World team time trial champions BMC took the bull by the horns and stormed to victory along 7.4km of stunning Spanish coastline from Puerto Banus to Marbella, just pipping both Tinkoff-Saxo and Orica-GreenEDGE to the top step of the podium by the narrowest of margins. Although the stage was neutralised as far as the individual times were concerned, the first of their five riders over the line, Slovakian Peter Velits, will wear the leader’s red jersey on tomorrow’s stage.
