Filippo GANNA. 10 and praise. Starts strong, to finish even stronger. The last four kilometers at over 63 kilometers per hour (62.970, precisely for the last 4,200 meters), with a final average that is far superior to 56 (56.200 km/h). A show of force for our champion who waited patiently for his moment, putting himself at the service of the team, trying to preserve a leg that today was dynamite. Pippo returns to victory: 9th success in a Grand Tour, third of the season, the 35th of his career. Today's trial was supposed to be 27 km, while it was condensed to 12.2. A shortened trial, for an extra-large performance.

Jay VINE. 10. Fear makes 90: hundredths. He moves like a locomotive, like a train or a lightning bolt, he moves like a rocket or a missile: he moves. He gives our good giant a scare, who for a moment holds his breath. Ninety hundredths to remain behind Ganna: nothing, which today is everything.

Joao ALMEIDA. 8. Tries to nibble away something from his direct rival Vingegaard. He takes 10 from him. Clearly, a shortened time trial was a damage for him, but there's ground to try to overturn the situation: 40" are not an eternity, even if they can become one.

Bruno ARMIRAIL. 7.5. Good performance for the Decathlon Ag2r transalpine. A fourth place with the nobility of this Vuelta is not a trivial thing.

Ivo OLIVEIRA. 7. The Portuguese tries to contrast the Italian champion. He puts on a performance of absolute level, which places him at the top of the rankings, giving important indications to Ayuso, Almeida and Jay Vine, but while he's at it, he stays there, just behind our champion.

Stefan KÜNG. 5.5. He was considered the natural alternative to Ganna at the eve, the Swiss goes fast, but not very fast. And if in a trial like this you don't go beyond your limits, in the presence of Ganna it's clearly a limit.

Jonas VINGEGAARD. 6.5. He doesn't appear brilliant, but champions have the strength to defend themselves brilliantly even in difficulties. He does it, on the eve of Saturday's big stage.

Juan AYUSO. 5.5. Among the men of a certain level in his team, he's the one who goes worst. Out of the top ten, and it's not like him.

Tom PIDCOCK. 6.5. Runs to defend his third place: conservative race, where he recovers 3" from Hindley.

Giulio PELLIZZARI. 6. Time trial thinking about the total and final battle on Saturday. Time trial to stay there, without overdoing it.

Oscar RIESEBEEK. 6. The 32-year-old Dutch rider of Alpecin - Deceuninck inaugurates the time trial in Valladolid. Starts first, to try not to finish last (arrives 128th at 1'45"), but last in the rankings - for eleven minutes - he remains the same.