2024-05-05 15:29:01
There was a small, but really small, doubt, eleven kilometers from the finish at Santuario di Europa, when Tadej Pogacar, front wheel flat, continued to roll and collapsed in the bend during the second stage of the Tour of Italy, this Sunday. A gesture of irritation and a new bike later, the Slovenian had found the peloton and might put his plan into action.
Perfect undermining work from his team and a final crushing stint from Rafal Majka launched the UAE rocket who, without his speedometer on the bike, looked a lot behind him to see the gap he was creating. But the hole was well made. And, the day following his frustrating third place in Turin, Pogacar raised his arms at the top of the long cobbled road.
At the finish, the double winner of the Tour de France did not create any significant gaps (around thirty seconds on his main pursuers, less than a minute overall), but has already put his mark on this Tour of Italy that he discovered. “Yes, Pogacar can have the pink jersey from the first day and keep it until the end,” the winner of the Giro 2000, Stefano Garzelli, told us. In the end, it might only be the second to the last day.
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