Giro success crowns Ben Healy’s big month

The Evenepoel exhibition cannot make us forget that the Giro lasts 3 weeks

Javier Guillén once told me that he did not set more lap times because they could be very decisive for the result of a big one, without being aware of the spectacle that one of these takes when Remco Evenepoel takes part in it, as we have seen in the Giro.

Remco Evenepoel has completed the first stage of his contract with this Giro, a contract with three lines, as many as the times that the organization has set for him to shine and be able to dispute the victory against whom I still consider the favourite, Primoz Roglic.

Details of this Giro start in Ortona, on the Adriatic coast, along that bike lane that has given us long teeth.

Remco Evenepoel was in his element, his triumph was expected, although perhaps not the bleeding that he was going to inflict on his rivals.

It has been the typical time trial in which the squad of favorites has been in times until Remco has arrived.

Evenepoel has opened the 2023 Giro in line with what we could expect, with a time trial as round as his position against giants like Roglic, yes, but also specialists of the size of Küng and Pippo Ganna, who loses the time trial crown in the Turn.

Flecha saw clearly the exhibition of the first leader of the Giro in details such as cadence, rhythm and that exit from the bike lane that he made in descent and coupled.

«And that does not have the technique of others» came to say.

It is true, we have seen all of this, and there are still many kilometers left against the clock, but this cannot make us lose sight of what is to come.

And what is coming are three weeks of racing through Italy, and also a brief foray into Switzerland, too much to think that nothing will happen to Remco against it.

I can understand that Remco is respected and imposed, but Roglic sure, surely he will not accept it.

The Slovenian is not worth second place like any other, he will die killing and the chapter that we did not see in the Vuelta needs an end, even if it is months later.

But be careful, Roglic’s sensations in the time trial, surrounded by what happens in Jumbo, you have to defend them over the days.

The Giro is not the 100 meter dash, it is a marathon and the sensations in something so long are so many that nothing can be taken for granted.

I only see clearly a photo that is not going to be given: Remco Evenepoel is not going to dress the rainbow in this Giro.

Bad that despite many, the jerseys and their patrons are there to respect them, be it the young man, leader or the best bannerman.

Image: @Tour of Italy