Una 78ª Vuelta a Suiza de panorama muy abierto daba comienzo este sábado en Bellinzona, capital del cantón Tesino, con una contrarreloj de 9’4 km y un largo repecho, Artore, que permitía a los candidatos de la general desafiar a especialistas como Tony Martin (OPQ), vencedor y primer líder, por delante del holandés Tom Dumoulin y el australiano Rohan Dennis.
Ion Izagirre, principal baza de Movistar Team para la ronda helvética, acabó 9º en meta, a 27″ del germano, primer español, y por delante de casi todos los favoritos, con las únicas excepciones de Pozzovivo (ALM), Mollema (BEL) y Slagter (GRS).
La general podría sufrir cambios mañana mismo, si bien el Gothard (HC), el Furkapass (HC) y el Grimselpass (2ª) quedarán lejos de la meta de Sarnen (182 km), a la que se accederá tras pasar también el breve Brünigpass (2ª), a 22 kilómetros, como informa el equipo telefónico.
CLASIFICACIÓN 1ª ETAPA Y GENERAL
| 1 | Tony MARTIN | GER | OPQ | 29 | 13:48 |
| 2 | Tom DUMOULIN | NED | GIA | 24 | +6 |
| 3 | Rohan DENNIS | AUS | GRS | 24 | +13 |
| 4 | Fabian CANCELLARA | SUI | TFR | 33 | +16 |
| 5 | Peter SAGAN | SVK | CAN | 24 | +19 |
| 6 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | ITA | ALM | 32 | +19 |
| 7 | Bauke MOLLEMA | NED | BEL | 28 | +22 |
| 8 | Tom Jelte SLAGTER | NED | GRS | 25 | +23 |
| 9 | Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI | ESP | MOV | 25 | +27 |
| 10 | Mattia CATTANEO | ITA | LAM | 24 | +29 |
| 11 | Peter KENNAUGH | GBR | SKY | 25 | +29 |
| 12 | Sergio PARDILLA BELLON | ESP | MTN | 30 | +31 |
| 13 | Davide FORMOLO | ITA | CAN | 22 | +32 |
| 14 | Bradley WIGGINS | GBR | SKY | 34 | +32 |
| 15 | Roman KREUZIGER | CZE | TCS | 28 | +33 |
| 16 | Mathias FRANK | SUI | IAM | 28 | +34 |
| 17 | Georg PREIDLER | AUT | GIA | 24 | +36 |
| 18 | Fredrik Carl Wilhelm KESSIAKOFF | SWE | AST | 34 | +37 |
| 19 | Davide REBELLIN | ITA | CCC | 43 | +38 |
| 20 | Benjamin KING | USA | GRS | 25 | +38 |
| 21 | Janier Alexis ACEVEDO COLLE | COL | GRS | 29 | +38 |
| 22 | Manuele BOARO | ITA | TCS | 27 | +39 |
| 23 | Christophe RIBLON | FRA | ALM | 33 | +39 |
| 24 | Thibaut PINOT | FRA | FDJ | 24 | +40 |
| 25 | Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA | COL | SKY | 27 | +41 |
| 26 | Philip DEIGNAN | IRL | SKY | 31 | +41 |
| 27 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | BEL | WGG | 36 | +42 |
| 28 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | POR | LAM | 28 | +42 |
| 29 | Silvan DILLIER | SUI | BMC | 24 | +42 |
| 30 | Christian KNEES | GER | SKY | 33 | +43 |
