(Reuters) - Primoz Roglic emerged as the overwhelming favourite for the Giro d'Italia title when the Slovenian won the ninth stage, a 34.8-km individual time trial from Riccione on Sunday. Italian Valerio Conti (Team UAE) retained the overall leader's pink jersey after finishing 3:34 behind Lotto Jumbo-Visma rider Roglic, who crushed most of the overall contenders with a time of 51 minutes 52 seconds. It's nice to take some time over the other GC favorites but the Giro is far from over," said Roglic. Overall, Conti, who is not among the main GC contenders, leads Roglic, winner of the first time trial, by 1:50. Roglic has a one minute 44 second advantage over Nibali in the overall standings before the Giro hits the mountains, and 3:46 on Yates.

Source: The Star May 19, 2019 16:41 UTC