Ciao ragazzi! Welcome to live coverage of the 102th edition of the Giro d'Italia. We're in Bologna for the opening time trial - a 8km race against the clock with a sting in the tail in the form of a savagely steep climb up to the Santuario di San Luca.

Roglic - who has won all three stage races he's entered this year - is one of my "Big Five" riders who I feel can win this Giro. The others are the 2017 champion Tom Dumoulin, the 2018 Vuelta champion Simon Yates, who came so close to winning last year, the double champion Vincenzo Nibali, and the Colombian tyro Miguel Angel Lopez. Read about there chances in our full race preview here...

This is what's in store for the riders - a reverse ski-jump of a profile which, oddly enough, may suit the ex-ski jumper Primoz Roglic, who is the form man entering this race.