| 31 | Maxime MONFORT | BEL | LTB | 31 | +43 |
| 32 | Lawson CRADDOCK | USA | GIA | 22 | +43 |
| 33 | Eros CAPECCHI | ITA | MOV | 28 | +43 |
| 34 | Marcel WYSS | SUI | IAM | 28 | +44 |
| 35 | Laurens TEN DAM | NED | BEL | 34 | +44 |
| 36 | Vegard BREEN | NOR | LTB | 24 | +44 |
| 37 | Matthew BUSCHE | USA | TFR | 29 | +45 |
| 38 | Reto HOLLENSTEIN | SUI | IAM | 29 | +45 |
| 39 | Anthony ROUX | FRA | FDJ | 27 | +45 |
| 40 | Michael ALBASINI | SUI | OGE | 34 | +46 |
| 41 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | RUS | KAT | 24 | +46 |
| 42 | Moreno MOSER | ITA | CAN | 24 | +46 |
| 43 | Mateusz TACIAK | POL | CCC | 30 | +48 |
| 44 | Martin ELMIGER | SUI | IAM | 36 | +49 |
| 45 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | ESP | LAM | 27 | +52 |
| 46 | Simon CLARKE | AUS | OGE | 28 | +53 |
| 47 | Patrick GRETSCH | GER | ALM | 27 | +53 |
| 48 | Javier MORENO BAZAN | ESP | MOV | 30 | +53 |
| 49 | Niki TERPSTRA | NED | OPQ | 30 | +53 |
| 50 | Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT | ERI | MTN | 26 | +53 |
| 51 | Cameron MEYER | AUS | OGE | 26 | +53 |
| 52 | Oliver ZAUGG | SUI | TCS | 33 | +54 |
| 53 | Ruben PLAZA MOLINA | ESP | MOV | 34 | +54 |
| 54 | Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG | RSA | MTN | 27 | +55 |
| 55 | Enrico GASPAROTTO | ITA | AST | 32 | +55 |
| 56 | Andy SCHLECK | LUX | TFR | 29 | +55 |
| 57 | Martin KOHLER | SUI | BMC | 29 | +55 |
| 58 | Nino SCHURTER | SUI | OGE | 28 | +55 |
| 59 | Louis MEINTJES | RSA | MTN | 22 | +55 |
| 60 | Alex DOWSETT | GBR | MOV | 26 | +55 |
| 61 | Cadel EVANS | AUS | BMC | 37 | +56 |
| 62 | Jose Joaquin ROJAS GIL | ESP | MOV | 29 | +56 |
| 63 | Matteo TRENTIN | ITA | OPQ | 25 | +56 |
| 64 | Danny VAN POPPEL | NED | TFR | 21 | +58 |
| 65 | Thomas DEGAND | BEL | WGG | 28 | +58 |
| 66 | Jérémy ROY | FRA | FDJ | 31 | +59 |
| 67 | Stef CLEMENT | NED | BEL | 32 | +1:00 |
| 68 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | NED | BEL | 27 | +1:00 |
| 69 | Francesco GAVAZZI | ITA | AST | 30 | +1:01 |
| 70 | Tomasz MARCZYNSKI | POL | CCC | 30 | +1:02 |
| 71 | Sander ARMEE | BEL | LTB | 29 | +1:02 |
| 72 | Valerio AGNOLI | ITA | AST | 29 | +1:04 |
| 73 | Steve MORABITO | SUI | BMC | 31 | +1:04 |
| 74 | Luke ROWE | GBR | SKY | 24 | +1:04 |
| 75 | Laurent DIDIER | LUX | TFR | 30 | +1:06 |
| 76 | Michael MORKOV | DEN | TCS | 29 | +1:06 |
| 77 | Thomas DANIELSON | USA | GRS | 36 | +1:06 |
| 78 | Linus GERDEMANN | GER | MTN | 32 | +1:06 |
| 79 | Nelson Filipe SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA | POR | LAM | 25 | +1:07 |
