Giro 2023: Lenard Kamna clearly defeated at the start – Remko Evenpoel dominates time trial and takes pink jersey

Slovenian Primoz Roglic, Evenpoel’s biggest competitor for the overall win, lost 43 seconds in the first exchange of blows for sixth.

“I would say it was a solid performance on a difficult track but also a good one. In the end I’m still within striking distance of the other classification drivers and I think you can definitely be satisfied with this start,” Kamna said.

Pure climbers like Jack Haig (+1:36), Hugh Carthy (+1:56), Santiago Buitrago (+2:02) or Domenico Pozzovivo (+2:11) lost more time than Kamna at the start of the three week-long Tour, But who did noticeably worse in his own discipline than he did in last year’s Giro that started in Budapest, where he finished eighth.

Evenepoel with the perfect Giro start

“I’m very happy with this start,” said Evenboul in an interview with the winner. “I had a good pace right away, I managed to keep my rhythm and focused less on the distance to Roglic and more on winning the stage.”

The riders around Pascal Ackermann and Mark Cavendish will get their first chance on Stage 2 on Sunday.