No more qualifiers with good performance of Tadej Pogacar. This Sunday, the Slovenian gave a new example of his courage, his insatiable appetite, with a new devastating attack in front of his rivals, who had already lost from the beginning, who were content to devote their energy and fight among themselves for two places. in the championship that leaves vacancies the leader of the UAE Team Emirates. Pogacar doesn’t cheat on the bike or when he gets off it. Already in the run-up to the decisive weekend, he said he would try to finish the race, always mindful that there was still a week left in the competition, and in yesterday’s press conference after winning the time trial, he admitted they had been waiting a long time . this stage throughout the Giro and they have to do every detail for Tour de Francewhere he is a double winner and where the Dane Jonas Vingegaard He was dethroned two years ago.
Pogacar Run the Giro with your legs and the Tour with your heart and mind. Now the cyclists face the dreaded queen stage, the longest of this edition, with 222 kilometers, and the one with the biggest gradient, with 5,400 meters. A major stage for career development, where the myth Mortirolowhere fortunately, the weather conditions were the best for riding and where the toughness was there from start to finish, with the final climb to Livigno where it is almost difficult to maintain balance, with a 19% ramp on slippery asphalt.
The first breakout consisted of 72 brave men and their unity broke down as the stage progressed, as one would expect. At the back of UAE Team Emirates by Tadej Pogacar He masterfully controlled the stage, including Posted by Geraint Thomas at his side and Voted by Damiel Felipe Martínez. The mythical ascent to Mortirolo He will not judge, because he is 67 kilometers from the finish line, but he will finish the break break and wake up the group of celebrities.
The tension in the platoon was palpable and everyone was thinking of the moment when Pogacar would launch his attack. And the Slovenian, ‘set himself free’ again and in a final work by his confidant, the Polish Rafal Majkaattacked at 13.8 kilometers from the finish line, with 4 kilometers left to crown the Foscagno Pass, the last ascent of the day counting the arrival Light.
In front, Georg Stenhauser and a surplus Nairo Quintanawho at 34 years old shows he still has a lot of class in his legs, perfectly fulfilling the prediction of his performance advancing through MD.
With 13 kilometers to go, Nairo led the stage with a 39-second margin over Pogacar. It is written that I will find him. Handsome It is colder and Nairo He could feel the punishment of escaping in his legs. Pogacar, who a few kilometers earlier delighted a Slovenian fan who gave him his glove, was not tied. He overtook Nairo with two kilometers to go and the difference between him and his pursuers, as it were, in the general standings, was three minutes.
Pogacar danced through Livigno’s impossible percentages to cross the finish line at an average of 36 km/h, with a lead of 28 seconds over Nairo, gone. Geraint Thomas, second overall, 6’42”, with a full week to go.
Fourth victory for Pogacar in this Giro and 74th as a professional at the age of just 25, which also suits the king of the mountain jersey better for his body. Since 1998 with Marco Pantani that the winner of Italy is spinning The mountain doesn’t win either. Tomorrow is a rest day and next week Pogacar can devote himself to controlling the race and saving energy for the challenge of being the best in the race as well. Tour de France.
Source: La Verdad
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