2023-05-26 18:17:55
Felice Gimondi, Eddy Merckx, José Manuel Fuente, Lucho Herrera and Vincenzo Nibali left their mark on the Three Peaks of Lavaredothe queen stage of a terrible Giro, the one that will be resolved this Saturday in a time trial so hard, so much so that even Primoz Roglic it took the supposed big day of the race as a test laboratory for the final time trial by debuting gravel, the new cycling modality that cyclists are so excited about, in a three-week round.
The Colombian cyclist would almost deserve all the epic that could be written in this Time.news Santiago Buitragostage winner, and Canadian Derek Gee, second at the top and who has escaped every day, a rider who deserves to win the combativeness award for his determination to achieve a victory that he will not achieve. Because if you have to focus on the leaders, just count that they went up together the myths of the Dolomites to the rhythm of the gregarious of Geraint Thomasthat nothing happened in a monument called Passo Giau and that the Three Peaks of Lavaredo were smoked – pardon the expression – without anything happening until the fence area, when João Almeida He stepped up the pace and dug his own grave.
The last devastating kilometre of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The most demanding of all, the most beautiful of all ????
The last devastating km of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The toughest of all, the most beautiful of all ????@expo2030#Giro #Tour of Italy pic.twitter.com/xFAFUsNalt
— Giro d’Italia (@giroditalia) May 26, 2023
This Giro is being a crime for the amateur, the one who deserves a drink for the effort not to fall asleep in front of the television. Only the supporting actors move, because the main ones roll together fearful and distressed by the unforgivable mistake of the organization by placing a perverse time trial one day before finishing the race.
???????? The secret of Primoz Roglic, exposed
⛓ 40 teeth
???? Monoplato???? @albertocontador: “It reminds me of me. They have everything super controlled” #Giro | #Tour of Italy pic.twitter.com/zQ5UnzStjv
— Eurosport.es (@Eurosport_ES) May 26, 2023
Nothing happened in the queen stage until there were 1,800 meters to go, when Almeida tried unsuccessfully to Roglic already Geraint Thomaswhen the Slovenian star demarcated, when the ‘pink jersey’ neutralized him, before the Portuguese cyclist gave in again and gave minimal emotion to the climb with the finish line waiting for the leaders of the Giro.
The story of the last meters
Thomas leaves Roglic, who seems to relent. The leader is proving that he is the strongest once again. Suddenly, the Slovenian cyclist rises from his small ashes and not only captures Thomas but also takes three seconds from him and another 23 from Almeida to leave the emotion, even if only for one day, in the arms of the final time trial.
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Along the way, there was a change of Roglic’s bike at the foot of the Three Peaks of Lavaredo to present to the road cycling society a change typical of gravel, with a maximum sprocket of 44 teeth. Seeing is believing. If Gimondi will raise his head!
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