Remco Evenepoel wins the eighth Giro d'Italia time trial from Savignano sul Rubicone to Cesena , 35km long. The Belgian precedes Geraint Thomas by only one second and the other Briton of Team Ineos Tao Geoghegan Hart by two seconds.

Sixth place for Primoz Roglic , who arrives 17" from the leader, while Damiano Caruso performed well, tenth at 41" from Evenepoel.

Leknessund loses the pink jersey to Evenepoel, arriving 1'15” behind.

ARRIVAL ORDER:

1 EVENEPOEL Remco Soudal - Quick Step 0:41:24

2 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 0:01

3 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao INEOS Grenadiers 0:02

4 KÜNG Stefan Groupama - FDJ 0:04

5 ARMIRAIL Bruno Groupama - FDJ 0:08

6 ROGLIC Primozh Jumbo-Visma 0:17

7 ARENSMAN Thymen INEOS Grenadiers 0:24

8 VLASOV Alexander BORA - hansgrohe 0:30

9 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 0:35

10 CARUSO Damian Bahrain - Victorious 0:42

11 VINE Jay UAE Team Emirates 0:50

12 KÄMNA Lennard BORA - hansgrohe 0:51

13 BARTA Will Movistar Team 0:52

14 DE PLUS Laurens INEOS Grenadiers 0:57

15 MOLLEMA Bauke Trek-Segafredo 0:59

GENERAL RANKING:

1 Evenepoel Remco Soudal - Quick Step

2 THOMAS Geraint INEOS Grenadiers 0:45

3 ROGLIC Primozh Jumbo-Visma 0:47

4 GEOGHEGAN HART Tao INEOS Grenadiers 0:50

5 ALMEIDA João UAE Team Emirates 1:07

6 LEKNESSUND Andreas DSM team ,,

7 VLASOV Alexander BORA - hansgrohe 1:48

8 CARUSO Damian Bahrain - Victorious 2:13

9 KÄMNA Lennard BORA - hansgrohe 2:37

10 SIVAKOV Pavel INEOS Grenadiers 3:00

11 VINE Jay UAE Team Emirates 3:09

12 DUNBAR Eddie Team Jayco AlUla 3:17

13 ARENSMAN Thymen INEOS Grenadiers ,,

14 DE PLUS Laurens INEOS Grenadiers 3:21

15 PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien AG2R Citroën Team 3:33

Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency