Cyclist Josef Černý took eighth place in the time trial in the second stage of the Around Catalonia race. On the 18.5 km track with the start and finish in Banyoles, the driver of the Deceuninck-Quick Step stable lagged behind the winner Rohan Dennis, two-time world time champion from Australia, by 38 seconds. Ten seconds separated Černý from the podium, his stable still had double representation on the podium.
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Czech cyclist Josef Černý during the time trial on Giro.
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Thirty-year-old Dennis in the colors of the Ineos Grenadiers team won the time trial in the big race for the first time since the 2019 World Cup triumph. . He leads the rankings at the same time as American Brandon McNulty, the fourth man in the time trial.
The Czech time trial champion Černý entered the second stage with a loss of almost a quarter of an hour to the best from the opening day. Roman Kreuziger remained the domestic number one in the overall standings, but fell to 81st place with an almost three-minute loss to the leader.
On Wednesday, the peloton will set off on a 203 km long mountain stage with the final ascent to the Vallter 2000 ski resort. The race will last until Sunday.
| Cycling stage race Around Catalonia (WorldTour) – 2nd stage (18.5 km time trial): | |
| 1. Dennis (Austr./Ineos Grenadiers) | 22:27 |
| 2. Cavagna (Fr./Deceuninck-QuickStep) | -5 |
| 3. Almeida (Portug./Deceuninck-Quick Step) | |
| 4. McNulty (USA/SAE Team Emirates) | both -28 |
| 5. Kruijswijk (Niz./Jumbo-Visma) | -33 |
| 6. Gate (Austr./Ineos Grenadiers) | -34 |
| …8. Black (ČR/Deceuninck-Quick Step) | -38 |
| 145. K. Vacek (ČR / Continue ASSOS) | -3:05 |
| 148. Hirt (ČR / Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) | -3:12 |
| 156. Kreuziger (Czech Republic / Gazprom-RusVelo) | -3:23 |
| Running order: | |
| 1. Almeida | 4:43:26 |
| 2. McNulty the same time | |
| 3. LL Sánchez (Sp. / Astana Premier-Tech) | -3 |
| 4. Kruijswijk | -5 |
| 5. Door | -6 |
| 6. A. Yates (Brit./Ineos Grenadiers) | -7 |
| …81. Kreuziger | -2:55 |
| 131. Black | -14:28 |
| 161. Hirt | -23:30 |
| 163. K. Vacek | -25:38 |
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