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  "description": "Tour de France organiser ASO has released the schedule, which includes the news that the stage 1 team time trial in Barcelona will take place in the evening of Saturday, July 4th.\n\nThis is not really a surprise, given that opening TTTs often take place late in the day, but we now have confirmation. The first team will role off the ramp at 17:05 local time, and the last will start at 18:55, which means all can be expected to finish the 19 km effort by 19:15.\n\nThe last time Barcelona hosted a TTT ",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-29T13:54:16.000Z",
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    "opening stage of the 2023 Vuelta"
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  "textContent": "Tour de France organiser ASO has released the schedule, which includes the news that the stage 1 team time trial in Barcelona will take place in the evening of Saturday, July 4th.\n\nThis is not really a surprise, given that opening TTTs often take place late in the day, but we now have confirmation. The first team will role off the ramp at 17:05 local time, and the last will start at 18:55, which means all can be expected to finish the 19 km effort by 19:15.\n\nThe last time Barcelona hosted a TTT was in the opening stage of the 2023 Vuelta a España, an organisational _faux pas_ that was subject of some controversy. With a later evening start than this year's Tour, a late-summer rain storm significantly reduced the already lowered visibility, and the organisers came under attack from some of the late-starting teams including reigning champion Remco Evenepoel, whose Soudal-QuickStep team didn't start until 20:19.",
  "title": "Tour's Barcelona TTT will take place in the evening",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-29T13:54:17.115Z"
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