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No sooner do we say that than she is eclipsed by Beckie Storrie, the British Picnic-PostNL rider clocking 10:10.
Katelyn Nicholson has the current best time at the intermediate time check, the Australian stopping the clock in 10:38.
Eleonora La Bella (Aromitalia Vaiano) just started. She wore the blue mountains jersey in yesterday’s stage after taking maximum point on Sunday’s only climb at Ca’ del Poggio.
Robyn Clay (Picnic-PostNL) has just started. the British rider is among the first of the WorldTour team riders off the ramp. Clay is in her first year at this level, after coming to the sport late in life.
Though the early riders head off the ramp at one minute intervals, the final 15, will start with three minute intervals.
The remaining 7.4km is horrendous, with an average gradient of 8%, there are early ramps of 12% before the slope eases off to something more manageable.
The route is a tough one. Just 12.7km, it comes in two halves.
The first 5.3km to the intermediate time check is up and down and averages only 1.5% gradient.
Riders start at one minute intervals in the reverse order of the general classification, so Elisa Balsamo will be the final rider.
Two of Marinetto’s team mates, Sara Segala and Katelyn Nicholson are the next two off the ramp.
The first rider off
The first rider for this year’s race is Ilaria Marinetto, the Mendelspeck E-Work rider was in the breakaway on stage one, but started today as the last rider on the general classification.
Elena Cecchini is still on home roads for today’s TT, though we’re further west than yesterday’s stage. And further into the mountains, north of Vittorio Veneto, a city Sunday’s stage passed through.
We start at 13:20CET in Belluno for the 12.7km race to Nevegal, with the first rider off at 13:20 and the last at 16:02.
Giro d’Italia women stage 4 time trial start times.
Such is the route for today’s TT we’re likely to get a new race leader, but yesterday Elisa Balsamo took a third stage and maglia rosa.
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