Favorites are now measured by the hardness of the dreaded Blockahus, the moment of truth has come to Giro

Half size is done. Nothing could hide the anonymity of the platoon. The first week of 105th edition of the Giro d’Italia will end this Sunday with the first stage in the high mountain, with the first big stage, a difficult day in Apennines, with 5,000 meters of inequality and a total of five ports to crown. A real five-star challenge that will start showing sharp nails right from the start, at the first sunrise, Valco del Macerone (3rd)to be followed immediately Rionero Sannitico (2nd) Y Roccaraso (2nd)before starting a crazy descent with a trap that will take the peloton to the foot of Lanciano Pass. This 1st category colossus (10.3 km of climb with an average gradient of 7.6% and a maximum gradient of 14%, located before the ninth kilometer of the climb) is 50 kilometers from the finish line and after the reduction in that it is necessary. to join the five senses the peloton will face the last ascent in terror block house (13.6 km of ascent with an average gradient of 8.4% and maximum ramps of 14% with 14 kilometers of ascent). A fact check, to those who do not deceive, which will see which applicants are in the final glory of Verona is on the right track and has not yet started their machine, leaving more than one applicant in the ditch.

This is the day of Carapaz, Yate, Bardet, Almeida and Landa and why not, of Juan Pedro Lopez. The Sevillian, who wore a pink jersey on the day of Mount Etna, will begin today as leader for the sixth consecutive day. He is 1’06 ”above the dangerous William Martin and 1’42 ”margin relative to a Simon Yate starting as the leader’s closest favorite Lebrija. It seems so far the wheel to follow, to watch, is that on Carapazwon the ‘Pink Corsa’ in 2019 the group, Ineoshas been very serious all the time, even without necessarily highlighting the powerful bahrainwith a guarantee to the runners to protect Landa until Mikel decides to continue the attack, in a final climb where Nairo Quintana planted the flag of Colombia in 2017, earlier than Thibau Pinotnot in this Giro, Tom Dumoulin Y Bauke Mollema; a glory that Dumoulin will take away a few days later in the final time test in Milan.

Until now, ‘Juanpe’ and your team, Trek-Segafredois very good, although yesterday López admitted that they will need help to close this week by the leaders.

However, Juan Pedro defended himself well in the mountains, favoring him the extra energy that the pink jersey always carries and knowing if he would explode on the scene with the same energy as a young natural.and Tielt-Wingle, in Flanders, Belgiumhe did it on May 31, 1967 less than 22 years ago, eddy merckx. ‘The Cannibal’, that year he had already won the Milan-Sanremo, the Gent-Wevelgem or the Walloon Arrowcame out of nowhere with a strange force to be overcome Jacques Antequilin Italian Italo Zilioli, and in Spanish Jose Perez Frenchone of the best Spanish runners of the 1960s who stood out in his class and beauty, so he was cut rudolph valentine and even in France he was known as the handsome melancholy.