Giro d'Italia stage 10 LIVE: Will Jonas Vingegaard take the pink jersey on race's only time trial?
A flat 40.2km against the clock in Tuscany
One of the important times to remember: 14:20 CET. That’s when stage favourite Filippo Ganna will set off. Here’s a full list of the start times.
Seeing as that time trial took place in the same location, and some of the same participants, it could be a prophetic indication of what might happen today. Remind yourself here of everything that happened that day.
Max Walscheid is another rider to look out for, and has set off fast, already catching his minute man Arjen Livyns. Very encouragingly for him, he was third at a time trial on the same roads at Lido di Camaiore at this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico - albeit a much shorter one, at 11.5km.
Price-Pejtersen was third in another similarly flat stage in Tuscany at the Tirreno-Adriatico a couple of years ago.
Johan Price-Pejtersen becomes the 6th rider to begin, and he's one to watch out for. The Alpecin rider is a time trial specialist, especially on a flat course like this, and so will hope to set a strong early benchmark.
The riders are setting off at one minute intervals.
Van den Broek finds himself at the bottom of GC after dislocating his shoulder during stage two. It’s been a battle of survival since then, but he has persevered and survived this deep into the race.
Of course, as with most Giro time trial stages in recent years, there's one man in particular to look out for for the stage win - Filippo Ganna. The home favourite has been itching for this stage all week, and its flat parcours is virtually perfect for him. He’ll be hopeful of adding to his career collection of 7 Giro stage wins.
Frank van den Broek will be the first rider to set off, at 13:15 local time.
Have a read of our full preview of the stage, before it starts in just under a quarter of an hour.
This will be Afonso Eulálio’s fifth stage wearing the pink jersey - and potentially his last? His small frame is not that of a time trialist, and Vingegaard won’t hold back in trying to gain as much time as possible today.
But the Portuguese rider defied expectations on last Sunday’s summit finish to finish an exceptional fifth on the stage, and so shouldn’t be underestimated.
Having not put a foot wrong all race, this could be the day that Jonas Vingegaard takes the Maglia Rosa for the first time. His deficit to Afonso Eulálio of 2:24 might seem like a lot, but this is the kind of long, flat route that an elite time trialist like him can make huge gains.
The Giro organisers have been pretty stingy when it comes to time trials this year, with no tests of the clock beyond today’s stage, but this one alone is enough to make a very big impact on the race.
After recharging their batteries yesterday, the Giro peloton is back racing today for what for many will be one of the most important stages of the race - the time trial.
Hello and welcome to stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia!