| 80 | Marek RUTKIEWICZ | POL | CCC | 33 | +1:08 |
| 81 | Michael SCHÄR | SUI | BMC | 28 | +1:08 |
| 82 | Jonathan FUMEAUX | SUI | IAM | 26 | +1:08 |
| 83 | Bryan COQUARD | FRA | EUC | 22 | +1:08 |
| 84 | Martin VELITS | SVK | OPQ | 29 | +1:09 |
| 85 | Frank SCHLECK | LUX | TFR | 34 | +1:09 |
| 86 | Johan VAN SUMMEREN | BEL | GRS | 33 | +1:09 |
| 87 | Arnold JEANNESSON | FRA | FDJ | 28 | +1:10 |
| 88 | Johann TSCHOPP | SUI | IAM | 32 | +1:11 |
| 89 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FRA | FDJ | 30 | +1:11 |
| 90 | Yohann GENE | FRA | EUC | 33 | +1:11 |
| 91 | Gatis SMUKULIS | LAT | KAT | 27 | +1:12 |
| 92 | Michel KREDER | NED | WGG | 27 | +1:12 |
| 93 | Laurens DE VREESE | BEL | WGG | 26 | +1:12 |
| 94 | Joseph Lloyd DOMBROWSKI | USA | SKY | 23 | +1:12 |
| 95 | Kevin SEELDRAEYERS | BEL | WGG | 28 | +1:14 |
| 96 | John DEGENKOLB | GER | GIA | 25 | +1:16 |
| 97 | Mirko SELVAGGI | ITA | WGG | 29 | +1:16 |
| 98 | Laurent MANGEL | FRA | FDJ | 33 | +1:16 |
| 99 | Jhoan Esteban CHAVES RUBIO | COL | OGE | 24 | +1:16 |
| 100 | Grégory RAST | SUI | TFR | 34 | +1:16 |
| 101 | Koen DE KORT | NED | GIA | 32 | +1:18 |
| 102 | Jay Robert THOMSON | RSA | MTN | 28 | +1:19 |
| 103 | Francis DE GREEF | BEL | WGG | 29 | +1:19 |
| 104 | Lawrence WARBASSE | USA | BMC | 24 | +1:19 |
| 105 | Davide APPOLLONIO | ITA | ALM | 25 | +1:20 |
| 106 | Geoffrey SOUPE | FRA | FDJ | 26 | +1:20 |
| 107 | Matti BRESCHEL | DEN | TCS | 30 | +1:20 |
| 108 | Sep VANMARCKE | BEL | BEL | 26 | +1:20 |
| 109 | Gerald CIOLEK | GER | MTN | 28 | +1:21 |
| 110 | Christophe KERN | FRA | EUC | 33 | +1:21 |
| 111 | Nathan BROWN | USA | GRS | 23 | +1:22 |
| 112 | Tosh VAN DER SANDE | BEL | LTB | 24 | +1:22 |
| 113 | Vladimir ISAICHEV | RUS | KAT | 28 | +1:22 |
| 114 | Jérôme BAUGNIES | BEL | WGG | 27 | +1:22 |
| 115 | Danilo WYSS | SUI | BMC | 29 | +1:23 |
| 116 | Gert DOCKX | BEL | LTB | 26 | +1:24 |
| 117 | Marco HALLER | AUT | KAT | 23 | +1:24 |
| 118 | Maxime MEDEREL | FRA | EUC | 34 | +1:26 |
| 119 | Cédric PINEAU | FRA | FDJ | 29 | +1:26 |
| 120 | Warren BARGUIL | FRA | GIA | 23 | +1:26 |
| 121 | Alexandr KOLOBNEV | RUS | KAT | 33 | +1:26 |
| 122 | Jose Rodolfo SERPA PEREZ | COL | LAM | 35 | +1:26 |
| 123 | Gert STEEGMANS | BEL | OPQ | 34 | +1:27 |
| 124 | Jaroslaw MARYCZ | POL | CCC | 27 | +1:27 |
| 125 | Maarten WYNANTS | BEL | BEL | 32 | +1:27 |
| 126 | Andrea PALINI | ITA | LAM | 25 | +1:28 |
| 127 | Sacha MODOLO | ITA | LAM | 27 | +1:29 |
| 128 | Marcus BURGHARDT | GER | BMC | 31 | +1:29 |
| 129 | Jelle VANENDERT | BEL | LTB | 29 | +1:30 |
