Giro d’Italia begins: the keys to the Roglic-Evenepoel duel

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current bike duel lives and even gives the impression that only two cyclists are participating in a particular bike race. If there are many people who are already crossing their fingers, hoping that Tadej Pogacar won’t have any complications in his broken ankle on the way to Liège and that he can face Jonas Vingegaard on the Tour; The Giro, which will start this Saturday with a 19-kilometer time trial in Abruzzo Bike LanePresented as a two-man race, the rest should be content to watch what they do and how they do it, as well as Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

Apart from a fall, illness, or a more monumental surprise from the city of Rome, where the race ended on Sunday, May 28, the 2023 Giro was conceived under the influence of a veteran and a young rebel who are starting to place Slovenia in the cycling universe. Belgians consider him the living reincarnation of Eddy Merckx. “I’m like fine wine, I get better with age,” he said between smiles. role at the presentation of racing teams. At 33, he will encounter a runner who, with ten shorts, could be his younger brother.

“I’m like fine wine, I get better with age”, Primoz Roglic


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And which one is better? In the race against time, who excels and is ready to take down the other in the three programmed stages of expertise? doubleThe only precedent between the two Alicante stages of the Vuelta 2022 passed role He’s like a steamroller, but the Slovenian cyclist came to the Spanish Tour limping from injuries that forced him to leave the Tour, and he wasn’t in shape until the end of the second week before another fall at Sevilla knocked him out of the race. There was no close combat between the two runners.

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But, role He is the current Olympic time trial champion. “It won’t be easy,” Evenepoel conceded, recalling that he saved the Tokyo gold medal at home in a Giro where his opponent bet 72 kilometers on this type of stage, unlike the Tour and Vuelta. menu and until a time, a day from Rome (Saturday 27 May), on the slopes, which, if not already done, should give the final punishment Mount Lussari.

In this cycle that we now have to live in, every three-week race has different heroes. Roglic and Evenepoel in Giro; Vingegaard and Pogacar on the Tour and still vague favorites on the Vuelta. No one faces the challenges of the duo, for example, miguel indurainBy winning in Milan and Paris in 1992 and 1993. No one dares to do so. Alberto counter it was the last one. He won the Giro in 2015 but not the Tour.

The Three Peaks of Lavaredo and Merckx

If the three time trials are to be more than decisive, the mountain is breathtaking, with four aúpa peaks in the third week intensifying, especially with the mountain climb. Three Peaks of LavaredoIn the Dolomites (Friday 26 May), where traces of bicycle wheels still remain Eddy Merckxcommemorating the extraordinary success of the Belgian legend in 1968 in the first of five Giros he won.

Unlike the Tour and Vuelta, which dose the challenge for three weeks, in Italy they intensify all the hardness at the end, with some fireworks in between (mountain climbing, for example). Great Sasso, seventh stage and 13th stage to Crans Montana in Switzerland), El Giro transforms into a human monster in the final stage with the physical deterioration the riders reach; A role An Evenepoel that lost the tour the day before Paris (2020 vs. Pogacar) and has yet to be explored in prime ports such as the Dolomitic Alps, where ports are followed back-to-back.

“I am at my ideal weight and only perceive good feelings”, Remco Evenepoel


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Before ascending the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, the Campolongo Pass, the Valparola Pass and the famous Giau Pass; No matter how long the Roglic or Evenepoel surname is, except for the first one, which is more than 2,000 meters above sea level, where you can miss a Giro.

Only seven Spaniards

“I am at my ideal weight and only perceive good feelings. After Volta (second place) and my doubts in the mountains role They have completely disappeared,” he said. double. The duel is played on stage with only seven Spaniards – Carlos Verona being the best prepared – but there is no option to finish the race dressed in pink.

current bike duel lives and even gives the impression that only two cyclists are participating in a particular bike race. If there are many people who are already crossing their fingers, hoping that Tadej Pogacar won’t have any complications on his broken wrist on the way to Liège and that he can meet Jonas Vingegaard on the Tour; The Giro, which will start this Saturday with a 19-kilometer time trial in Abruzzo Bike LanePresented as a two-man race, the rest should be content to watch what they do and how they do it, as well as Primoz Roglic and Remco Evenepoel.

Apart from a fall, illness, or a more monumental surprise from the city of Rome, where the race ended on Sunday, May 28, the 2023 Giro was designed under the influence of a veteran and a young rebel who are starting to place Slovenia in the cycling universe. Belgians consider him the living reincarnation of Eddy Merckx. “I’m like fine wine, I get better with age,” he said between smiles. role at the presentation of racing teams. At 33, he will encounter a runner who, with ten shorts, could be his younger brother.

“I’m like fine wine, I get better with age”, Primoz Roglic


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And which one is better? In the race against time, who excels and is ready to take down the other in the three programmed stages of expertise? doubleThe only precedent between the two Alicante stages of the Vuelta 2022 passed role He’s like a steamroller, but the Slovenian cyclist came to the Spanish Tour limping from injuries that forced him to leave the Tour, and he wasn’t in shape until the end of the second week before another fall at Sevilla knocked him out of the race. There was no close combat between the two runners.

time trial menu

But, role He is the current Olympic time trial champion. “It won’t be easy,” Evenepoel conceded, recalling that he saved the Tokyo gold medal at home in a Giro where his opponent bet 72 kilometers on this type of stage, unlike the Tour and Vuelta. menu and until a time, a day from Rome (Saturday 27 May), on the slopes, which, if not already done, should give the final punishment Mount Lussari.

In this cycle that we now have to live in, every three-week race has different heroes. Roglic and Evenepoel in Giro; Vingegaard and Pogacar on the Tour and still vague favorites on the Vuelta. No one faces the challenges of the duo, for example, miguel indurainBy winning in Milan and Paris in 1992 and 1993. No one dares to do so. Alberto counter it was the last one. He won the Giro in 2015 but not the Tour.

The Three Peaks of Lavaredo and Merckx

If the three time trials are to be more than decisive, the mountain is breathtaking, with four aúpa peaks in the third week intensifying, especially with the mountain climb. Three Peaks of LavaredoIn the Dolomites (Friday 26 May), where traces of bicycle wheels still remain Eddy Merckxcommemorating the extraordinary success of the Belgian legend in 1968 in the first of five Giros he won.

Unlike the Tour and Vuelta, which dose the challenge for three weeks, in Italy they intensify all the hardness at the end, with some fireworks in between (mountain climbing, for example). Great Sasso, seventh stage and 13th stage to Crans Montana in Switzerland), El Giro transforms into a human monster in the final stage with the physical deterioration that the riders reach; A role An Evenepoel that lost the tour the day before Paris (2020 vs. Pogacar) and has yet to be explored in prime ports such as the Dolomitic Alps, where ports are followed back-to-back.

“I am at my ideal weight and only perceive good feelings”, Remco Evenepoel


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Before ascending the Three Peaks of Lavaredo, the Campolongo Pass, the Valparola Pass and the famous Giau Pass; No matter how long the Roglic or Evenepoel surname is, except for the first one, which is more than 2,000 meters above sea level, where you can miss a Giro.

Only seven Spaniards

“I am at my ideal weight and only perceive good feelings. After Volta (second place) and my doubts in the mountains role They have completely disappeared,” he said. double. The duel is played on stage with only seven Spaniards – Carlos Verona being the best prepared – but there is no option to finish the race dressed in pink.

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