Advertised counts double. Impressive from start to finish in Saturday's inaugural time trial of nearly 20km in Ortona, Remco Evenepoel grabbed the pink leader's jersey of the Giro d'Italia. As he had planned. The 23-year-old world champion edged out Filippo Ganna and Joao Almeida by 22 and 29 seconds respectively. The other big favourite of the Giro, Slovenian Primoz Roglic, already concedes 43 seconds to the Belgian phenomenon.

This is the first time in his career that the Flemish rider of the Soudal-Quick Step team has donned the leader's jersey, having retired during his first participation in the Giro in 2021. With this demonstration, Evenepoel sends a message to all its competitors. Especially since two other times are still on the program, including one during the penultimate stage, on the eve of the finish in Rome in three weeks.


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ROCKET Incredible performance of Evenepoel who crushes the first time of the #Giro and takes the pink jersey! 🤯 #LesRP pic.twitter.com/xh6HBA1oLI

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Before the start, the favorite of this edition said he wanted to make the difference in this exercise where he excels. On a flat and straight course traced on a bike path, wedged between an abandoned railway track and the beaches of the Adriatic, he exploded all the passing times before establishing his supremacy in the small final bump.

It was the 42nd professional victory for the Belgian, recent winner of Liège-Bastogne-Liège, and the 10th in an individual time trial. At the last Vuelta in September, he had already beaten Roglic by 48 seconds over 30km, before winning his first Grand Tour in Madrid. In Italy, he aims to become the first reigning world champion to win the Giro since Australian Cadel Evans in 2010.

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