The Slovenian cyclist Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) has reached this Saturday the lead in the 108th Tour of Male Italy with his second place in stage 2, individual counterreloj of 13.7 kilometers per Tyran Grenadiers).
Through the streets of the capital of Albania, Tarling signed a final record of 16:07, although in the only intermediate point of the tour he had made 10:13 and was 5 ” behind Roglic. However, the Welsh squeezed in the next stretch of the stage after spending the only 190 -meter refraining that appeared on the quiet profile of this day.
In search of that ‘Maglia’ Rosa, Roglic 10:08 complicated the rest of the important names of the platoon. The Danish Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), who on the day before had also won the opening stage also on Albanian soil, defended his pink status and ended seventh the stage, 12 ” of the winner and only 11 ” of the new List of the leadership.
10 ” It was the advantage that Pedersen had achieved last Friday with respect to Roglic and the other ‘chicken’ of the platoon, with the exception of the Spanish Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step) due to his premature withdrawal for suffering a fracture of the T11 vertebra after a fall in stage 1.
A Spaniard who presumably will fight for the podium, Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), concluded this counterreloj in the tenth place with a time in the finish line of 16:24, 17 ” of the British winner. And in this way, Ayuso amounted to the fifth place of the general classification, 16 ” of a Roglic (03:52:32) that leads Pedersen only for 1 ”.
Looking ahead to stage 3, the tour will provide this Sunday a mountainous profile on 160 kilometers with departure and arrival in Vlorë, still in the territory of Albania. They could see movements dealing with the QAFA E Llogareasë (Llogara Paso), second category rise that measures 10.7 kilometers and has average slope of 7.4%, with 12%peaks.