Evenepoel won by one second and a tense time trial and regained the lead of the Giro d’Italia

The unseen. Even the oldest in the area can’t remember a time trial as tight and contested as the one that took place this Sunday in ninth stage of the Giro d’Italia35 kilometers apart Savignano sul Rubicone and stop. A rain-marked CRI where the big favorite is the Belgian Remco Evenepoel. The young Belgian cannibal has already shown his teeth to his rivals in the Inaugural CRI of ‘Corsa Rosa’ of 19.6 kilometers and fearing the time he could take his contenders, especially considering the 50 seconds he led Tao Geoghegan Hart or the 43 in Primoz Roglic on the first day of competition.

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Before starting a CRI where the Italian is not present Filippo Ganna -five time trial winner of the Giro d’Italia- due to Covid the question floating in the air is whether Remco will kill his rivals, counting the 15 kilometers of the time trial this Sunday compared to the opening, on a route of and for specialists, punctuated by twelve curves.

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He Head of Soudal-Quick Step He was starting to show muscle the first time taken at kilometer 13, beating the average of 52.881 km/h by 11 seconds from Thomasat 14 to CAT and on the 31st until Roglic. He has the fear Jumbo-Visma that the debacle could be the capital, but the Slovenian, triple winner of La VueltaHe went from less to more and knew how to organize his efforts; just like two Ineos runners, Tao and Thomas. At the second time taken, km 23, Eveneoel was only two and nine seconds ahead of the two leaders of the British formation and Roglic began to cut the bleeding: 27 seconds.

Triple tie in the third quarter

After six kilometers the equality is highest, Tao, Thomas and Evenepoel match times, to roglic leaving 23 seconds. Expectations are high and it remains to be seen who will climb the stage victory. Welshman Thomas had the best time and Evenepoel, with a great coach, gave it his all in the last six kilometers. It got stuck in streets of Cesana on the slippery surface and won the prize for effort, winning the stage by just one second, with a Thomas who was already second overall by 45 seconds and a Roglic who minimized the damage that Remco could do to him at CRI.

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After this stage, a fantastic scenario was drawn, with Remco Evenepoel back in the pink jersey as he did in the first three stages and his three immediate pursuers within 50 seconds, two of them, Thomas and Tao, 2nd and 4th, from the same group: Ineos; so that the final destination of the Giro d’Italia in Rome mainly passing through the hands of the British formation.