Stage 1
Montjuïc Park
- Saturday 26 August 2023
- 14.4 km
- 59 m climbed
- Won by Lorenzo Milesi
The road
At the start
A team time trial in Barcelona
The Vuelta starts with the reigning champions of all three Grand Tours on the line: Jonas Vingegaard and Primož Roglič as joint leaders of the same Jumbo-Visma team, and Remco Evenepoel back with unfinished business after COVID took the maglia rosa off him at the Giro. Today is 14.4 technical kilometres of team time trial through Barcelona, finishing by the fountain in Montjuïc Park.
How it was won
- 6 km to go
Montjuïc in the dark
On a treacherous, rain-slicked course of 22 corners, Movistar match dsm-firmenich to the checkpoint on their home roads, riding in near-darkness.
- At the line
Montjuïc Park
Team dsm-firmenich put in a mistake-free ride to win the opening team time trial, Lorenzo Milesi taking the first red jersey by less than a second.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorenzo Milesi | Team dsm - firmenich | 17:30 |
| 2 | Max Poole | Team dsm - firmenich | +0:00 |
| 3 | Romain Bardet | Team dsm - firmenich | +0:00 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.