Juan Ayuso gets a head start in Tirreno-Adriatico GC thanks to a great time trial: "The goal is to stay at the front and try to gain more time"

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Monday, 10 March 2025 at 23:00
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Juan Ayuso rode a strong opening Tirreno-Adriatico time trial, but there was nothing that could have been done about Filippo Ganna who stormed through the streets of Lido di Camaiore. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider was 23 seconds slower than the former world champion, but he gained time on the remaining GC contenders.
"I think I rode a good time trial, especially with the general classification in mind," Ayuso said on his team’s website afterwards. "I lacked some power on the last straight, after the corner. I didn’t have the right feeling, but Ganna did a great time trial. I have to congratulate him."
"The coming days the goal is to stay at the front and try to gain more time. The coming stages it seems to be raining a bit, so every day is important. And then of course there are a few very important hilly days, which we will fully focus on," the 22-year-old Ayuso looks ahead.
Antonio Tiberi came closest to Ayuso at +6 seconds with Derek Gee (+11) and teammate Isaac del Toro (+15) also within 20 seconds of the Spaniard. Leaders of Team Visma | Lease a Bike were merely limting the damage as Simon Yates was 32 seconds slower than Ayuso and Cian Uijtdebroeks was further 18 seconds down the result sheet.

Results of the stage 1 (ITT) of 2025 Tirreno-Adriatico:

PositionRiderTeamTime
01 Ganna Filippo INEOS Grenadiers12:17
02 Ayuso Juan UAE Team Emirates-XRG+ 23
03 Price-Pejtersen JohanAlpecin-Deceuninck+ 28
04 Tiberi AntonioBahrain Victorious+ 29
05 Milan JonathanLidl-Trek+ 31
06 Gee DerekIsrael-Premier Tech+ 34
07 Cattaneo MattiaSoudal Quick-Step+ 36
08 Wærenskjold SørenUno-X Mobility+ 37
09 del Toro IsaacUAE Team Emirates-XRG+ 38
10 Vauquelin KévinARKEA-B&B HOTELS+ 41
13 Dunbar EdwardTeam Jayco-AlUla+ 44
15 De Plus LaurensINEOS Grenadiers+ 45
27 Bilbao PelloBahrain Victorious+ 54
28 Yates SimonTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+ 55
29 Ciccone GiulioLidl-Trek+ 56
30 Hindley JaiRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe+ 56
39 Landa MikelSoudal Quick-Step+ 01:02
40 Yates AdamUAE Team Emirates-XRG+ 01:03
49 Pidcock TomQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team+ 01:07
62 Uijtdebroeks CianTeam Visma | Lease a Bike+ 01:13
67 Gaudu DavidGroupama-FDJ+ 01:15
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