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BOLOGNA, Italy (VN) — Times have changed for Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) heading into the Giro d’Italia. Three years ago, he won the Chianti time trial and now, after progressing, he is a favorite.
The Slovenian won all three races he entered in 2019 – the UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico and last week, the Tour de Romandie.
“This is different from 2016 when I first started the Giro, but for me it’s OK and I do not find it so difficult because in the end, these are difficult days with pressure for everybody who wants to be the best,” Roglic said.
“Of course when you start riding and you start thinking at the biggest thing that you can do, like wearing the pink or yellow jersey, but in the end it’s quite different when you get here.
“In 2016, I saw all the obstacles and troubles to face. I thought about all that and all the things that could happen, we’ve all worked very hard now to get to this point and we’re really proud to be in this place we are at this moment.”
Roglic won the Galibier stage in the 2017 Tour de France and in 2018, another stage and placed fourth overall. That set him up for a chance to lead the Dutch Jumbo-Visma team in the Giro d’Italia.
He has dominated the early season, leaving rivals shaking their heads at his strength. In Tirreno-Adriatico, Adam Yates tried to distance him, but could not. And with the final time trial, Roglic always had the upper hand.
The route seems perfect for the 29-year-old because he can both time trial and deliver multiple accelerations in the steep mountain stages. The race starts and ends with a time trial and includes one in the middle to San Marino.
“It’s a good Giro start and it will be a good challenge with the first six K flat and the very hard climb to finish it,” said Roglic.
“For sure, I have already said and spoken in the other races that we have a strong team and we know that we are going to have to make the race because the other teams will look to us. We saw this in the last races.”
The top rivals include 2017 winner Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), two-time winner Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) and Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), winner of last year’s Vuelta a España.
“The winner will be decided at the end of the race on the last day in Verona, in the individual time trial. Of course many important things will happen already starting from day one and then just every day is important for the overall win. You’ll have to stay focused,” he continued.
“I would say that is not to me to judge everyone because we are all starting from zero, it will be a very big fight, especially for Nibali who won twice before. It’s a hard Giro starting from day one, and for sure, he’s the best guy with the experience.”
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The pink Corsa started with very marked favorites for its 2019 edition, all European: Tom Doumolin, Primoz Roglic, Simon Yates and Vincenzo Nibali
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It has already started the Giro d'Italia 2019, the first race of 'Las Tres Grandes de la Temporada', as it is usually called. The Italian round started on May 11 with an 8.2km time trial between Bologna and San Luca, and for this, its 102nd edition will feature a lot of big favorites, led by Tom Dumoulin. Before describing the title candidates, we remember that the first three rounds were won by Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) in the time trial.
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Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb)
With the absence of the British Chris Froome, current champion of the competition, the Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin is the big favorite to keep the title of the turn. Although the leader of the Sunweb Team has not had great results this season, he is still the first candidate to get the first big of the year, says the newspaper Marca de España.
'The winner of the Giro del Centenario two years ago and second in 2018 has not given much to talk about at the beginning of 2019. Nor has he been lost, but with only 16 days of competition he arrived in Bologna as a solid candidate', the Iberian media published. Dumoulin did not do well in the first stage and was placed more than a minute behind Roglic.
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Dumoulin arrives at the first big challenge of the year with a second place in one of the Queen stages of the Tour of the Arab Emirates and with the fourth place in the general ranking of the Tirreno-Adriatico as the best results at the start of the 2019 season.
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
The current champion of the Tour of Spain, the British Simon Yates is another candidate to stay with the 'pink jersey'. The leader of the Mitchelton-Scott sum this year two wins, one in the Tour of Andalusia and another in the Paris-Nice chrono.
In addition, according to the coach of the Australian team Vittorio Algeri, the course favors him and gives Yates great chances to fight for the title. 'We have Yates, who has improved and defends himself very well. In the first time, he did very well, besides that there is a lot of race and he climbs well on the mountain ', assured Alegri in an interview for the newspaper El Tiempo de Colombia. Yates was second in the 1st stage.
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Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
Undoubtedly, one of the cyclists who best arrives at the pink Corsa is the Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic, who won the two competitions he played this season: The Tirreno-Adriatico and the Emirates Tour, where he also won a stage. Although the Jumbo leader is not a specialist in the mountains, he climbs well and will try to take advantage of the three times to make a difference. The first one was already marked last Saturday.
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Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain Merida)
The 34-year-old Italian will be looking for his third crown in the rotation, after the titles he won in 2013 and 2016. Nibali arrives at the first grand with more than 20 days of competition, where he achieved third place overall in the Tour of the Alps.
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'It's a very complicated layout. There are three stages to the clock and the last week the auction will be the harsh mountain days. There are many claimants to the title, but I think that Nibali will have to take advantage in the hard climbs', said Italian coach Davide Bramati of Deceuninck-Quick Step.
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