The time trial moment where Roglic almost lost the Giro

Bad luck knocks on the door of Roglic is a cousin several times throughout his professional career, especially in being cruel to Tour de Franceand also to The return. The Slovenian faced the decisive time trial this Saturday at Italy is spinning with sky-high morale and convinced of his possibilities, as he said in the run-up to the stage, “if I don’t have confidence in the time trial, I won’t do it”.

And boy do I have confidence. ‘Rogla’ He had already marked the best time in the first partial take, and meter by meter he was chipping away at a few seconds Thomas who started the day with a 26-second margin over Roglic at the head of the general classification.

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The plan drawn up by the Slovenian was fully realized, until 3.7 kilometers from the finish line, in a small patchy pothole the chain of his bike jumped. He is not the first runner to suffer this disaster, but the importance is capital on this occasion. It quickly became clear that he was ahead Thomas for 16 seconds, and the question at that moment was to know how much impact the incident would have roglic and how much time he could lose, because he had to land and lost all the momentum of speed he had.

But just a few moments ago this Saturday, May 27, was seen as unlucky for roglic I have never traveled until Sanctuary of Mount Lussari, which was built in the 16th century. And, in fact, instead of less he grew even more, to win the time trial and complete the route 40 seconds before Thomas. He still has 14 seconds left.