Rain showers and thunderstorms were forecast for the evening. So most GC riders opted for an early start in the hope of avoiding bad conditions. Simon Yates doesn’t mind though. The Briton is the second to last rider to roll down the start ramp.
Most important start times:
16:50 Tom Dumoulin
16:52 Ilnur Zakarin
16:54 Miguel Ángel López
16:55 Davide Formolo
16:56 Bob Jungels
16:57 Victor Campenaerts
16:58 Vincenzo Nibali
17:01 Primoz Roglic
17:02 Mikel Landa
17:11 Tao Geoghegan Hart
17:33 Pavel Sivakov
17:34 Sam Oomen
17:49 Bauke Mollema
18:01 Rafal Majka
19:43 Simon Yates
19:45 Salvatore Puccio (last rider)
Giro d’Italia 2019 stage 1: interactive map, climb, videos
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More important start times and Carapaz is not listed???