| 130 | Ben SWIFT | GBR | SKY | 27 | +1:30 |
| 131 | Branislau SAMOILAU | BLR | CCC | 29 | +1:30 |
| 132 | Heinrich HAUSSLER | AUS | IAM | 30 | +1:31 |
| 133 | Edward KING | USA | CAN | 31 | +1:31 |
| 134 | Matteo TOSATTO | ITA | TCS | 40 | +1:32 |
| 135 | Sébastien MINARD | FRA | ALM | 32 | +1:35 |
| 136 | Mathew HAYMAN | AUS | OGE | 36 | +1:35 |
| 137 | Guillaume BOIVIN | CAN | CAN | 25 | +1:35 |
| 138 | Mark RENSHAW | AUS | OPQ | 32 | +1:35 |
| 139 | Alexander PORSEV | RUS | KAT | 28 | +1:35 |
| 140 | Tom BOONEN | BEL | OPQ | 34 | +1:35 |
| 141 | Alexander KRISTOFF | NOR | KAT | 27 | +1:35 |
| 142 | Daniele BENNATI | ITA | TCS | 34 | +1:37 |
| 143 | Maximiliano Ariel RICHEZE | ARG | LAM | 31 | +1:37 |
| 144 | Jaco VENTER | RSA | MTN | 27 | +1:38 |
| 145 | Jimmy ENGOULVENT | FRA | EUC | 35 | +1:39 |
| 146 | Luka MEZGEC | SLO | GIA | 26 | +1:39 |
| 147 | Stijn DEVOLDER | BEL | TFR | 35 | +1:39 |
| 148 | Julian KERN | GER | ALM | 25 | +1:40 |
| 149 | Andre Fernando S. Martins CARDOSO | POR | GRS | 30 | +1:41 |
| 150 | Jonas VANGENECHTEN | BEL | LTB | 28 | +1:42 |
| 151 | Ramon SINKELDAM | NED | GIA | 25 | +1:42 |
| 152 | Mark CAVENDISH | GBR | OPQ | 29 | +1:42 |
| 153 | Daniele RATTO | ITA | CAN | 25 | +1:44 |
| 154 | Alexandre PICHOT | FRA | EUC | 31 | +1:46 |
| 155 | Giovanni BERNAUDEAU | FRA | EUC | 31 | +1:47 |
| 156 | Valentin IGLINSKIY | KAZ | AST | 30 | +1:47 |
| 157 | Lukasz OWSIAN | POL | CCC | 24 | +1:48 |
| 158 | Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKI | BLR | KAT | 35 | +1:48 |
| 159 | Lloyd MONDORY | FRA | ALM | 32 | +1:50 |
| 160 | Chris Anker SÖRENSEN | DEN | TCS | 30 | +1:50 |
| 161 | Fabio SABATINI | ITA | CAN | 29 | +1:51 |
| 162 | Thomas LEEZER | NED | BEL | 29 | +1:51 |
| 163 | Sam BEWLEY | NZL | OGE | 27 | +1:53 |
| 164 | Ruslan TLEUBAYEV | KAZ | AST | 27 | +1:53 |
| 165 | Maxim IGLINSKY | KAZ | AST | 33 | +1:54 |
| 166 | Bjorn THURAU | GER | EUC | 26 | +1:58 |
| 167 | Jacopo GUARNIERI | ITA | AST | 27 | +1:59 |
| 168 | Kenny DE HAES | BEL | LTB | 30 | +2:00 |
| 169 | Cristiano SALERNO | ITA | CAN | 29 | +2:02 |
| 170 | Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA | ESP | MOV | 38 | +2:04 |
| 171 | Matthew Harley GOSS | AUS | OGE | 28 | +2:06 |
| 172 | Roger KLUGE | GER | IAM | 28 | +2:12 |
| 173 | Maciej PATERSKI | POL | CCC | 28 | +2:16 |
| 174 | Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE | ESP | MOV | 26 | +2:26 |
| 175 | Sébastien TURGOT | FRA | ALM | 30 | +2:44 |
| 176 | Marc GOOS | NED | BEL | 24 | +3:09 |
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