
Faced with an obvious question, Primož Roglič gave an obvious answer. "Are you satisfied with the result, Primož?" a television reporter inquired after stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia. "Yes," he replied. What else did he need to say?
A little over a week ago in Ortona, Roglič conceded over two seconds per kilometre to Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) in the opening time trial of the Giro, and many expected the Belgian to dole out similar punishment over the 35km from Savignano sul Rubicone to Cesena on Sunday.