2014 Giro d'Italia Stage 19 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 19 of the 2014 Giro d'Italia! Our live time-trial times and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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Luca Scinto Says: There’s no escaping the fact that Monte Grappa is very hard and they’ll have 45 minutes of riding it flat-out. Obviously it’s about character and class at this point but grand tours are about how you manage your own strength. People always say the Giro doesn’t start until the mountains but those first 12 days or so will have been critical. They will effect riders’ performances here, because every previously wasted drop of energy will cost them double. It’s about the cumulative effect of all the silly little mistakes, all the stress, all the missed sleep. These things all make a difference and they are the factors which can decide the Giro.
Local History: Fourteen giri yet not so much as a stage win, Marostica’s Gianni Faresin was road captain for champions such as Maurizio Fondriest and Gianni Bugno between 1988 and 2004. Although he won the Giro di Lombardia in 1995, he altruistically views his greatest victory as the 1996 Giro, won by his captain, Pavel Tonkov.
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