Tag: 2019giro

ROGLIC DOMINATES GIRO OPENING TT

There are shades of celeste on the first pink jersey of 2019 Giro d’Italia. Team Jumbo Visma’s Primoz Roglic dominated the opening ITT of the 102th edition, starting in downtown Bologna and ending at the famous San Luca Sanctuary (8 km) on Saturday, May 11th. The Slovenian delivered a dominating […]

Nibali 3rd in the inaugural ITT

A good third place for Vincenzo Nibali in the ITT around Bologna with which the 2019 Giro d’Italia started, On the 8k of the route with the final climb of the San Luca, the Italian champion concluded with a 23” gap from the stage winner and first race leader the […]

Bob Jungels to ride the Giro d’Italia

The 26-year-old will make his third appearance at the Corsa Rosa, where he has twice finished in the top 10 overall 03-Jan-2019: First Luxembourger in more than half a century to win a stage at the Giro d’Italia, back in 2017, when he outsprinted all the other GC favourites in […]

2019 Giro d’Italia Announced

The 2019 3,518 km Giro will include three time trials and five mountain finishes, with the final time trial in Verona on June 2 and the start in Bologna on May 11 The race will be entirely in Italy except for the finish of Stage 9. This year’s mountains will […]