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2026-05-19T13:45:31.252Z
We’re getting near the business end of this time trial, and the riders with stakes in the GC game are about to get going. The first of those in the top 20, Chris Harper, has just got going, followed by Sepp Kuss.
2026-05-19T13:42:09.419Z
Will Barta’s looking good. He’s just posted the 6th fastest time at the first time check, one of only 6 riders to be within a minute of Ganna.
2026-05-19T13:37:05.004Z
Enric Mas is off, a lot earlier than had he been as high up on GC after the first week as he’d hoped. We’re unsure whether he’s wearing the women’s Movistar team skinsuit, as he has for many of the road stages.
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2026-05-19T13:32:33.865Z
Magnus Sheffield is another rider who looked good for today, but has got off to a modest start, 13th fastest at the first check, 1:35 slower than his Netcompany Ineos teammate Ganna.
2026-05-19T13:26:22.347Z
Rémi Cavagna, the second fastest rider so far. On such a specialist’s course, he can be confident that most, perhaps even all, of the GC men will fall short of that time.
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2026-05-19T13:22:36.773Z
Alan Hatherly begins. As a rider who placed 6th at the Tirreno time trial here earlier this year, he’s one to watch .
2026-05-19T13:20:45.234Z
Cavagna finishes with the second fastest time! Were it not for the supremacy of Ganna, we’d be lauding that as an outstanding ride.
2026-05-19T13:16:36.123Z
Neither Segaert nor Bjerg are going quite as well as we anticipated, so far 6th and 7th respectively at the second check.
2026-05-19T13:15:12.379Z
Filippo Ganna, the fastest so far.
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2026-05-19T13:10:57.025Z
Rémi Cavagna is on the road and going well, second fastest at both the first and second checks, but even he is over a minute behind Ganna. It could be that only Jonas Vingegaard is able to challenge the Italian’s time.
2026-05-19T13:08:42.592Z
NEW FASTEST TIME – FILIPPO GANNA
2026-05-19T13:06:26.856Z
Here comes Ganna, just how quick is this going to be?
2026-05-19T13:06:08.610Z
Another role Segaert will be performing is to experience the route and reporting back to his Bahrain teammate Afonso Eulálio, who’s mission today is to once again cling hold of the pink jersey. He didn’t sound confident in yesterday’s press conference, but will give it his all.
2026-05-19T13:02:35.136Z
Alec Segaert is through the first time check, fourth fastest at 48 seconds. That’s a decent time, but a long way down on Ganna.
2026-05-19T12:57:42.355Z
Ganna, on his way to surely setting the fastest time so far.
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2026-05-19T12:54:46.337Z
Ganna is through the second check, and he’s pulling further and further away. He’s now 1:19 up on Bax.
2026-05-19T12:52:25.396Z
When it comes to the stage win, one advantage Ganna has over Jonas Vingegaard is that he’s wearing his familiar jersey. As leader of the King of the Mountains classification, Vingegaard is forced to wear the blue jersey, and not his bespoke skinsuit – though the jersey supplies Castelli are bullish about its quality, claiming it might actually be quicker than Visma Lease a Bike’s.
2026-05-19T12:48:51.969Z
Matteo Sobrero is a former Giro time trial stage winner from 2022, and has just set off from the start in pursuit of another.
2026-05-19T12:43:51.435Z
Ganna’s through the first time check – and he’s flying! Already 40 seconds up on Bax.
2026-05-19T12:43:00.076Z
Here’s one to watch – Alec Segaert. He’s looked in great shape all season, but has yet to ride a time trial, his favoured disciple.
2026-05-19T12:40:27.302Z
NEW FASTEST TIME – SJOERD BAX
2026-05-19T12:38:33.203Z
Here comes Sjoerd Bax to the finish, it could be close…
2026-05-19T12:36:34.323Z
António Morgado has finished with a good time, third fastest at 1:48 behind Walscheid.
2026-05-19T12:34:35.594Z
The Italian Tricolore passes the Maglia Ciclamino, as Ganna flies past Paul Magnier.
2026-05-19T12:32:00.114Z
Predictably, Ganna is picking up minute men. He’s just passed Cyril Barthe, and the pace difference between them is stark.
2026-05-19T12:31:50.437Z
Another team looking to win yet more stages is UAE, and their best bet for the day, specialist Mikkel Bjerg, has just taken of.
2026-05-19T12:28:59.897Z
Alberto Bettiol has started his ride. While this is unlikely to be a stage for him and his Astana team, the Italian told Cyclingnews that they will be doing ‘crazy things’ in the coming weeks as they seek to add to their tally of two stages.
2026-05-19T12:25:12.502Z
Bax is still going very well – he’s still fastest at the second check, this time by 12 seconds.
2026-05-19T12:21:44.507Z
Here we go – time for Filippo Ganna! He’s just stormed off the ramp, resplendent in the tricolore jersey as national champion.
2026-05-19T12:20:14.519Z
This would be a turn up for the books in Bax can keep up this pace. He’s a good time trialist, but not historically at the level of Price-Pejtersen and Walscheid.
2026-05-19T12:15:15.618Z
Hold that thought – Sjoerd Bax has just gone through the first check 12 seconds quicker than Price-Pejtersen and 19 seconds up on Walscheid.
