
UAE Team Emirates' hopes of offering a powerful collective challenge to Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and the other Giro d’Italia GC contenders were boosted considerably on Saturday in the opening individual time trial.
UAE came away with an excellent third place for João Almeida, who wore pink through 15 stages of the 2020 Giro d’Italia, as well as top ten finishes for teammates Jay Vine and Brandon McNulty.