After winning his fifth Tour de France in July, Tadej Pogačar has launched himself straight into another Grand Tour leader's jersey at the Vuelta a España, taking the maillot rojo after narrowly winning the stage 1 time trial in Monaco.

Pogačar covered the 9.4km time trial with a winning time of 10:57, edging out runner-up Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep) by a fraction of a second. He was four seconds faster than third-placed Joshua Tarling (Netcompany Ineos).

Pogačar now leads the GC standings after the opening stage and will wear the leader's jersey into stage 2, a 214.3km race from Monaco to Manosque on Sunday.

Hayter trails Pogačar in second place in the standings, but they are tied on time. While Tarling sits just four seconds back in the overall classification.

Sitting in fourth place is Callum Thornley (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) at five seconds back, while Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) is in fifth place at six seconds.

Sixth place goes to Oscar Chamberlain and seventh place to Léo Bisiaux, both Decathlon CMA CGM teammates who are now eight and nine seconds back, respectively.

Laporte's teammate Wout van Aert is sitting in eighth place, also at nine seconds back, while Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) is in ninth place at 10 seconds. Rounding out the top 10 is Arthur Kluckers (Tudor Pro Cycling Team) at 11 seconds back.

Four-time Vuelta a España winner Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was the last rider to start and so the last rider to cross the line, 22 seconds slower than Pogačar and in 24th place.

Vuelta a España GC standings

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