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Italy’s Filippo Ganna dominated the stage 10 time trial at the Giro d’Italia, with a winning margin of nearly two minutes.<\/b><\/p>\n
Ganna, 29, of the British Netcompany Ineos Cycling team, beat team-mate Thymen Arensman, of the Netherlands, by one minute 54 seconds, with France’s Remi Cavagna of Groupama-FDJ in third, five seconds further back.<\/p>\n
Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, favourite to take the pink jersey for the overall winner in Rome on 31 May, finished 13th, three minutes down.<\/p>\n
Two-time Tour de France winner Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike, failed to take the pink jersey in Massa, near Pisa, as some thought he would. It meant Portugal’s unfancied Afonso Eulalio remained in the leader’s jersey for a sixth day.<\/p>\n
Vingegaard, however, gained time on Bahrain-Victorious’ Eulalio, who was 41st on the stage. The Dane sits second overall, just 27 seconds off the lead. <\/p>\n
Arensman is third overall, one minute and 57 seconds behind Eulalio. <\/p>\n
The 42km time trial – the longest in any Grand Tour for more than a decade – resulted in huge gaps between riders of different abilities, with many gasping for breath as they crossed the line.<\/p>\n
Ganna, who was time trial world champion in 2020 and 2021, and was favourite to win on Tuesday, achieved an average speed of 54.921km\/h for his team, who announced a new sponsorship deal with Danish data company Netcompany before this three-week race. <\/p>\n
The deal restores the once-dominant multiple Tour de France winners as a ‘super team’ in the sport<\/a> with one of the highest budgets.<\/p>\n “The team did an amazing job over the winter,” said Ganna afterwards. “It’s really nice with a long time trial like this – maybe me and some other guys were a little bit at the limit. <\/p>\n “We hope to enjoy tonight and stay focused for the last 14 days [of the race].”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n