VIDEO: Crash Carnage at Tour Grand Depart

Wet conditions causes mayhem as dozens of riders crash on the slippery time trial course in Dusseldorf. Movistar's Alejandro Valverde abandons.

The opening individual time trial of the Tour De France was a damp squib.

There were a many crashes, namely Dylan Groenewegen was first to put in a huge slide coming into a bend. He continued on unhurt.

#tdf2017 LIVE: VIDEO: Dylan Groenewegen slides in the wet. Follow here --> https://t.co/FxykCOrADH #tdf pic.twitter.com/W0a3IAbrHH
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Scott Thwaites from Team Dimension Data hit the deck and had some visible road rash crossing the finish line.

Groenewegen's team mate and Tour of California Champion, George Bennett was the next to slide off in the deteriorating conditions. He was luckily unhurt.

#tdf2017 LIVE: CRASH George Bennett slide off in the bad conditions. Live coverage here --> https://t.co/FxykCOrADH #tdf pic.twitter.com/V6grKpPZLs
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By far the worst was Tony Gallopin who went down into the barriers and was spun round and shredded his kit, luckily unhurt, but a bit dazed.

#tdf2017 LIVE: CRASH Tony Gallopin has a bad crash. Live coverage here --> https://t.co/FxykCOrADH #tdf pic.twitter.com/kEKg39BvMj
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More crash footage, this time a Cannondale rider

VIDEO: More crash footage, this time a Cannondale ride https://t.co/D3dTkZ52iD #tdf2017 #tdf @RideArgyle #crash pic.twitter.com/k3ersHjC84
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Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) is out of the Tour de France after suffering a suspected broken knee cap in a crash in the opening time trial.

Even worse, was Alejandro Valverde who went down but looked to hit a foot of the barrier. He was down for awhile and was getting up. Transferred by ambulance to the Düsseldorf University Hospital , the relevant medical examinations have confirmed two fractures in his left leg: one, in the patella; And another, in the talus, in addition to a deep cut in the tibia without muscular affectation.The doctors who attended him have decided to operate the fracture of the kneecap this evening, so Valverde will remain in hospital.

#tdf2017 LIVE: CRASH Valverde is down and he isn't getting up! Not Good! Live coverage here --> https://t.co/FxykCOrADH #tdf pic.twitter.com/un4m6E7nAj
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Ion Izagirre leaves the Tour after suffering a fall

The Spaniard Ion Izagirre (Bahrain) fell on the first stage of the Tour to suffer a fall that forced him to withdraw. The cyclist suffered the fall that forced him to retire in the same place as Alejandro Valverde, as other like Frenchman Tony Gallopin. Bahrain remains leaderless after his withdrawal.

Crash Blamed on Motorcycle Spillage

Reports are coming in that a motorcycle crashed and split liquid over the road, being the cause of around eight riders crashing heavily in the same corner including Valverde and Izagirre.

There were many crashes, some of which were only known at the end of the stage. BMC's Nicolas Roche also crashed. The Irishman was one of the victims of the day's rain over Düsseldorf and at the end of the stage he was in 121th position, losing 1 minute and 14 seconds to Time Trial winner Geraint Thomas.

"The roads were a little bit greasy underneath the rain, it doesn't help. I'm not sure if (the crash was because) it was a little bit of oil or the actual tram tracks, because that was where the tracks were too," the rider said at the end of the stage. "I'm a bit disappointed".

Stage 2 on Sunday

Tomorrow's Stage two on Sunday July 2nd head south from Düsseldorf to Liège in Belgium and is a dead pan flat 202 km stage and a bunch sprint is expected.

However with any rain or wind forecast, this could be a stressful day for the GC favorites looking to stay out of trouble and not loose any time.

VIDEO: 2017 Tour de France Stage 1 Highlights

2017 Tour de France Stage 1 ITT, Top Ten Results

1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 0:16:04
2 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:00:05
3 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Team Sky 0:00:07
4 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:08
5 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:10
6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:00:12
7 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:15
8 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
9 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:16
10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data