wins the first time trial, 49 seconds to Roglic and 50 to Van Der Poel – Corriere.it

Indeed, a monstrous Filippo Ganna won dominated there stopwatch initial of the 58th Tyrrhenian-Adriatic at Lido di Camaioreknocking out opponents. Ganna’s performance (11th victory against the clock in a World Tour race) is one of capitals: in 11,500 meters (covered in 12’28” at an average speed of 55.3 km/h on wet asphalt) the Piedmontese finished well 28″ to Leonard Kamna (2nd) and 31” to Magnus Sheffield, 3rd, also digging a ditch compared to the best-known specialists and those aiming for the general classification.

joao Almeida lost 41”Primoz Roglic 49”, 50” Mathieu Van Der Poel lost them51” Jai Hindley and more than 1′ Wout Van Aert who however started among the first when it rained on Lido di Camaiore. Bad Adam Yates who finished at 1’18”.

With a similar performance, Ganna aims at least to keep the blue leader’s jersey in the first two stages (Follonica and Foligno) reserved for sprinters (which even with the rebates they couldn’t snatch it from him) but also in the fourththe one of Tortoretowith a more eventful and difficult ending.

So the European team pursuit champion immediately after the finish line: «Today was a great satisfaction. I had some problems, the change on the prostheses didn’t work and so I wasted some time and modified the aero position to use those on the handlebars. In the three hairpin bends I didn’t risk my skin, which is dear to me. Behind such a performance there are three blocks of intense work, one of which on the track: only in this way can you do a time trial at this level».