Roma. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar comfortably received his debut within the Giro d’Italia by sustaining his unattainable lead within the common classification after the twenty first and closing stage held on Sunday in Rome, profitable with the most important margin within the common classification since 1965.
The UAE Crew Emirates rider, 25 years outdated, had placed on his sweater chief since profitable the second stage, the primary of his six stage wins, and completed Sunday’s flat 125-kilometre course safely within the peloton as Tim Merlier received the stage.
Merlier (Soudal-Fast-Step) overtook the Italian Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) and the Belgian received his third stage. Milan had returned to the lead for the dash of the peloton after struggling a fall on the final lap to the Everlasting Metropolis.
Milan, winner of three phases, wins the factors classification, forward of the Australian Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck), who completed third within the final stage.
Pogacar completed 9 minutes and 56 seconds forward of Colombian Daniel Martínez (BORA-Hansgrohe), with final yr’s runner-up, Welshman Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), third total 28 seconds behind.
He provides the Giro title to his two Tour de France wins in 2020 and 2021, and he did it in type, demonstrating precisely why he had been the pre-race favourite as nobody even got here near difficult him after his time of the second day.
Final yr’s winner and fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic was absent from the race, together with Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard, however nothing can detract from Pogacar’s dominance in Italy, and now his focus would be the Tour de France.
Pogacar took management on stage seven by profitable the person time trial forward of Filippo Ganna, extending his result in greater than two and a half minutes.
Ganna took revenge within the following time trial, however Pogacar additional widened the hole along with his rivals by ending second, and on stage 15 all the pieces was virtually determined when the Slovenian received his fourth stage and put three extra minutes of distinction between him and Thomas.
Pogacar received the subsequent stage, marked by the climate situations, and confirmed no mercy on the penultimate day, wherein he left alone to win his sixth stage and consolidate his dominance over the sweater pink, with a bonus within the common classification that had not been seen in nearly 60 years within the Giro.
The Slovenian additionally received the mountain classification and Pogacar was capable of loosen up on the final day and revel in his first trip via the streets of the Italian capital with the understanding that he was the winner of the Giro with out a shadow of a doubt.
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– 2024-06-01 23:25:36
