On a rainy evening in Barcelona with slippery roads, the start of Vuelta a España 2023 took place. As mentioned earlier, rain plagued the cyclists throughout the stage, leading to moments like this with the Jayco AlUla team, where almost the entire team went down:
And the Team DSM-firmenich, which managed to start in a time with slightly less rain and some sunlight before nightfall, won the 1st stage of Vuelta a España 2023. The team covered the 14.8km in 17 minutes and 30 seconds.
In 2nd place, the Movistar Team arrived with an incredible difference of 55 hundredths of a second. And the EF Education Easypost finished in 3rd place, 6 seconds behind the winners.
With this result, the young rider Lorenzo Milesi (Team DSM-firmenich), the current under-23 Time Trial world champion, takes the red leader’s jersey of the Vuelta a España 2023.
Results of Stage 1 of Vuelta a España 2023:
Soon, the General Classification of Vuelta a España 2023 will be available.