Giro d’Italia Stage 10 Race Report: Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) was the surprise winner of the second individual time trial stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia. The Dutch time trial champion beat the obvious pre-stage favourite; Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers) in Pisa. In the battle for the overall, Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) put up the best time, but Isaac Del Toro (UAE Emirates XRG) held the pink jersey.
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Stage 10 TT finale
A time trial awaits the Giro peloton after the second rest day. The race against the clock is between Lucca and Pisa and described as ‘very fast and ridden in a south-westerly direction’.
The route is much the same as the time trial that was won by the Norwegian Knut Knudsen in the 1977 Giro. There isn’t much uphill, but towards the Foto di San Guilano tunnel the road does climb, before levelling off towards the San Guilano Terme. The riders enter the city of the leaning tower via the Pisa Aqueduct.
European TT champion – Edoardo Affini (Visma-Lease a Bike)
Due to the rain in the Pisa area, the roads were very slippery. Primoz Roglič crashed before the time trial while riding the route in the morning, slipping on a right-hand bend. Fortunately for the Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe leader, it was a relatively harmless crash and the damage was limited. The time trial was opened by Alexander Krieger (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at 13:20. The first target time came from Ethan Hayter. The British time trial champion set a final time of 32:40 after fast intermediate times, at an average speed of 52.530kph.
Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) was flying
Wout van Aert looks to have some of his old mojo back
Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers) moved up on GC
Primoz Roglič crashed when checking out the course
Can Isaac Del Toro hold the pink jersey?
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Giro d’Italia Stage 10 Result:
1. Daan Hoole (Ned) Lidl-Trek in 32:30
2. Joshua Tarling (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 0:07
3. Ethan Hayter (GB) Soudal Quick-Step at 0:10
4. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step at 0:23
5. Edoardo Affini (Ita) Visma | Lease a Bike at 0:24
6. Jay Vine (Aus) UAE Emirates XRG at 0:37
7. Luke Plapp (Aus) Jayco AlUla at 0:44
8. Marco Frigo (Ita) Israel-Premier Tech at 0:47
9. Michael Hepburn (Aus) Jayco AlUla at 0:50
10. Xabier Mikel Azparren Iruzun (Spa) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team at 0:54.
Giro d’Italia Overall After Stage 10:
1. Isaac Del Toro Romero (Mex) UAE Emirates XRG
2. Juan Ayuso Pesquera (Spa) UAE Emirates XRG
3. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
4. Simon Yates (GB) Visma | Lease a Bike
5. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
6. Brandon McNulty (USA) UAE Emirates XRG
7. Adam Yates (GB) UAE Emirates XRG
8. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Lidl-Trek
9. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost
10. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers.
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