Giovanni Aleotti has done an excellent job in the climb time trial of the Sibiu Cycling Tour.The BORA-hansgrohe Italian came after 12.5 kilometers of climbing to a final time of 26 minutes and 47 seconds and this turned out to be enough for the stage victory.With one afternoon stage to go, Aleotti is even more firmly in the lead in the general classification.After today we know the final winner of the Sibiu Cycling Tour 2022. On the final day, the riders came into action twice.The climb time trial of 12.5 kilometers was very early on the program.The first rider already started at 9.00 am Dutch-Belgian time.They did that at an altitude of 643 meters, while the finish was located at 1,304 meters.In other words, this was a crucial stage in the battle for the overall victory, especially because the differences in the standings were still playable.Old acquaintance Țvetcov shows himself The first real target time was set by an old acquaintance.Home favorite Serghei Țvetcov, who in the past played for Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec and UnitedHealthcare, among others, managed to finish an excellent climb time trial for his own people.With a time of 29 minutes and 15 seconds he was allowed to take a seat in the hot seat, but Țvetcov was also aware of the fact that most of the top riders were still to come.Țvetcov's time turned out to be a good target for several riders.The same goes for Javier Romo.The Spaniard of Astana Qazaqstan managed to raise the bar even higher.What's hot, with a finishing time of 27 minutes 24 seconds he was almost two minutes faster than the Romanian.Romo then had to wait for the arrival of the toppers in the general classification.And on his teammate Stefan de Bod, who managed to take a big bite of Romo's time.With 26 minutes and 51 seconds, the South African made an explicit attempt at the stage victory.Aleotti still falls short of De Bod's time. The other GC riders then bit their teeth against De Bod's time, although one rider still managed to fall under the time of the rider of Astana Qazaqstan.Giovanni Aleotti, yesterday already winner of the queen stage at Lake Bâlea, stopped the clock after 26 minutes and 47 seconds and turned out to be another four seconds faster than De Bod.This turned out to be enough for the win, but even more important for Aleotti is that he runs even further in the general classification.Harm Vanhoucke managed to limit the damage with a third time, 14 seconds behind Aleotti, but now follows in the standings almost half a minute behind the Italian from BORA-hansgrohe.Cian Uijtdebroeks also rode a good climb time trial and set the fourth fastest time at just 15 seconds.Gijs Leemreize also just finished in the top-10: the Dutchman from Jumbo-Visma finished ninth, just over a minute behind Aleotti.Later today there will be a final hill stage of just under 100 kilometers in and around Sibiu.On the way there are three more climbs on the program, although the top of the last slope is almost thirty kilometers from the finish.In honor of the Vuelta start in the Netherlands, RIDE is making the official program guide.The special La Vuelta Holanda edition is a 40-page special edition containing everything you need to know about the stages across Dutch territory.With a lot of information about the route, of course, but – as you can expect from RIDE – you can also read the best cycling stories about the Spanish stage race.RIDE subscribers will receive the guide at home for free.So take out a subscription now.Had expected much more from Leemreize.Especially if you look at the results of Aleotti..Isn't this normal after that strong Giro?Probably barely trained for a month.Grow back slowly.In addition, Alleoti is part of a strong team here.In a climb time trial you don't have much use for your team. But I agree that Leemrijze has not made this a goal and is just building up nicely.That Alleoti won here last year and will look at it differently.@solkanar: yes I was referring to the ride yesterday regarding the team.Do you expect much more from Leemreize?It is the very first time in his career (including youth) that he is in the top 10 in a time trial.So it's totally fine.@Lacetic acid: Before the Giro, he had never even raced top 10 in a professional race.Is Aeotti a fine talent?Last year in a Tour of Poland he was also in the top 10 for the decisive time trial next to men like Hindley and Teuns.Only at Bora are there much better riders in width (certainly with the arrival of Hindley, Vlasov and Higuita) than him and so far this year he mainly had to do servants.In these kind of laps he can seize his own chance.Cian is a really great talent.Think he's better than loamreiserThat's a fact.But Leemreize is also an attractive, good driver.Piccoli 1s for Piccolo in the AK.Or was it the other way around.Move over, Remco.Here's Cian.In terms of Belgian who could do well in a Grand Tour, I think Cian Uijtdebroeks will do better than Remco Evenepoel.Furthermore, Vanhoucke's performance leaves me completely cold.You must be logged in to post a comment.