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‘The playing cards are partly on the desk’ – Tipping the hand in opening Giro d’Italia Ladies GC salvo



At 16 kilometres lengthy the Giro d’Italia Ladies stage 1 particular person time trial was at all times going to be a gap salvo, slightly than a definitive strike, within the normal classification battle nevertheless it has left a gaggle of riders with some work to do as soon as the climbing will get underway.

Only some have been inside 30 seconds of Italian favorite Elisa Longo Borghini who claimed victory with a time of 20:37, and most key climbing rivals have been nearer to a minute or two again. That left the Lidl-Trek rider in a commanding place, after she not solely outpaced all her possible contenders however even World Championship time trial silver medallist Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez), to say the primary maglia rosa of the 2024 version with a one-second margin.

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