(AFP) - Taylor Phinney rode into cycling’s history books on Wednesday, the American claiming the first stage on the inaugural Tour of Dubai. The BMC rider won the four-stage event’s 9.9 kilometre time trial by 14 seconds from his British teammate Steve Cummings.

Denmark’s 2012 Olympic omnium gold medallist Lasse Hansen was a further 16sec adrift in third, with German world time trial champion Tony Martin, who set off last, coming fourth.

Phinney had felt confident about his level of preparedness going into this newcomer on the professional cycling circuit after a second place in an Argentine season warm-up last month.

“I thought I was going to beat my record of watts, I reached 490. I knew I was already in good condition as I’d worked well over the winter,” said the 23-year-old.

Phinney, the son of two Olympic medallists at the 1984 Games, is an early starter, the 2009 and 2010 world pursuit champion finishing on the podium in last year’s neighbouring Tour of Qatar.

Thursday’s second stage favouring sprinters in the peloton is a 122km run from the capital of the United Arab Emirates state to Palm Jumeirah.

Race Results

Dubai Tour (2014) - Stage 1 ITT

Dubai to Dubai (10km)
5 Feb 2014
Stage 4  |  Stage 3  |  Stage 2  |  Stage 1 ITT


Stage
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 12:03
2 CUMMINGS, Stephen GBR BMC RACING 14
3 HANSEN, Lasse Norman DEN Garmin-Sharp 16
4 MARTIN, Tony GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 22
5 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI Trek Factory Racing 25
6 SAGAN, Peter SVK Cannondale Pro Cycling 31
7 MALORI, Adriano ITA MOVISTAR 32
8 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling 35
9 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA
10 VELITS, Peter SVK BMC RACING 37
11 KITTEL, Marcel GER ARG 38
12 POZZATO, Filippo ITA Lampre - Merida 40
13 VAN BAARLE, Dylan NED Garmin-Sharp 41
14 SUTHERLAND, Rory AUS Tinkoff-Saxo 42
15 CHERNETSKI, Sergey RUS KATUSHA 43
16 EIJSSEN, Yannick BEL BMC RACING
17 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS JONATHAN, ESP MOVISTAR 44
18 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA ASTANA
19 VELITS, Martin SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
20 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU Garmin-Sharp
21 JUNGELS, Bob LUX Trek Factory Racing 45
22 TOSATTO, Matteo ITA Tinkoff-Saxo
23 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Reinardt RSA ARG 46
24 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto POR Lampre - Merida 47
25 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar ESP Trek Factory Racing 49
26 CRADDOCK, Lawson USA ARG
27 VERMOTE, Julien BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 50
28 VICIOSO ARCOS, Angel ESP KATUSHA
29 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon ESP MOVISTAR
30 POELS, Wouter NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 51
31 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED ARG
32 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jesus ESP MOVISTAR 52
33 ROVNY, Ivan RUS Tinkoff-Saxo
34 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED Garmin-Sharp
35 OLIVEIRA, Nelson POR Lampre - Merida 53
36 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP MOVISTAR
37 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 54
38 SILVESTRE, Fabio POR Trek Factory Racing
39 PETACCHI, Alessandro ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
40 TRUSOV, Nikolay RUS Tinkoff-Saxo 56
41 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN Garmin-Sharp 57
42 BRUTT, Pavel RUS KATUSHA
43 ANDERSEN, Michael Valgren DEN Tinkoff-Saxo 59
44 ZABEL, Rick GER BMC RACING +1:01
45 HONDO, Danilo GER Trek Factory Racing +1:02
46 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
47 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO ASTANA +1:03
48 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA
