the American Matthew Riccitello provisional leader of the time trial ahead of Thomas Champion… Follow the 20th stage

Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma), even Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates). Unless there is an unlikely turnaround, the winner of the 2023 edition of the Giro should be chosen between the Welshman, the Slovenian and the Portuguese, Saturday May 27, during an 18.6 kilometer time trial. between Tarvisio and Monte Lussari.

With 26 seconds ahead of Roglic, Thomas has a slight margin, but the percentages of the final, up to 22%, in the middle of a climb of 7.3 km at 12.1% on average, could well create significant deviations in the event of failure. Watch out for Joao Almeida all the same. In ambush at 59 seconds, the Portuguese dreams of spoilsport. Among the French, Thibaut Pinot will fight to keep his sixth place overall, he who is only three seconds ahead of Thymen Arensman.

This stage also promises to be complicated logistically for the teams and the organisers. The riders will have to change bikes after about ten kilometers to go from a time trial bike to a more classic bike for the climb. Due to the narrowness of the mule track in Monte Lussari, the teams will not be able to follow their riders by car, but only by motorbike, and the technicians will therefore have to carry a spare bike on their shoulders. Finally, the riders are divided into three groups for the starts, with a 45-minute break between each group to allow the assistance motorcycles to come down from the top.

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