Giro d'Italia Race Stage 1 Result

Team Columbia-Highroad undercut everyone to win Stage 1 of the 2009 Giro d'Italia Saturday, a 20.5km team time trial in Lido di Venezia near Venice.
Their time was 21.50, an average of 56.33km/h (35mph). Mark Cavendish is the overall leader of the race, and will wear the pink jersey into Sunday's 156km Stage 2 from Jesolo - Trieste.
Garmin-Slipstream finished second, just six seconds back. Lance Armstrong's Team Astana finished 13 seconds behind Columbia.
For complete results with photos, visit Cyclingnews.com. Make sure to read Daniel Friebe's daily Procycling blog from Italy.
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