49 CIMOLAI, Davide ITA Lampre - Merida +1:04
50 PLIUSCHIN, Alexandr MDA SKD
51 DOWSETT, Alex GBR MOVISTAR
52 VANDEWALLE, Kristof BEL Trek Factory Racing
53 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +1:05
54 CARUSO, Damiano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:07
55 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
56 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA Trek Factory Racing +1:08
57 MAES, Nikolas BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:09
58 MARCATO, Marco ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:10
59 GUARNIERI, Jacopo ITA ASTANA
60 MANCEBO PEREZ, Francisco ESP SKD
61 PAOLINI, Luca ITA KATUSHA
62 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL Garmin-Sharp +1:11
63 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA ASTANA +1:12
64 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG
65 RENSHAW, Mark AUS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:13
66 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR BMC RACING
67 LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto ESP KATUSHA +1:14
68 ALAFACI, Eugenio ITA Trek Factory Racing +1:16
69 MCCARTHY, Jay AUS Tinkoff-Saxo +1:17
70 DODI, Luca ITA Lampre - Merida +1:18
71 FARRAR, Tyler USA Garmin-Sharp +1:20
72 Ferreira REIS, Rafael PRT CARMIN - PRIO
73 ZAUGG, Oliver SUI Tinkoff-Saxo +1:23
74 KING, Edward USA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:26
75 CHTIOUI, Rafaâ TUN SKD
76 DE BACKER, Bert BEL ARG +1:28
77 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG
78 MALAGUTI, Alessandro ITA VFN +1:30
79 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo ITA Lampre - Merida
80 MOHAMED HASAN, Almarwi ARE SKD +1:31
81 Jakobus SMIT, Willem ZAF VFN +1:32
82 RATTO, Daniele ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:33
83 PIRES, Bruno POR Tinkoff-Saxo
84 JI, Cheng CHN ARG
85 NUNES, Diogo POR CARMIN - PRIO
86 PALINI, Andrea ITA Lampre - Merida
87 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA VFN +1:36
88 MAGNUSSON, Kim SWE VFN +1:37
89 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin ESP KATUSHA
90 HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian ARG SKD +1:40
91 MESTRE, Daniel POR CARMIN - PRIO
92 STACCHIOTTI, Riccardo ITA VFN
93 LANDER, Sebastian DEN BMC RACING +1:42
94 MIRZA BANIHAMMAD, Yousef ARE UAE
95 SABATINI, Fabio ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:44
96 HADDI, Soufiane MAR SKD +1:45
97 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +1:47
98 JELLOUL, Adil MAR SKD
99 FERRARI, Roberto ITA Lampre - Merida +1:48
100 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +1:49
101 VIOLA, Antonio ITA VFN +1:51
102 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose ESP MOVISTAR +1:54
103 SANZ, Enrique ESP MOVISTAR +1:58
104 Woo PARK, Keon KOR RTS RACING TEAM +1:59
105 SAGAN, Juraj SVK Cannondale Pro Cycling +2:01
106 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG VFN +2:02
107 MANUEL ANTUNES, Amaro PRT CARMIN - PRIO
108 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +2:05
109 PENG YUAN, Tan TWN RTS RACING TEAM +2:06
110 ALBALOOSHI, Mansoor ARE UAE +2:07
111 ALMANSUORY, Yousef ARE UAE +2:10
112 CASIMIRO, Henrique POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:11
113 IGLINSKIY, Valentin KAZ ASTANA
114 ALBALOOSHI, Nawaf ARE SKD +2:13
115 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM +2:15
116 PEREIRA, Joao POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:17
117 ALMANSORY, Ahmed ARE UAE +2:18
118 ALBALOOSHI, Majid ARE UAE
119 ALTANI, Khaled ARE UAE +2:19
120 MIYAZAWA, Takashi JPN VFN
121 MATOS SANCHO, Bruno POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:22
122 BUTTNER, Simon FRA RTS RACING TEAM +2:29
123 SHPILEVSKY, Boris RUS RTS RACING TEAM +2:37
124 PEREIRA, Valter PRT CARMIN - PRIO +2:43
125 KARIMOV, Ruslan UZB RTS RACING TEAM +2:47
126 Chung HUANG, Wen TWN RTS RACING TEAM +2:54
127 ALBALOOSHI, Ahmed ARE UAE +3:18

