Giro d'Italia 2019 stage one time trial start times: Tom Dumoulin off first

Simon Yates will be the third last rider to set off

Tom Dumoulin racing the time trial in Tirreno-Adriatico 2019 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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By Jonny Long
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Stage one of the 2019 Giro d'Italia is a short individual time trial, which will provide an immediate test for the GC contenders.

The 8.2km course is flat for the first six kilometres before a 2km climb to the finish, which has an average gradient of 9.7 per cent.

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Jonny Long

Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.

Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).

I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.

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