Vuelta a España 2008/1. stage

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Result of the 1st stage
Stage winner ItalyItaly Liquigas LIQ 8:21 min
Second SpainSpain Euskaltel-Euskadi EUS + 0:08 min
Third SpainSpain Caisse d'Epargne GCE + 0:09 min
Fourth BelgiumBelgium Quick Step QST + 0:10 min
fifth DenmarkDenmark Team CSC-Saxo Bank CSC + 0:11 min
Sixth ItalyItaly Team Tinkoff Credit Systems TCS + 0:12 min
seventh NetherlandsNetherlands Rabobank RAB + 0:13 min
Eighth KazakhstanKazakhstan Team Astana AST + 0:14 min
Ninth GermanyGermany Team Milram MRM + 0:15 min
Tenth GermanyGermany Team Gerolsteiner GST + 0:18 min
Intermediate results after the 1st stage
Golden jersey Overall rating ItalyItaly Filippo Pozzato LIQ 8:21 min
Second ItalyItaly Valerio Agnoli LIQ equal time
Third ItalyItaly Manuel Quinziato LIQ equal time
Team evaluation ItalyItaly Liquigas LIQ 8:21 min
Second SpainSpain Euskaltel-Euskadi CSC + 0:08 min
Third SpainSpain Caisse d'Epargne GCE + 0:09 min

The 1st stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on August 30th was a 7.7 kilometer team time trial in Granada .

At 6.45 p.m. the Continental Team Andalucía-Cajasur opened the 63rd Vuelta a España. The team Tinkoff Credit Systems , which started afterwards, set an initial target time, which the next three teams Milram , Silence-Lotto and Rabobank could not undercut. Only the Quick Step team achieved a better time, which, however , was promptly undercut by the following team Liquigas with 8:21 minutes. All later teams missed this time. Only Euskaltel-Euskadi came close to Liquigas at 3.5 kilometers in the meantime, but in the end the drivers also had to admit defeat. The teams Caisse d'Epargne , Astana and CSC favored for this stage with some favorites for this year's overall victory could not beat the time of Liquigas, so that they could celebrate the first stage victory in 2008. Filippo Pozzato was the first of this team to cross the finish line and was therefore given the first golden jersey.

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