As happened in La Vuelta time trial last year where evenepoel surpassed Roglic, this saturday the belgian not only surpassed the slovenian asl, but he surpassed him.
A victory that gave the young Belgian cannibal the first lead of the ‘Corsa Rosa’ and which once again puts Belgian cycling on the top of the pedestal.
As the race itself pointed out, Evenepoel was the 50th Belgian cyclist to win a stage at the Giro, the record held by Eddy Merckx At the age of 25, and with his victory in the inaugural CRI, he became the first road world champion to wear the pink jersey since May 9, 2010, when Cadel Evans let him in Utrecht (Netherlands). To find another precedent for this data, we have to travel back to 1996, with the success of Abraham Olano at Passo Pordoi.
This Saturday is the pink jersey number 160 for Belgian cycling. The last Belgian to wear pink was Rick Verbruggewho did so in four stages in 2001. Like Verbrugge, evenepoel manages the outfit as a leader in the first stage in Abruzzo, since the 2001 Giro started in Montesilvano-Perscara.
Source: La Verdad
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