Green Edge took the team time trial on the opening stage of the 47th Tirreno-Adriactico in Italy.
The Two Seas race started with a 16.9km team time trial from San Vincenzo to Donoratico and saw Green Edge led by Matt Goss win in a time of 18.41.
They were seventeen seconds ahead of Radio Shack Nissan and Garmin Barracuda, who fielded David Millar, and twenty three seconds of a Sky team which included World Champion Mark Cavendish who is expected to win a couple of the sprint stages later in the week.