Omega Pharma Quick Step with Mark Cavendish in their team won the Team Time Trial which opened the Tirreno-Adriatico.
It was a wet day in the west of Tuscany and on a 16.9km stage from San Vincenzo to Donoratico.
Orica Green Edge, who included Matt Goss had set the early time of 19.44 until it was smashed by Mark Cavendish's time who came in twenty four seconds quicker.
Although Movistar got within eleven seconds and BMC sixteen seconds, it proved to be good enough time to win the time trial and put Cavendish in the leader's jersey for tomorrow's stage.