Vuelta a España: Stage 1

The Vuelta organizers got a bit creative this year, starting the race with a team time trial to be held at night, and changing the color of the leaders jersey from gold to red.

HTC-Columbia dominated the team time trial and their man Mark Cavendish crossed the line first to get the first leaders jersey.  His team will be very motivated tomorrow to make a sprint finish, but it won't be easy as it is a pretty hilly day and Cavendish is not known for his climbing abilities.

General classification after stage 1

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Mark Cavendish (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia	0:14:06
2	Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia
3	Martin Velits (SVK) Team HTC-Columbia
4	Lars-Ytting Bak (Den) Team HTC-Columbia
5	Hayden Roulston (NZL) Team HTC-Columbia
6	Kanstantin Sivtsov (Blr) Team HTC-Columbia
7	Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia
8	Matthew Goss (GBR) Team HTC-Columbia
9	Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo	0:00:10
10	Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas-Doimo