After a much-needed rest day on Monday, the riders in the 2010 Giro d'Italia are chucked back in the deep end today with a 12.9km individual mountain time trial up Plan de Corones.
Sunshine and warm temperatures greeted the riders this morning, but it won't make their ascent of the fearsome 2,273 metre Plan de Corones any easier. The gradient hits 24 per cent in places, and the road is gravelly and rough.
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