Summary

  • Australia's Rohan Dennis wins in record time

  • Martin second, Cancellara third

  • GB's Cummings in 10th; Thomas 12th

  • Stage One, Utrecht, Netherlands

  • Click live coverage icon for BBC commentary

Live Reporting

Chris Osborne

  1. How do you psyche yourself up before hitting the road? Mark Cavendish has the answer...

    The Manxman finished in 16 minutes and 22 seconds earlier this afternoon. Well, he was never going to challenge the big guns today was he?

  2. Get Involved

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  3. There's very few capable of beating Rohan Dennis's time but Trek's Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara is certainly one of them. 

    He'll be out on the road from 16:03 BST.

  5. Did someone mention beer?

    I may have made reference to beer once or twice in the first 45 minutes of our text broadcast, and it seems some of you are thinking along the same lines.

    Get involved using #bbccycling

  6. Astana controversy

    And speaking of the Astana situation, here is the BBC's Matt Slater on Twitter.

  7. Cartoon cycling

    Britain's Chris Froome had time for a few tweets this morning. A little bit of manga to get you going before the TT...