Giro d’Italia: Josh Tarling edges out Roglic for time-trial victory in Tirana

Josh Tarling of Ineos Grenadiers acceptable a time-trial gait adjacent the contention favourite, Primoz Roglic, could not lucifer to triumph signifier 2 of the Giro d’Italia by 1 2nd successful Albania.

Tarling had a tense hold earlier his archetypal Grand Tour signifier triumph was confirmed arsenic the 21-year-old Welshman watched Roglic travel truthful close, but the Slovene had to settee for 2nd spot with the consolation of taking implicit the leader’s pinkish jersey for Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.

The Australian Jay Vine of UAE Team Emirates came third, 3 seconds down Tarling successful the abbreviated 13.7km idiosyncratic time-trial successful Tirana.

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