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 12:03
2 CUMMINGS, Stephen GBR BMC RACING 14
3 HANSEN, Lasse Norman DEN Garmin-Sharp 16
4 MARTIN, Tony GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 22
5 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI Trek Factory Racing 25
6 SAGAN, Peter SVK Cannondale Pro Cycling 31
7 MALORI, Adriano ITA MOVISTAR 32
8 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling 35
9 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA
10 VELITS, Peter SVK BMC RACING 37
11 KITTEL, Marcel GER ARG 38
12 POZZATO, Filippo ITA Lampre - Merida 40
13 VAN BAARLE, Dylan NED Garmin-Sharp 41
14 SUTHERLAND, Rory AUS Tinkoff-Saxo 42
15 CHERNETSKI, Sergey RUS KATUSHA 43
16 EIJSSEN, Yannick BEL BMC RACING
17 CASTROVIEJO NICOLAS JONATHAN, ESP MOVISTAR 44
18 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA ASTANA
19 VELITS, Martin SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
20 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU Garmin-Sharp
21 JUNGELS, Bob LUX Trek Factory Racing 45
22 TOSATTO, Matteo ITA Tinkoff-Saxo
23 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Reinardt RSA ARG 46
24 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto POR Lampre - Merida 47
25 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar ESP Trek Factory Racing 49
26 CRADDOCK, Lawson USA ARG
27 VERMOTE, Julien BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 50
28 VICIOSO ARCOS, Angel ESP KATUSHA
29 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Jon ESP MOVISTAR
30 POELS, Wouter NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 51
31 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED ARG
32 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jesus ESP MOVISTAR 52
33 ROVNY, Ivan RUS Tinkoff-Saxo
34 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED Garmin-Sharp
35 OLIVEIRA, Nelson POR Lampre - Merida 53
36 VALVERDE, Alejandro ESP MOVISTAR
37 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 54
38 SILVESTRE, Fabio POR Trek Factory Racing
39 PETACCHI, Alessandro ITA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
40 TRUSOV, Nikolay RUS Tinkoff-Saxo 56
41 HESJEDAL, Ryder CAN Garmin-Sharp 57
42 BRUTT, Pavel RUS KATUSHA
43 ANDERSEN, Michael Valgren DEN Tinkoff-Saxo 59
44 ZABEL, Rick GER BMC RACING +1:01
45 HONDO, Danilo GER Trek Factory Racing +1:02
46 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
47 BRAJKOVIC, Janez SLO ASTANA +1:03
48 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA
49 CIMOLAI, Davide ITA Lampre - Merida +1:04
50 PLIUSCHIN, Alexandr MDA SKD
51 DOWSETT, Alex GBR MOVISTAR
52 VANDEWALLE, Kristof BEL Trek Factory Racing
53 LUTSENKO, Alexey KAZ ASTANA +1:05
54 CARUSO, Damiano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:07
55 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
56 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA Trek Factory Racing +1:08
57 MAES, Nikolas BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:09
58 MARCATO, Marco ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:10
59 GUARNIERI, Jacopo ITA ASTANA
60 MANCEBO PEREZ, Francisco ESP SKD
61 PAOLINI, Luca ITA KATUSHA
62 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL Garmin-Sharp +1:11
63 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA ASTANA +1:12
64 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG
65 RENSHAW, Mark AUS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:13
66 HUSHOVD, Thor NOR BMC RACING
67 LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto ESP KATUSHA +1:14
68 ALAFACI, Eugenio ITA Trek Factory Racing +1:16
69 MCCARTHY, Jay AUS Tinkoff-Saxo +1:17
70 DODI, Luca ITA Lampre - Merida +1:18
71 FARRAR, Tyler USA Garmin-Sharp +1:20
72 Ferreira REIS, Rafael PRT CARMIN - PRIO
73 ZAUGG, Oliver SUI Tinkoff-Saxo +1:23
74 KING, Edward USA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:26
75 CHTIOUI, Rafaâ TUN SKD
76 DE BACKER, Bert BEL ARG +1:28
77 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG
78 MALAGUTI, Alessandro ITA VFN +1:30
79 BONIFAZIO, Niccolo ITA Lampre - Merida
80 MOHAMED HASAN, Almarwi ARE SKD +1:31
81 Jakobus SMIT, Willem ZAF VFN +1:32
82 RATTO, Daniele ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:33
83 PIRES, Bruno POR Tinkoff-Saxo
84 JI, Cheng CHN ARG
85 NUNES, Diogo POR CARMIN - PRIO
86 PALINI, Andrea ITA Lampre - Merida
87 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA VFN +1:36
88 MAGNUSSON, Kim SWE VFN +1:37
89 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin ESP KATUSHA
90 HAEDO, Lucas Sebastian ARG SKD +1:40
91 MESTRE, Daniel POR CARMIN - PRIO
92 STACCHIOTTI, Riccardo ITA VFN
93 LANDER, Sebastian DEN BMC RACING +1:42
94 MIRZA BANIHAMMAD, Yousef ARE UAE
95 SABATINI, Fabio ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +1:44
96 HADDI, Soufiane MAR SKD +1:45
97 Jae JANG, Sun KOR RTS RACING TEAM +1:47
98 JELLOUL, Adil MAR SKD
99 FERRARI, Roberto ITA Lampre - Merida +1:48
100 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA ASTANA +1:49
101 VIOLA, Antonio ITA VFN +1:51
102 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose ESP MOVISTAR +1:54
103 SANZ, Enrique ESP MOVISTAR +1:58
104 Woo PARK, Keon KOR RTS RACING TEAM +1:59
105 SAGAN, Juraj SVK Cannondale Pro Cycling +2:01
106 ISHIBASHI, Manabu AFG VFN +2:02
107 MANUEL ANTUNES, Amaro PRT CARMIN - PRIO
108 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp +2:05
109 PENG YUAN, Tan TWN RTS RACING TEAM +2:06
110 ALBALOOSHI, Mansoor ARE UAE +2:07
111 ALMANSUORY, Yousef ARE UAE +2:10
112 CASIMIRO, Henrique POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:11
113 IGLINSKIY, Valentin KAZ ASTANA
114 ALBALOOSHI, Nawaf ARE SKD +2:13
115 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM +2:15
116 PEREIRA, Joao POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:17
117 ALMANSORY, Ahmed ARE UAE +2:18
118 ALBALOOSHI, Majid ARE UAE
119 ALTANI, Khaled ARE UAE +2:19
120 MIYAZAWA, Takashi JPN VFN
121 MATOS SANCHO, Bruno POR CARMIN - PRIO +2:22
122 BUTTNER, Simon FRA RTS RACING TEAM +2:29
123 SHPILEVSKY, Boris RUS RTS RACING TEAM +2:37
124 PEREIRA, Valter PRT CARMIN - PRIO +2:43
125 KARIMOV, Ruslan UZB RTS RACING TEAM +2:47
126 Chung HUANG, Wen TWN RTS RACING TEAM +2:54
127 ALBALOOSHI, Ahmed ARE UAE +3:18