May 11, 2019 (Bologna, Ita) – Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma claimed the pink jersey with an impressive victory on the opening stage of the Giro d Italia winning the 8 km ITT in Bologna in 12:54. The time trial featured a renowned gruelling 9.7% climb up San Luca to the finish.

In the hot seat for over three hours Roglic was the only rider under 13 minutes as Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott, who set out three hours later finished second at 19 seconds behind with Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida another four seconds in arrears.

Threat of thunderstorms saw top contenders start early with Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, the 2017 Giro winner, first off the ramp to finish 5th overall. The lone Canadian at the first grand tour of the season, Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy, finished 137th.

“I am super happy. It’s an amazing feeling that I’ve won and that I’ll start in the pink jersey tomorrow,” said Roglic who raced a Bianchi Aquila CV time trial bike engineered with the company’s CV system powered by Countervail. “I didn’t have any tactics. I started fast and tried to keep my pace on the climb. This is a great start, but I’m aware that the happiest man on earth will be the man who’ll wear the jersey in Verona. There’s a long way to go, but we started very well. I’m looking forward to the upcoming three weeks.”

Results

1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 12:54:00
2. Simon Yates (Gbr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:19:00
3. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:23:00
4. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:28:00
5. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb
6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:33:00
7. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Gbr) Team Ineos 0:35:00
8. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0:39:00
10. Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:40:00
11. Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team 0:42:00
12. Victor De La Parte (Esp) CCC Team 0:45:00
13. Bob Jungels (Lux) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:46:00
14. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team 0:47:00
15. Tanel Kangert (Est) EF Education First
16. Hugh John Carthy (Gbr) EF Education First
17. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:50:00
18. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
19. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:53:00
20. Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
21. Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb 0:54:00
22. James Knox (Gbr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:57:00
23. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Esp) Katusha-Alpecin 0:58:00
24. Luke Durbridge (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
25. Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:59:00
26. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 1:00:00
27. Valerio Conti (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:01:00
28. Pavel Sivakov (Rus) Team Ineos
29. Ion Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Astana Pro Team
30. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:02:00
31. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Dimension Data 1:04:00
32. Mikkel Frolich Honore (Den) Deceuninck-QuickStep
33. Brent Bookwalter (USA) Mitchelton-Scott 1:05:00
34. Lucas Hamilton (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
35. Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:06:00
36. Mikel Landa (Esp) Movistar Team 1:07:00
37. Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:09:00
38. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data 1:12:00
39. Rob Power (Aus) Team Sunweb 1:13:00
40. Joe Dombrowski (USA) EF Education First
41. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
42. Edward Dunbar (Irl) Team Ineos 1:14:00
43. Scott Davies (Gbr) Dimension Data
44. Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 1:16:00
45. Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
46. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 1:17:00
47. Ruben Plaza (Esp) Israel Cycling Academy
48. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) CCC Team 1:18:00
49. Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama-FDJ
50. Pieter Serry (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep
51. Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 1:19:00
52. Christopher Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 1:20:00
53. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
54. Mikel Nieve (Esp) Mitchelton-Scott 1:22:00
55. Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
56. Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 1:25:00
57. Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team 1:27:00
58. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team
59. Fausto Masnada (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
60. Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
61. Ama Gehereigzabher (Eri) Team Dimension Data
62. Manuele Boaro (Ita) Astana Pro Team
63. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ
64. Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:28:00
65. Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Ineos
66. Krists Neilands (Lat) Israel Cycling Academy
67. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:29:00
68. Amaro Antunes (Por) CCC Team
69. Kamil Gradek (Pol) CCC Team
70. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1:30:00
71. Luis Mas Bonet (Esp) Movistar Team
72. Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep
73. Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team
74. Jai Hindley (Aus) Team Sunweb 1:31:00
75. Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 1:32:00
76. Tom Bohli (Sui) UAE Team Emirates
77. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team
78. Giovanni Carboni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 1:33:00
79. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Mitchelton-Scott
80. Jay Mc Carthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe 1:34:00
81. Larry Warbasse (USA) AG2R La Mondiale
82. Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 1:37:00
83. Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1:38:00
84. Andrea Vendrame (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
85. Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
86. Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:39:00
87. Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal
88. Josef Cerny (Cze) CCC Team
89. Sean Bennett (USA) EF Education First 1:40:00
90. Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Katusha-Alpecin
91. Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
92. Jan Bakelants (Bel) Team Sunweb 1:41:00
93. Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
94. Francisco Ventoso (Esp) CCC Team
95. Jasha Sutterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
96. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
97. Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Ineos 1:43:00
98. Nathan Brown (USA) EF Education First 1:45:00
99. Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
100. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 1:46:00
101. Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy 1:47:00
102. Sam Oomen (Ned) Team Sunweb
103. Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:48:00
104. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
105. Jose Rojas (Esp) Movistar Team
106. Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Katusha-Alpecin 1:49:00
107. Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 1:51:00
108. Paul Martens (Ger) Team Jumbo-Visma 1:52:00
109. Jhonnatan Narvaez (Ecu) Team Ineos
110. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
111. Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 1:53:00
112. Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:54:00
113. Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
114. Andrea Garosio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 1:55:00
115. François Bidard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
116. Ivan Sosa (Col) Team Ineos 1:56:00
117. Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
118. Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates 1:57:00
119. Koen Bouwman (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma
120. Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 1:58:00
121. Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF
122. Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 1:59:00
123. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
124. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:01:00
125. Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
126. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Ineos
127. Awet Andemeskel (Eri) Israel Cycling Academy 2:02:00
128. Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
129. Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Team 2:04:00
130. Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
131. Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle (Esp) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
132. Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:05:00
133. Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 2:06:00
134. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
135. Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal
136. Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
137. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Israel Cycling Academy 2:07:00
138. Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:09:00
139. Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:11:00
140. Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 2:12:00
141. Giovanni Lonardi (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
142. Elia Viviani (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2:16:00
143. Jonathan Caicedo (Ecu) EF Education First 2:18:00
144. Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane
145. Guy Niv (Isr) Israel Cycling Academy
146. Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 2:19:00
147. Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
148. Davide Cimolai (Ita) Israel Cycling Academy
149. Lorenzo Rota (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:21:00
150. Markel Irizar (Esp) Trek-Segafredo 2:23:00
151. Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ
152. Danilo Wyss (Sui) Dimension Data 2:24:00
153. Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
154. Conor Dunne (Irl) Israel Cycling Academy 2:25:00
155. Umberto Orsini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:28:00
156. Juan Sebastian Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates
157. Miguel Eduardo Florez Lopez (Col) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec
158. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Dimension Data 2:30:00
159. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2:31:00
160. Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:32:00
161. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 2:33:00
162. Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 2:34:00
163. Sacha Modolo (Ita) EF Education First 2:35:00
164. Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 2:36:00
165. Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:40:00
166. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 2:43:00
167. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal
168. Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 2:44:00
169. Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 2:46:00
170. Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 2:47:00
171. Manuel Belletti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec 2:58:00
172. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 3:04:00
173. Will Clarke (Aus) Trek-Segafredo 3:08:00
174. Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 3:23:00
175. Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First 3:30:00
176. Hiroki Nishimura (Jap) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Faizane 4:36:00