Stage 1
A surprise in pink
- Friday 5 May 2017
- 207 km
- 2,173 m climbed
- Won by Lukas Pöstlberger
The road
How it was won
- 3 km to go
Pöstlberger jumps
In the chaos of the lead-out, Lukas Pöstlberger flings himself off the front in the final kilometres, catching the sprinters napping.
- At the line
A surprise in pink
Lukas Pöstlberger holds off the charging bunch to steal the opening stage of the 100th Giro in Olbia — and pulls on the very first maglia rosa.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lukas Pöstlberger | BORA - hansgrohe | 5:13:35 |
| 2 | Caleb Ewan | ORICA-Scott | +0:00 |
| 3 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | +0:00 |
Open this stage on the globe
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.