Tadej Pogacar Wins Nearly Half of Giro Stages - Surprises Fans and Competitors

With 3 out of 8, Tadej Pogacar has won just under half of the Giro stages so far. The Slovenian was also the lord and master of Prati di Tivo. “I didn’t expect this,” he marveled in the flash interview after the finish.Our pink jumper Renaat Schotte was in a funny mood.

Tadaj Pogacar it didn’t really get interesting. Even though he was drilled left and right, the Slovenian never had to catch the 8th grade.

“I didn’t expect the platform to win today, not at all,” he said surprisingly in his first response.

“My team Emirates Team UAE he did a great job. The differences were limited at the bottom of the final climb and Rafal (Majka, right) led well.”

“It’s great that I’m winning here in the Giro after already winning here in Tirreno-Adriatico. My teammates said they wanted to go for the win after the first long climb of the day. I also had confidence when I saw them drive.”

Pogacar also managed traffic smoothly in the final. “Daniel Martinez is a very good finisher and I saw him as my main competition. There was some aggression, but I was more or less in control.”

On Sunday the final stage will be in Naples before we can rest. “I hope it will be a calm day, but the last 50 kilometers are difficult. I have to stay focused, but I can’t wait for the next day.”

“The most important thing is still to win in Rome,” said Tadej Pogacar to our Renaat Schotte. “Though it’s been great so far.”

“Yesterday I didn’t expect the win, nor today. But Mikkel Bjerg inspired me. If your team works so hard, you want to pay them back.”

Pogacar already has 17 Grand Tour stage victories in his backpack. He is already outperforming Miguel Indurain and Marco Pantani, among others.

“Now I’m going for Eddy (Merckx) and Mark (Cavendish). No, I’m joking. Maybe I can stop earlier. You won’t get tired of me. Merckx has 64? Pfff. That’s too much,” he finished with a funny face and a sigh.