HTC-Highroad won the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia, finishing 10 seconds ahead of Team Radioshack in the team time trial and putting the Italian rider Marco Pinotti in the leader’s pink jersey.
HTC finished the 11.9-mile ride from Venaria Reale to Turin with a time of 19 minutes 59 seconds, creating some distance between Pinotti and fellow overall contenders Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi.
The Giro continues with a mostly flat 151-mile stage Sunday from Alba to Parma that should favor the sprinters. The 21-stage race ends in Milan on May 29.
HTC finished the 11.9-mile ride from Venaria Reale to Turin with a time of 19 minutes 59 seconds, creating some distance between Pinotti and fellow overall contenders Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Michele Scarponi.
