Five talking points from stage one of the Giro d'Italia 2019

Primož Roglič took the stage win with Simon Yates trailing by 19 seconds

Primož Roglič in command

Primoz Roglic on stage one of the Giro d'Italia 2019 (Pierre Teyssot/Action Plus via Getty Images)
(Image credit: Action Plus via Getty Images)

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.