On Friday, the 19th August 2022 La Vuelta 2022 started with a 23 km long team time trial in Utrecht. Jumbo-Visma won the stage, and his rider Robert Gesingk is the first red jersey wearer of the race.
Results of the first stage:
1 JUMBO – VISMA TJV NED 24’40″29 56,676 km/h
2 INEOS GRENADIERS IGD GBR 13″
3 QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM QST BEL 14″
4 TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO BEX AUS 31″
5 UAE TEAM EMIRATES UAD UAE 33″
6 GROUPAMA – FDJ GFC FRA 38″
7 BORA – HANSGROHE BOH GER 41″
8 TREK – SEGAFREDO TFS USA 42″
9 BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS TBV BRN 42″
10 MOVISTAR TEAM MOV ESP 43″
11 ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM AST KAZ 46″
12 TEAM DSM DSM NED 53″
13 AG2R CITROEN TEAM ACT FRA 55″
14 EQUIPO KERN PHARMA EKP ESP 57″
15 ALPECIN – DECEUNINCK ADC BEL 01’03”
16 ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH IPT ISR 01’04”
17 EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST EFE USA 01’19”
18 TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC ARK FRA 01’25”
19 INTERMARCHE – WANTY – GOBERT MATER.IWG BEL 01’25”
20 EUSKALTEL-EUSKADI EUS ESP 01’32”
21 LOTTO SOUDAL LTS BEL 01’49”
22 COFIDIS COF FRA 01’50”
23 BURGOS-BH BBH ESP 01’58”
TOP 25 of the General Classification
1 4 GESINK Robert TJV NED 24’40” 00″
2 1 ROGLIC Primoz TJV SLO ‘ ‘
3 5 HARPER Chris TJV AUS ‘ ‘
4 6 KUSS Sepp TJV USA ‘ ‘
5 3 DENNIS Rohan TJV AUS ‘ ‘
6 2 AFFINI Edoardo TJV ITA ‘ ‘
7 7 OOMEN Sam TJV NED ‘ ‘
8 8 TEUNISSEN Mike TJV NED ‘ ‘
9 84 HAYTER Ethan IGD GBR 24’53” 13″
10 81 CARAPAZ Richard IGD ECU ‘ ‘
11 87 SIVAKOV Pavel IGD FRA ‘ ‘
12 82 van BAARLE Dylan IGD NED ‘ ‘
13 83 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao IGD GBR ‘ ‘
14 86 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos IGD ESP ‘ ‘
15 85 PLAPP Lucas IGD AUS ‘ ‘
16 134 EVENEPOEL Remco QST BEL 24’54” 14″
17 135 MASNADA Fausto QST ITA ‘ ‘
18 137 van WILDER Ilan QST BEL ‘ ‘
19 131 ALAPHILIPPE Julian QST FRA ‘ ‘
20 132 CAVAGNA Remi QST FRA ‘ ‘
21 136 SERRY Pieter QST BEL 24’58” 18″
22 143 DURBRIDGE Luke BEX AUS 25’11” 31″
23 141 YATES Simon Philip BEX GBR ‘ ‘
24 145 HAMILTON Lucas BEX AUS ‘ ‘
25 147 O BRIEN Kelland BEX AUS ‘ ‘