BMC Racing team wins Tirreno Adriatico team time trial.

BMC Racing wins opening Tirreno Adriatico team time trial in Lido di Camaiore.

 They stopped the time at 22:19 over the 21.5km course and beats Team Mitchelton-Scott by four seconds and Team Sky by nine seconds.

 Team BMC Racing Damiano Caruso was the first to cross the line for his BMC Racing team and will wear the first leader's jersey of the seven-day's race. How it unfolded The opening team time trial set the stage for the seven-day race with a completely flat parcours.

The teams raced along coastal roads before making the turn-around at Forte dei Marmi and crossing the intermediate time check at 10.7km on the way back to Lido di Camaiore.

 Teams set off the starting ramp in five-minute intervals beginning with Mikel Landa's Movistar squad. The team was third last year but couldn't manage to pull off a top-10 this time around, finishing further down in 12th place.

 Top Ten Team Time Trial General Classification

 1, BMC Racing 0:22:19,
 2, Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:04,
3, Team Sky 0:00:09,
4, Quick-Step Floors 0:00:15,
 5, Team Sunweb 0:00:25,
6,Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:29,
7, Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:30,
8, Trek-Segafredo 0:00:39,
9, UAE Team Emirates 0:00:45,
10, EF Education First-Drapac