Sam Bennett leads the men from Bora-Argon 18 during the opening team time trial at Tirreno-Adriatico (Photo: Sirotti)
Sam Bennett's team has made a low key start to the Tirreno-Adriatico in Italy, placing 17th of the 23 squads in the opening team time trial.
The Irishman and his team mates relinquished 1:11 on the 22.7km course into Lido di Camaiore.
BMC were quickest around the course, besting Etixx-QuickStep by just two seconds and putting Italian Daniel Oss into the race lead on home soil.
Bennett will be unconcerned about his time loss as he is in Italy to sprint rather than aim for a high overall placing.
He may get his first chance as soon as Thursday's stage 2 which takes the riders 207km from Camaiore to Pomarance.
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With a small climb very close to the end creating a finish that may suit fast and strong road men rather than pure sprinters, a rider of Bennett's versatility may do well.
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Stage 1: Lido di Camaiore-Lido di Camaiore (22.7km TTT)
1 BMC Racing Team 0:23:55
2 Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:02
3 FDJ 0:00:09
4 Tinkoff Team 0:00:11
5 Lampre - Merida 0:00:12
6 Astana Pro Team 0:00:15
7 Trek-Segafredo 0:00:17
8 Team Sky 0:00:21
9 Orica-GreenEdge 0:00:25
10 Movistar Team 0:00:29
11 Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:38
12 Lotto Soudal 0:00:46
13 AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:50
14 Team Katusha 0:00:59
15 DOD 0:01:03
16 CCC Sprandi Polkowice 0:01:04
17 Bora-Argon 18 0:01:11
18 Team Giant-Alpecin 0:01:24
19 Lampre - Merida 0:01:26
20 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 0:01:34
21 Bardiani CSF 0:01:41
22 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
23 Cannondale Pro Cycling 0:02:03
General Classification
1 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:23:55
2 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team
7 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 0:00:02
8 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx - Quick-Step
10 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step
11 Tony Martin (Ger) Etixx - Quick-Step
12 Fernando Gaviria (Col) Etixx - Quick-Step
13 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step
14 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ 0:00:09
15 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ
16 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ
17 Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) FDJ
18 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ
19 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff Team 0:00:11
20 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff Team
131 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 0:01:37
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