Fighting for every second ⏱️ GC contenders Primoz Roglic, Tao Geoghegan Hart and Geraint Thomas battle to reduce Remco Evenepoel's lead heading into tomorrow's time trials. #giroditalia
"Ineos Grenadiers having two leaders in the team, they can really start to play the numbers game" - Blythe, McEwen and Lloyd believe INEOS can put Giro under pressure
CyclingSunday, 14 May 2023 at 16:00
INEOS Grenadiers have brought most of their fire into the Giro d'Italia and they seem to be bringing the result from it. Geraint Thomas has surged back to his best form, and together with a motivated Tao Geoghegan Hart, the British team can realistically be in the battle for the overall win as it stands.
"For me, Tao went the quickest up the final climb because he started further back, had to make his way up. Just as he and Geraint got onto Remco’s wheel, you saw him almost take a breath and go ‘we are not going to take this guy with us if we are going to go'," Blythe said in Eurosport's The Cycling Show. "I’m very happy that Primoz is in good condition. But with Ineos Grenadiers having two leaders in the team, they can really start to play the numbers game. That’s what is going to make it very difficult for Remco and Primoz."
Thomas, after a rough start to the season, as been one of the two riders to respond to Primoz Roglic's attack yesterday into Fossombrone. The other was Hart, and the two worked with the Slovenian to take 15 seconds on Remco Evenepoel and the closest chasers. A great sign from the team which has also been in control of the mountainous days, with Laurens de Plus, Pavel Sivakov and Thymen Arensman near the front.
“We got way more than we bargained for and it was so good to see, especially on the back of Remco’s comments the other day – ‘Roglic and his team are nervous’,” McEwen said. “Wow, didn’t they come back in his face!”
The main takeaway from the day was the time loss by the Belgian, which was unexpected perhaps as he shown confidence in the days after his crash. Maybe a bad day or the effect of an injury, more conclusions will be taken in the upcoming days. “He’s clearly still relaxed and I think he’s very confident going into tomorrow. It’s more of the rest of the big road stages to come that I’m starting to think ‘is he going to still have it then?'" Dan Lloyd argued.
The race has been very conservative so far, and it should be on stage 13 that the GC riders create the first big differences uphill.
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