Bouet Takes Giro Del Trentino Opener

Last updated : 16 April 2013 By Covsupport News Service

AG2R's Maxime Bouet won the opening stage of the Giro Del Trentino.

This warm up for the first Grand Tour of the year - The Giro D'Italia, started with two stages on the opening day.

The first was a 128.5km stage around Lienz with the second a team time trial also around Lienz of 14.1kms.

Bouet had been part of a group which escaped and had more than eight minutes on the peloton. 

Michael Rodriquez and Josef Cerny both launched attacks but it came down to a sprint and Bouet took the win ahead of Cerny, Rodriquez, Del Santo and Moyano as they finished seven minutes ahead of the peloton.