{"id":7052,"date":"2015-08-23T08:17:49","date_gmt":"2015-08-23T04:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/vuelta-2015-stage-1-bmc-ttt\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:43","slug":"vuelta-2015-stage-1-bmc-ttt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/vuelta-2015-stage-1-bmc-ttt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vuelta&#8217;s First Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish Grand Tour got under way yesterday! The team time trial was won by the reigning world champions, BMC. It is worth noting, though, that because the stage was neutralized for the general classification, the teams aiming for it held back. The neutralization was declared over concerns about the specifics of the course.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage from the inside&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fusion-video fusion-youtube fusion-aligncenter\" style=\"--awb-max-width:600px;--awb-max-height:360px;--awb-width:100%;\"><div class=\"video-shortcode\"><priv-fac-lite-youtube class=\"fusion-hidden lty-load\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\" videoid=\"LIA80VdnUhw\" class=\"landscape\" params=\"wmode=transparent&autoplay=1&amp;enablejsapi=1\" title=\"YouTube video player 1\" data-button-label=\"Play Video\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" data-thumbnail-size=\"auto\" data-no-cookie=\"on\"><\/priv-fac-lite-youtube><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder\" style=\"width:600px; height:360px;\" data-privacy-type=\"youtube\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-placeholder-content\"><div class=\"fusion-privacy-label\">For privacy reasons YouTube needs your permission to be loaded. 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