Giro d'Italia Stage 1: Herning > Herning, 7.4kms (ITT)

Defending champion Michele Scarponi didn't have a great ride - he ended in 135th place, 1'06" down..!

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Mark Cavendish was sluggish as well today - the Manxman took 60th place, 47-seconds down...

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Ivan Basso took 35th place, 39-seconds down on the winner...

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Ryder Hesjedal took a fine 17th place, 29-seconds down...

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Stef Clement raced into 12th place, 28-seconds down...

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Thomas Vaitkus took Green Edge into 11th place, 27-seconds down...

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Nelson Oliveira took 10th place in Herning, 27-seconds down...

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Jesse Sergent rode into 9th place, 26-seconds behind the winner...

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Marco Pinotti raced into 8th place for BMC - he was 24-seconds off the winning pace...

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Brett Lancaster was Green Edge's best rider in 7th place, 23-seconds off the pace...

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Ramunas Navardauskas ended in 6th place, 22-seconds off the winning pace...

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Gustav Larsson raced into 5th place, 22-seconds down on the winner...

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Manuele Boaro was the bigegst surprise of the day - the Italian took 4th place, just 15-seconds off the pace...

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Alex Rasmussen took 3rd-place, 13-seconds down, and he was by far the fastest Dane..!

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Geraint Thomas failed to repeat his Romandie victory today, but the Brit' took 2nd place, just nine-seconds down...

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Look, no hands! But Taylor Phinney's legs propelled him to first place in Herning at a speed of 50.031-kilometres-per-hour..!

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Taylor Phinney celebrates becoming the first Maglia Rosa of the 2012 Giro d'Italia...

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