Giro Rosa gallery: Trek-Segafredo wins the opening TTT
The biggest stage race in women’s cycling got underway on Friday in the town of Grosetto, Italy. The 2020 Giro Rosa comprises nine stages and the first of those was a 16.8 km team time trial, won by Trek-Segafredo. Photgrapher David Powell is at the race for CyclingTips to capture all the action. Here’s what he saw on stage 1.
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- Spanish champion Mavi Garcia headlines the Ale BTC Ljubljana squad at this year’s race.
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- Poland’s Kasia Niewiadoma will surely feature at some point during the race.
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- Marianne Vos with directions for her teammates ahead of the stage.
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- Mitchelton-Scott are the defending champions courtesy of Annemiek van Vleuten. The Aussie squad finished third on the day.
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- The riders of Trek-Segafredo warm up ahead of their effort.
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- Gun sprinter Kirsten Wild won’t have many opportunities at this year’s race. It’s a lumpy route with several uphill finishes,
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- Boels-Dolmans rode well enough for second on the stage.
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- Trek-Segafredo en route to a new best time of 20:05 for the 16.8 km effort – an average of 50.2 km/h.
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- Local rider Elisa Longo Borghini realises she’ll wear the first maglia rosa of this year’s race.
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- Team debrief ahead of the podium.
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- Longo Borghini will lead the race into Saturday’s stage 2.
