Nicolas Roche is back in the climbers' jersey and back on the podium at the Vuelta after the opening stage in Nimes.
Nicolas Roche and BMC Racing win Vuelta TTT
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Having held almost all the classification jerseys at the Vuelta in the past Nicolas Roche has a new one for his collection this evening.
The double Vuelta stage winner was part of the BMC Racing line-up that won the opening Vuelta TTT stage in Nimes, France, this evening.
First across the line for the US-registered WorldTour team was Australian tester Rohan Dennis, followed Daniel Oss and then Roche.
It means Dennis has the leader's red jersey and Oss leads the points classification.
Celebrations all round! Congrats, guys! #LV2017 pic.twitter.com/Rhon1gl2OO
— BMC Racing Team (@BMCProTeam) August 19, 2017
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Nicolas Roche is in the climbers' jersey, having worn it for a period back in 2013 when he won stage 2 of the race.
He would lead the race for a day back then and when he lost the lead would hold the climbers, points and combine jerseys for long periods of the race.
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Nicolas Roche goes into this race as part of a team without a clear general classification leader.
However, while the team is hoping for stage wins and now already has one, they also have general classification riders.
Last week it named Nicolas Roche, Tejay van Garderen and Samuel Sánchez as general classification men.
But with Sanchez now provisionally suspended after an adverse dope test result he is out of the frame.
Today's opening TTT of the 2017 edition was 13.7km. And BMC won the stage by 6 seconds from QuickStep. Then came Team Sunweb, also at 6 seconds.
Team Sky was back in 4th place some 9 seconds off the winning time. Orica-Scott was 5th at 17 seconds and Bora-hansgrohe was next, some 21 seconds down.
Aqua Blue Sport is in the field of course, making history today as the first Irish pro team in a Grand Tour.
And they put in a more than respectable ride in the Vuelta TTT in finishing 13th of the 22 teams. They were just 38 seconds down. They were on the same time as 12th place FDJ.
Stage 1: Nimes TTT 13.7km
1 BMC Racing Team 0:15:58
2 Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06
3 Team Sunweb
4 Team Sky 0:00:09
5 Orica-Scott 0:00:17
6 Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:21
7 Lotto-Soudal 0:00:24
8 Movistar
9 Bahrain-Merida 0:00:31
10 Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:33
11 Trek-Segafredo 0:00:35
12 FDJ 0:00:38
13 Aqua Blue Sport
14 Dimension Data 0:00:39
15 LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:40
16 Astana 0:00:41
17 Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:46
18 AG2R La Mondiale
19 UAE Team Emirates 6:29:02
20 Manzana Postobon 0:00:53
21 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 0:00:56
22 Cofidis 0:00:57
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