▁Tour ▁ro ok ie ▁Br ent ▁Book w alter ▁from ▁ ▁coming ▁in ▁second , ▁just ▁ 2 ▁seconds ▁off ▁W igg ins ' ▁winning ▁time . ▁Mill ar ▁was ▁sevent h , ▁ 6 ▁seconds ▁back . ▁This ▁set ▁the ▁stage ▁for ▁a ▁tur bul ent ▁opening ▁to ▁the ▁G iro , ▁as ▁both ▁of ▁the ▁road ▁race ▁stages ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁featured ▁several ▁crashes . ▁The ▁courses ▁for ▁the ▁road ▁stages ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁were ▁noted ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁street ▁furn iture ▁on ▁them , ▁which ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁rid ers ' ▁n erves ▁on ▁the ▁first ▁day ▁of ▁a ▁three - week ▁Grand ▁Tour ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁cross w inds ▁from ▁the ▁North ▁Sea ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁first ▁mass - start ▁stages ▁very ▁per il ous . ▁Ty ler ▁F arr ar , ▁Carlos ▁S ast re , ▁Christian ▁V ande ▁Vel de , ▁Greg ▁Hend erson , ▁W igg ins , ▁Aless andro ▁Pet ac chi , ▁D omen ico ▁Poz z ov ivo , ▁Mar z io ▁Bru seg hin , ▁Fil ipp o ▁Poz z ato , ▁and ▁Gil berto ▁Sim oni ▁all ▁fell ▁from ▁their ▁b ikes ▁at ▁some ▁point ▁while ▁the ▁G iro ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁many ▁other ▁crashes ▁that ▁took ▁down ▁so ▁many ▁rid ers ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁to ▁keep ▁track ▁of ▁exactly ▁who ▁was ▁effect ed . ▁Cr ash ing ▁and , ▁consequ ently , ▁falling ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁leading ▁group ▁on ▁the ▁road , ▁meant