In his first race wearing the Swiss national time trial skinsuit in 2016, Silvan Dillier crossed the line after stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia as the best placed BMC rider in tenth place. Teammate and compatriot Stefan Küng was in track for a top-ten result having passed through the intermediate time check one second down on eventual winner Tom Dumoulin only to come unstuck on a corner and lose 30 seconds.
"It was actually a good time trial for me with some corners, and some efforts sprinting out of the corners so this is actually what suits me quite well. I didn't really know where I would finish because it's actually the first time trial for me this year. So I'm pretty happy with tenth place," said Dillier who rode the 2015 Giro. "I was really excited when I put on my Swiss National Time Trial kit today for the first time with my white shoe covers. So I thought to myself even if I don't go very fast at least I'll look good!"
Dillier, who hadn't ridden a time trial since the 2015 Richmond Worlds when he finished in 30th place, added he expects the 40.5km stage 9 time trial to better suit his characteristics which he is looking forward to after his moral boosting ride
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"The next time trial in the Chianti region could be a good one for me too so I'm looking forward to this one as well. The last one is completely uphill and doesn't suit me at all," added the 25-year-old
While Dillier was upbeat following his tenth place, Küng was left to reflect on could have been after his late crash as he explained.
"I felt really good since leaving the start block. I was really on, I really had it, feeling good, feeling powerful, and had good speed," said the 22-year-old who is also making his second appearance at the Giro.
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