2023-05-06 15:49:52
The Belgian co-favorite Remco Evenepoel set a scent mark at the start of the 106th Giro d’Italia in the time trial. The 23-year-old road world champion from the Soudal team won on Saturday over almost 20 km on the Adriatic coast from Fossacesia Marina to Ortona, 22 seconds ahead of Italian Filippo Ganna (Ineos). The time trial Olympic champion Primoz Roglic, who is considered Evenepoel’s fiercest rival, lost 43 seconds in sixth place.
Lukas Pöstlberger, sensational winner of the first stage six years ago, was 37th. The Upper Austrian from the Jayco team was more than a minute and a half behind Evenepoel, who won the Giro for the first time and slipped into the pink shirt. Bora professional Patrick Konrad finished one second behind Pöstlberger in 39th place.
Third in the fight once morest the clock was the Portuguese Joao Almeida (UAE), 29 seconds back. Roglic fell even further behind once morest Evenepoel, who was unleashed at an average speed of over 55 km/h. The Slovenian will also have to make do with a jumbo team that has changed five positions at short notice over the next three weeks. After the injured Wilco Kelderman and Tobias Foss, Robert Gesink and Jos van Emden, who tested positive for Corona, Jan Tratnik also dropped out due to a training crash on Friday.
The second stage on Sunday is a mostly flat 202 km from Teramo to San Salvo.
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