So, where were we? In the cool Apennine mountains, but now, after the second rest day, the scenario changes, calling under the spotlight the time trial specialists. "Now it's my turn" is the full acceptance of a leading role, and the one uttering those words through Gazzetta is Filippo Ganna, tempted by the 42 km from Viareggio to Massa. The latter city is the birthplace of TV presenter Francesca Fialdini, as Corriere recalls in its section presenting the stage locations. There's a headline that looks like a real estate advertisement but is instead a manifest declaration of love: "Looking for a home to return and live in Massa".

From matters of the heart to the cold, yet intriguing, world of artificial intelligence. You get a bit frightened when you read the word sorcerers on Corriere, but calm down, they're the AI ones, a fundamental tool for performance prediction. "A work appointment today will prevent you from watching on TV the 42-kilometer time trial from Viareggio to Massa that could turn the 109th Giro d'Italia around? Don't worry, Corriere della Sera is able to anticipate the result for you. Filippo Ganna will conquer it in a time between 44'35" and 45'25", pedaling between 55 and 56 km/hour". This is anything but prophecy, here there is science, but since we're talking about endurance sports it's nice to refer to Eulalio's statements, who maintains (copyright Pereira) convincingly that miracles in cycling don't exist: "rather, there is work, commitment, the desire to suffer...". It's not, in short, merely a statement in the name of resilience, on the day when Il Giornale nonetheless offers a vision focused on the importance of preparation techniques, headlining: "Active recovery and nutrition. These are the rules of recovery".

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT
GANNA, AND NOW IT'S MY TURN
He has never backed down, for better or worse, and certainly has no intention of starting now. "Now it's my turn", is the synthesis of Filippo Ganna's thinking, so far at the service of Thymen Arensman and Egan Bernal in the first nine stages of the Giro d'Italia. The Gazzetta race, having left behind the second of three rest days, restarts today with a 42-kilometer flat time trial from Viareggio to Massa that is music to the ears of our giant. Jonas Vingegaard will try to take the pink jersey from Afonso Eulalio but for today's victory, Ganna – starting at 14:20 – is the most bankable name, even though the fickle weather could complicate things because rain is forecast. (Ciro Scognamiglio)

CORRIERE DELLA SERA
A TIME TRIAL CHANGES LIFE. THE MOVES STUDIED AT THE DRAWING BOARD BY THE AI SORCERERS
A work appointment today will prevent you from watching on TV the 42-kilometer time trial from Viareggio to Massa that could turn the 109th Giro d'Italia around? Don't worry, Corriere della Sera is able to anticipate the result for you. Filippo Ganna will conquer it in a time between 44'35" and 45'25", pedaling between 55 and 56 km/hour. Jonas Vingegaard will take between 47'10" and 48'00" and will be the best among the big men while the gap of our Giulio Pellizzari from the Dane will oscillate between 2' and 4'. The gap in the standings between Vingegaard (in pink tonight, you can be sure of it) and Giulio will widen to over 5'.

REPUBBLICA
EULALIO, THE PINK JERSEY WEARER WHO HAS NEVER WON ANYTHING: "I ONLY HAVE FUN IF I SUFFER"
Eulalio maintains that miracles in cycling don't exist. "Rather, there is work, commitment, the desire to suffer and I have plenty of it, otherwise I wouldn't be here". Afonso Eulalio, 24 years old, Portuguese born in Figueira da Foz, in the Beiras region, among beaches and waves as tall as buildings, will start last in the time trial from Viareggio to Massa, as the leader of the Giro d'Italia. (Cosimo Cito)

IL GIORNALE
"ACTIVE RECOVERY AND NUTRITION. THESE ARE THE RULES OF RECOVERY"
Today the 42 km time trial, from Viareggio to Massa. Vingegaard is likely to give another lesson to everyone, even though our Filippo Ganna is the great favorite. It's not certain, however, that the Dane – so far as calculating as few others – decides to get closer to the young Portuguese Afonso Eulalio in the pink jersey without stripping it from his shoulders. It also suits Jonas to leave it on the shoulders of the young Portuguese: perhaps until Pila. (Pier Augusto Stagi)

L'ÉQUIPE
HANDS TO ADJUST
Yesterday the Giro d'Italia set up its camp in the province of Lucca, alternating photos taken at the Leaning Tower of Pisa, confined along the Ligurian coast at Forte dei Marmi and pleasant walks with affogato breaks in Lucca. A bit of truce and rest before starting a second week that today will kick off with a bang, with an individual 42-kilometer time trial along the coast between Viareggio and Massa. For the second time in his career, Vingegaard will face a time trial of over 40 kilometers (after the 40.7-kilometer stage between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour at the 2022 Tour de France), and his rivals already fear the worst. (Julien Chesnais)

TUTTOSPORT
GANNA'S BIG DAY, THE HOUR OF TRUTH ARRIVES
There are moments that define a story, that shape destiny. Speaking of cycling, and especially of Grand Tours, there are days that can imprint a turning point, that can outline roles and power dynamics. With the great mountains still on the horizon and with surprises around every corner, it's clear to say that the 42-kilometer time trial with which the 109th edition of the Giro inaugurates its second week of racing is placed right in one of those days. (Daniele Tirinnanzi)

CORRIERE DELLO SPORT
CIONI: "IT'S GANNA'S TIME"
With a runway like the one on the Versilia seafront, the hour of Top Ganna has come. From Viareggio to Massa, 42 kilometers of flat time trial to flatten at the speed of sound, as already done in March in the shorter variant of Tirreno-Adriatico. The two-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist in the discipline will start at 14:20, while pink jersey Afonso Eulalio will close the line at 16:31, three minutes after Jonas Vingegaard (16:28). Filippo Ganna is seeking his eighth victory at the Giro d'Italia (it would be his seventh in time trials) and the time trial coach of Netcompany Ineos Dario David Cioni, who has been following him since 2019, tells us how the approach of the champion from Verbania has been. (Alberto Dolfin)