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The Giro d’Italia begins this October 3 and the riders who will take the game must face a 15-kilometer time trial in the city of Palermo, which has a largely flat course, although it has a significant decline in the initial part.
The test will begin with the ascent to a fourth category slope in the first kilometer. Then the runners will descend about eight kilometers and finish with another six completely flat.
Seven Colombians will represent the country in the Giro: Miguel Ángel López, Rodrigo Contreras, Fernando Gaviria, Juan Sebastián Molano, Einer Rubio, Jhonatan Restrepo and Álvaro Hodeg.
Next, stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia live online:
Geraint Thomas, second fastest time!
15’47 ”for the favorite for the Giro d’Italia title and he took 26 seconds away from Simon Yates, his main rival thinking about the general classification.
7:34 am
16’59 ”for Juan Sebastián Molano
The other Colombian from the UAE Emirates team recorded a worse time than Fernando Gaviria’s
7:30 am
Bad weather for Rohan Dennis
The former world time trial champion suffered throughout the course and crossed the finish line in seventh partial place.
7:20 am
17’44 ”for the Colombian Einer Rubio
The youngest of the national riders in this Giro, from the Movistar team, crossed the finish line with a modest record.
🇮🇹 #Round: Einer Rubio concluded without mishaps in the first ‘chrono’ of his first Grand Tour in professionals (17’44 “). The Colombian will seek, above all, to learn from this great experience in his beloved Italy -where he lives- at his 22 years . 💪🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/uNsSz6Itkn
– Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) October 3, 2020
7:11 am
16’13 ”for Simon Yates
The Briton, one of the top favorites for the Giro d’Italia title, set a good time at the finish line.
7:07 am
Cross the finish line Fernando Gaviria
Time of 16’43 ”for the Colombian, which places him far from the best times. However, he is thinking about the stage victory this Sunday.
6:53 am
The Education First team, the target of memes for its uniform
The team’s jersey, which now has a duck as a figure, is attracting all the attention of the fans. Also, the time trial case has a design that resembles that duck’s eyes.
6:50 am
Fernando Gaviria started his chrono
The Colombian, one of the favorite sprinters of the race, has just started his exercise against the clock
6:39 am
Campenaerts had a bad time
The crash affected the Belgian’s record, who with 16’31 ”was not able to install the provisional best time at the finish line as expected.
6:25 am
Fall of the Belgian Victor Campenaerts!
The time trial specialist crashed into a corner and lost important time for his record.
5:58 am
This is the profile of the time trial
It is estimated that today the speed record for a time trial can be broken, taking into account the descent of the initial part of the route.
🚴♂️ 15 km of race against time. From Monreale to Palermo. Who will be the first Pink Maglia?
Giro 2020, it’s about to start!🚴♂️ 15 kilometers of time trial race from Monreale to Palermo. Who will be the first Pink Maglia? The 2020 Giro is finally about to begin!#Round pic.twitter.com/7EIcPPglHq
– Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) October 3, 2020
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