Belgian cyclist Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) returned to the lead of the general classification of the Tour of Italy this Sunday by winning stage ninth’s individual time trial by a margin of one second ahead of Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS). ), second.
Evenepoel had already won the inaugural ‘chrono’ and this Sunday he again committed himself in the individual exercise, covering 35 kilometers between Savignano sur Rubicone and Cesena in 41.24 minutes, one second faster than Thomas and two to one another Brit from INEOS, Tao Geoghegan Hart, who took third.
In the overall accounts, the Belgian takes the lead from Norwegian Andreas Leknessund (DSM) and is 45 seconds ahead of Thomas, second, and 47 seconds ahead of Hart, third, with Portugal’s João Almeida (UAE Emirates), ninth this Sunday in the run, dropped one place to fifth, 1.07 minutes behind the leader.
On Monday, the peloton will enjoy its first rest day since the start of the race and will return to competition on Tuesday.
Source: DN
