Jack Haig believes Remco Evenepoel will "probably get a minute" on Giro d'Italia time-trial, cancelling out any time losses following stage 8

Despite losing time to the likes of Primoz Roglic, Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart in a dramatic conclusion to stage 8 at the Giro d'Italia, Jack Haig expects that Remco Evenepoel will more than make up the difference on today's individual time-trial.

Speaking to Cycling News, the Bahrain - Victorious leader who currently sits 13th in the general classification, 2:06 down on the overall leader Andreas Leknessund, Haig admits that Evenepoel showing his first signs of weakness will undoubtedly be "the biggest takeaway" from stage 8. But with today's individual time-trial come a chance for redemption for the Belgian. "He'll probably get a minute there so in that sense, the time he's lost today will be negligible."

As mentioned, Haig is still in touching distance of the other big GC favourites and alongside his teammate Damiano Caruso who currently lies in 9th, 1:39 down, the Bahrain - Victorious duo have had a solid start to the race. "I'm there or thereabouts. I'll just do the best chrono I can tomorrow," Haig said following the conclusion to stage 8. "We wait for the proper mountains to arrive because we haven't had a proper mountain test yet. That'll come next week."

Despite not being a 'proper mountain', stage 8 was still a real test for the riders. "Luckily there was no rain which was nice a change for the Giro this year, and then DSM controlled it all at the start The first time over the fourth cat., Ineos went super-hard, that set it up for the last 45 kilometres," Haig recaps. "Then we rode relatively hard, changing between Ineos and Jumbo-Visma on the second last climb. Then coming into the bottom of the final climb it was basically a race to the top because the time you had at the top was more or less the time you'd have at the bottom."