He 107 Giro d’Italia will return to activity this Tuesday with the tenth stage, a day that comes after the first day of rest that the cyclists took advantage of to disconnect and take care of their various commitments. The head of the race, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacarhe said after arriving at Naples He said he would park his bike for a while and take advantage of his free time to treat himself to pizza and ice cream, which he made in half. ‘Handsome’ He stretched his legs on the bike today and decided that the best thing he could do was explore the stage route today, and then he closed the day by eating ice cream at the ice cream parlor. ‘Il Platano’.
Pogacar wants to control everything at the start of the second week of the Giro, even if he dominates the general classification with an iron hand. He has a 2’40” margin compared to the Colombian fighter Daniel Felipe Martínezwho is currently winning the game against the Welshman Geraint Thomas and the truth is that it is difficult to imagine any rival who could challenge him for the throne of Corsa Rosa after winning three of the first nine seasons and wearing the pink jersey in eight.
Pogacar wins everywhere. He won the time trial, sprint and high finish, he just needs to star in an epic victory like one of the Street Bianche when he attacked 80 kilometers from the finish line after announcing it at the start. It was this bravery that led him to be marked by a new one Eddy Merckx, who from his home applauded the exhibitions of his Slovenian disciple.
So far, Pogacar has been the Slovenian with the most pink days at the Giro, 8, compared to seven in Primoz Roglicwith that difference ‘Rogla’ He did it in two editions. Having surpassed this record, there are still other marks to obliterate or seal for the leader of UAE Team Emirates, who faces his first Giro and has always finished on the podium in the five grand tours he has run (3rd in 2019 Vuelta, 1st in the Tour of 2020 and 2021, and 2nd in the Tour of 2022 and 2023). If he ends up winning the Corsa Rosa Pogacar will become only the second cyclist in history to step on the podium in all the three-week races he has run, after Alfredo Binda.
In addition, Pogacar is seeking to become the fourth cyclist in the past 30 years to win the Giro in his debut year, after Contador (2008), Quintana (2014) and Bernal (2021); and the third to enter the podium of the big three in his debut year, then Hinault and Gimoniwith the big challenge of finishing off winning the Giro and doing the same in the Tour, something no one has achieved since Marco Pantani (1998) and Miguel Indurain (1993). But there are still twelve episodes
Source: La Verdad
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