMC won the opening stage by being faster than all the other teams.

Quickest down the Fantasy start-ramp today were the Chanbots, with the Bile Beans and Smugblokes tied for second and the rest of you losers somewhere behind.

• Overall - Stage 1 (TTT) - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5 - Stage 6 - Stage 7 - Stage 8 - Stage 9 - Stage 10 - Stage 11 - Stage 12 - Stage 13 - Stage 14 - Stage 15 - Stage 16 (ITT) - Stage 17 - Stage 18 - Stage 19 - Stage 20 - Stage 21 - Final

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  63 points

  Chanbots

  Evil Dr Chan
• 
  58 points

  Smugbloke

  Mark Philo
• 
  58 points

  Bile Beans

  Vestan Pance
• 
  56 points

  Golden Lions wearing a red shirt

  Lisa
• 
  53 points

  KLOEFEKAPPERS FC

  Jan Van Belleghem
• 
  53 points

  Peter Sagan`s Inflatable Pink Flamingo

  delphiakid
• 
  50 points

  Dudes riding under gullible sponsorship

  Drew Stephenson
• 
  44 points

  ENRICO 666

  Eric Mortier
• 
  42 points

  Sean Kelly All Stars

  Patrick Hough
• 
  41 points

  Lotto de Nobos

  Warwick Anderson

Stage 2 looks like a pleasant little jaunt down the coast. Unless it gets dead windy it should end in a predictable sprint.