Jan Barta 27th in opening ITT of Giro d’Italia
In the opening time trial of the Giro d’Italia in the Danish town of Herning, Jan Barta came in 27th as Team NetApp’s best rider. Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team) will be the first to wear the Maglia Rosa; Geraint Thomas (Sky Procycling) and Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Barracuda) came in second and third place.
The 8.7-kilometre course in Herning was technically demanding. In addition to several sharp curves on the first half of the route, a headwind during the second half made the time trial all the more difficult. “I’m satisfied with the team’s performance. The riders stayed completely within our range of expectations. Jan rode to a remarkable result by finishing 27th. The world’s best riders are starting in the Giro, so we put up a good fight,” Sport Director Jens Heppner said in his assessment.
The start and finish of tomorrow’s second stage of the Giro d’Italia will also be in Herning. 60 of the total 206 kilometers go along the North Sea, with a local 12.4-km finishing lap awaiting riders at the end. “Tomorrow might be a really hard race with a lot of crosswind. Here the key will be to ride extremely attentively from the very beginning,” Heppner explained.
stage 1, 5 May: ITT Herning, 8.7 km
stage 2, 6 May: Herning - Herning 206 km
stage 3, 7 May: Horsens - Horsens, 190 km
stage 4, 9 May: TTT Verona - Verona, 33.2 km
stage 5, 10 May: Modena - Fano, 209 km
stage 6, 11 May: Urbino - Porto Sant’Elpidio, 210 km
stage 7, 12 May: Recanati - Rocca di Cambio, 205 km
stage 8, 13 May: Sulmona - Lago Laceno, 229 km
stage 9, 14 May: San Giorgio del Sannio - Frosinone, 166 km
stage 10, 15 May: Civitavecchia - Assisi, 186 km
stage 11, 16 May: Assisi - Montecatini Terme, 255 km
stage 12, 17 May: Seravezza - Sestri Levante, 155 km
stage 13, 18 May: Savona - Cervere, 121 km
stage 14, 19 May: Cherasco - Cervinia, 206 km
stage 15, 20 May: Busto Arsizio - Lecco/Piani dei Resinelli, 169 km
stage 16, 22 May: Limone sul Garda - Falzes/Pfalzen, 173 km
stage 17, 23 May: Falzes/Pfalzen - Cortina d’Ampezzo, 186 km
stage 18, 24 May: San Vito di Cadore - Vedelago, 149 km
stage 19, 25 May: Treviso - Alpe di Pampeago/Val di Fiemme, 198 km
stage 20, 26 May: Caldes/Val di Sole - Passo dello Stelvio, 219 km
stage 21, 27 May: ITT Milano - Milano, 30.1 km
