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00:00 The 106 Giro d'Italia gets underway with an individual time trial.
00:04 19.6 kilometers in length from Fossacesia Marina to Ortona.
00:09 João Almeida spearheading UAE Team Emirates hopes for a podium place.
00:15 The man who has finished four Giri already setting a very good time.
00:21 UAE Team Emirates already with Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty doing great rides
00:25 and setting the second fastest time at the first checkpoint, the Portuguese start.
00:29 The time trial ending with a short sharp climb to the finish line in the old town of Ortona.
00:34 And João Almeida in very good shape indeed to make his mark in this individual time trial.
00:40 Crossing the line and taking the best time of Teo Gegenhardt.
00:46 21.47 at that point the best time in the individual time trial and heading for the hot seat.
00:52 Then came a cluster of riders including Primoz Roglic and this man Remco Evenepoel.
00:57 The out-and-out favorites for overall victory at the Giro d'Italia.
01:00 The reigning Belgian individual time trial champion in front of huge crowds and in warm sunshine.
01:06 Getting into his rhythm and starting to blast his way along the course.
01:10 It wouldn't be until the first checkpoint that we knew just how well he was going.
01:14 A couple of riders after him, Filippo Ganna, the reigning Italian national time trial champion
01:18 and one of the outright favorites not for the overall but for the individual time trial victory.
01:23 Got his effort underway and then it became apparent just how well Remco Evenepoel was going.
01:29 Smashing the best time at the first checkpoint by fully 20 seconds.
01:32 Filippo Ganna in the same ballpark but still with a healthy deficit to Remco Evenepoel.
01:37 12 seconds down at the halfway point of the individual time trial.
01:41 Remco Evenepoel then picking off his minute man, Dan Hule,
01:45 and heading for the final climb with a serious buffer against João Almeida in the hot seat.
01:51 With Filippo Ganna in hot pursuit just a few minutes later.
01:54 João Almeida only able to watch on then as the young Belgian punched his way to the finish line
02:01 and to an emphatic victory that would give him the Maglia Rosa.
02:05 Remco Evenepoel stopping the clock in an extraordinary time of 21 and 18.
02:12 Filippo Ganna then crossing the line to pick up second place clear of João Almeida.
02:18 First mission accomplished or even more than that?
02:24 No, super happy. I think it's the best result we can get for a first day.
02:31 Super happy. We wanted to go as fast as possible and I think we went fast enough today.
02:36 Job done for Remco Evenepoel. The first opportunity to make strides in the general classification
02:42 and he seized it emphatically.
02:45 Primoz Roglic the big loser on the day. 43 seconds down after one stage on this man
02:50 who leads the standings and takes the Maglia Rosa. Will he hold it all the way to Rome?
02:55 Three weeks of racing remain.
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