British sprint ace Mark Cavendish is the first leader of the Tirreno-Adriatico race after his Omega Pharma team won the opening team time-trial over 16.9km from San Vincenzo to Donoratico on Wednesday. The former world road-race champion led his teammates over the finish line in 19:24, 11 seconds ahead of Movistar with the BMC team and former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans's coming home third at 16 seconds.
Tirreno-Adriatico TTT
1. Omega Pharma 19:24
2. Movistar @. 11
3. BMC @ .16
4. Cannondale @ .18
5. Astana @ .20
6. Orica-GreenEdge @ .24
7. Sky @ .25
8. Saxo Bank @ .29
9. Lampre @ .35
10. RadioShack @. 36