2026-05-19T12:12:43.931Z
So Max Walscheid has set the early benchmark, and with no rider other than Price-Pejtersen coming anywhere near him at any of the intermediate checks, he’ll likely be leader in the clubhouse for a while yet.
2026-05-19T12:10:12.559Z
He hasn’t – Price-Pejtersen finished 12 seconds down on Walscheid. He slowed down in relation to his German rival over the course of the effort.
2026-05-19T12:08:53.649Z
Will Price-Pejtersen beat it? We’ll know very soon.
2026-05-19T12:08:17.433Z
Walscheid sprints to finish, to the cheers of the roadside fans who have waited a while to catch a first glimpse of a cyclist, to set a time of 48:10.
2026-05-19T12:06:37.028Z
Walscheid is approaching the finish.
2026-05-19T12:03:55.309Z
Milan is through the first time check, and while he isn’t taking it easy, it seems this time trial will be too long for him to gain anything in the points classification. He’s third fastest so far, but a whole 1:28 down on Price-Pejtersen.
2026-05-19T11:59:20.979Z
So far, these are the only two riders in it – Ryan Mullen was the closest to them at the first time check, at a distant 1:32.
2026-05-19T11:56:43.514Z
Price-Pejtersen is again quicker…but this time only just! His advantage has been slashed from 7 seconds at the first time check to just the one second.
2026-05-19T11:55:44.306Z
Walscheid is through the second time check, with a time of 33:17.
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2026-05-19T11:53:15.176Z
While we wait for the first riders to start finishing the course and posting times, have a read of Philippa York’s analysis of the first week.
2026-05-19T11:45:01.328Z
Jonathan Milan is off! He was fifth in the Tirreno time trial, but he’s never performed so well in the longer efforts like today. You imagine this is one for him to take easy, and recharge the battery for a renewed hunt for Maglia Ciclamino points this week.
2026-05-19T11:42:36.989Z
That’s already been beaten by Price-Pejtersen, who’s gone seven seconds quicker.
2026-05-19T11:40:55.775Z
Walscheid has been picking up minute men, so much so that he has passed all three of the riders who started before to set the first time at the intermediate sprint, of 20:09.
2026-05-19T11:38:00.155Z
One of the important times to remember: 14:20 CET. That’s when stage favourite Filippo Ganna will set off. Here’s a full list of the start times.
2026-05-19T11:33:19.287Z
Seeing as that time trial took place in the same location, and some of the same participants, it could be a prophetic indication of what might happen today. Remind yourself here of everything that happened that day.
2026-05-19T11:28:57.848Z
Max Walscheid is another rider to look out for, and has set off fast, already catching his minute man Arjen Livyns. Very encouragingly for him, he was third at a time trial on the same roads at Lido di Camaiore at this year’s Tirreno-Adriatico – albeit a much shorter one, at 11.5km.
2026-05-19T11:26:00.377Z
Price-Pejtersen was third in another similarly flat stage in Tuscany at the Tirreno-Adriatico a couple of years ago.
2026-05-19T11:23:39.322Z
Johan Price-Pejtersen becomes the 6th rider to begin, and he’s one to watch out for. The Alpecin rider is a time trial specialist, especially on a flat course like this, and so will hope to set a strong early benchmark.
2026-05-19T11:22:01.413Z
The riders are setting off at one minute intervals.
2026-05-19T11:20:18.676Z
Van den Broek finds himself at the bottom of GC after dislocating his shoulder during stage two. It’s been a battle of survival since then, but he has persevered and survived this deep into the race.
2026-05-19T11:16:14.715Z
OFFICIAL START
2026-05-19T11:14:01.053Z
Of course, as with most Giro time trial stages in recent years, there’s one man in particular to look out for for the stage win – Filippo Ganna. The home favourite has been itching for this stage all week, and its flat parcours is virtually perfect for him. He’ll be hopeful of adding to his career collection of 7 Giro stage wins.
2026-05-19T11:05:53.868Z
Frank van den Broek will be the first rider to set off, at 13:15 local time.
2026-05-19T11:03:42.580Z
Have a read of our full preview of the stage, before it starts in just under a quarter of an hour.
2026-05-19T11:01:37.991Z
This will be Afonso Eulálio’s fifth stage wearing the pink jersey – and potentially his last? His small frame is not that of a time trialist, and Vingegaard won’t hold back in trying to gain as much time as possible today.
But the Portuguese rider defied expectations on last Sunday’s summit finish to finish an exceptional fifth on the stage, and so shouldn’t be underestimated.
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2026-05-19T10:56:10.979Z
Having not put a foot wrong all race, this could be the day that Jonas Vingegaard takes the Maglia Rosa for the first time. His deficit to Afonso Eulálio of 2:24 might seem like a lot, but this is the kind of long, flat route that an elite time trialist like him can make huge gains.
2026-05-19T10:50:36.431Z
The Giro organisers have been pretty stingy when it comes to time trials this year, with no tests of the clock beyond today’s stage, but this one alone is enough to make a very big impact on the race.
2026-05-19T10:49:12.935Z
After recharging their batteries yesterday, the Giro peloton is back racing today for what for many will be one of the most important stages of the race – the time trial.
2026-05-19T10:43:18.445Z
Hello and welcome to stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia!