Matthias Schwarzbacher won the time trial on the youth Gira d’Italia
Giro d’Italia Next Gen 2025
1. Stage (RHO time trial – Rho, 8.4 km):
BRATISLAVA. Three World Champion Titles, Seven Green Green Jerseys from the Tour de France, and victories on monuments around Flanders and Paris – Roubaix.
Slovak cycling has been able to boast the phenomenal achievements of Petr Sagan for many years, who has a positive impact on her even after her career.
In 2025, cyclists, who started on the children’s tour, named after a native of Žilina, are presented in good light.
Lukáš Kubiš has received the first professional triumph at the club level, Viktória Kozená At the age of 18 he is fighting on the Grand Tour or Monuments and Matthias Schwarzbacher also crowned his performances on Sunday.
Nineteen -year -old talent won the opening time trial of Gira d’Italia under 23, making him dressed in the prestigious pink jersey of the race leader.
The victory did not expect
Schwarzbacher passed an 8400 -meter -long track in Rho at an average speed of 54.3 km/h, which is the fastest time in the history of Giro d’Iitalia Next Gen.
At 9 minutes and 17 seconds he climbed a single second Matissa van Kerckhova and six seconds gave Albert Withn Philipsen. These are riders who were third and sixth in the time trial last year.
Video: Editing from 1. Stage of Giro d’Italia Next Gen 2025
« Since it was a short time trial, my goal was to get to the top ten and you can get some seconds for opponents as a bonus before tomorrow’s stage. But I certainly did not expect the victory, » Schwarzbacher admitted.
Sitting in a hot chair was quite stressful for him and said, and he said he would have done better if he hadn’t looked at the ongoing results at all.
« What does this mean to me? I guess I need time to realize it, » said the Slovak cyclist in the colors of the UAE Emirates development team.
He also admitted that he was helped by team colleagues who started before him.
« They gave me some advice. They said to go quickly in the first part, so I went to full gas and tried to stay to the finish. In the second half of the track I was probably stronger, » said a native of Brezno.
Maybe a year with Pogačar
Schwarzbacher is experiencing a similar leap in a career to Victoria Kozená.
They were among the absolute leaders from the modest teams and show that UAE Emirates or Visma-Lease and Bike did not make a mistake in their engagement.
Schwarzbacher won the classic in Umag, finished sixth at Paris-Roubaix up to 23 years of age, or was the eighth among the professionals at the Tropo Ses Salines.
The young Slovak representative cannot praise the young Slovak representative.
« I have to say that the luxury of a rich and top team helped me a lot. There is a huge difference when you don’t have to travel home after eight hours.
I can sleep somewhere at the hotel, regenerate properly and travel the next day. It is also with food, everything is always ready for me and I focus only on racing, « he said in an interview with TV Markiza.
The respected journalist Daniel Benson recently came up with information that Schwarzbacher could ride in the A-team UAE Emirates next season.
« It’s in the process of the solution, but I don’t want to talk more about it now. I want to decide as sensible as possible and I don’t want to hurry anything, » he added.
Sagan was his inspiration
Before the youth Giro d’Italia, he underwent a high -altitude training camp and although he said he was not too much « harm », he achieved a very valuable result.
Already in the first stage he fulfilled his goal with which he came to Giro and in addition to the stage victory will help colleagues in the fight for the overall ranking.
He is the first Slovak to wear a pink jersey and the second with the win in the stage. Two stages at senior Gire were reached in 2020 and 2021 Peter Sagan.
« It was my inspiration why I started cycling. It’s a big champion. It is unnecessary to compare it, but this victory is a good start for me, » Schwarzbacher added after success in the time trial.
The Giro d’Italia Next Gen races have a total of eight stages. Of course, the stages will be key to the top of the climb, but the classics will also come into their own.
In the second stage, the riders await a wavy stage with a length of 146 km. It will be finished at a 30 km long circuit, which will be twice. They are waiting for several short hills and the final 500-meter straight has a slope of 7 percent.
