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Bright has decided to ride the 19.00 hrs Giro.

Poke army will be here too to win all : rosa, mountain, points, white and all stages except TTs

Romoc Team Presentation for Giro d'Italia 2023
#21 - Vinncent Verhoeven
#22 - Borja Blanco
#23 - Cameron Carter
#24 - Denis Masoqust
#25 - Anton Sakala
#26 - Sylvio Simmons
#27 - Zico VanDerVouwe
#28 - Zdenek Zirok
#29 - Santiago Soler

The objectives are quite simple: stage hunters
With some luck Soler might try to get himself in the Top 10.

Stage 1: Fossacesia Marina - Ortona
1. Kenny Pickett (RSV Gera)
2. Santiago Soler (Romoc Riders) +1:03
3. Rod Woodson (RSV Gera) +1:04

Gera gets the first Maglia Rosa of this year after a solid win in the ITT stage. Not a lot to say tonight but we had some interesting differences between the GT guys.

Stage count:
RSV Gera - 1

Stage 2 was the first opportunity for sprinters to fight for ciclamino jersey and Motor Trachenberge worked controlled the stage for a Gai Belin's photofinish win against Vinncent Verhoeven (Romoc Riders), with Poke's Connor Carthy coming in 3rd. RSV Gera still in Pink.

Stage 3 was the first breakaway real chance and a group with Bahrain-Merida, Cultural Salamanca, Pokemongatari and Medical Service finished with 27 seconds in front of the favo's group. Emil Ederson (Bahrain-Merida) brought the win for the german team. Santiago Soler (Romoc Riders) is the new leader.

Stage 4 brought us the first GC battle with an attack from Najee Harris (RSV Gera) on the last climb. He reached the finish line in 2nd place, being overtaken by Leonard Daghenlickx (Motor Trachenberge) who brought the second win for the team. They finished only one second in front of the other climbers. Soler still in Pink after losing 13 seconds.

Stage count:
Motor Trachenberge - 2
RSV Gera - 1
Bahrain-Merida - 1