6 May

Giro d’Italia Stage 2: Pink Pogs Correct On Schedule

UAE Emirates’ Tadej Pogačar was always the heavy favorite to win the 2024 Giro d’Italia. A very powerful question was whether or not or not he might cross up any of the early options to say his dominance. And to this point, the reply is a robust “no.” In conventional, predictably aggressive vogue, Pogačar seized the first major ending climb of the race, the ascent to Santuario Oropa inside the Alpine foothills north of Torino, to win stage 2 of the Giro and take his first maglia rosa.

Pogačar overcame a brief slip on a flat entrance tire merely as the last word climb was set to begin, the place his wheel gave out and put him briefly on the underside. However it was clear he was unbothered to any vital extent, and the Slovene popped straight as a lot as seize a model new bike and price once more as a lot as regain his presence on the top of the peloton. From there, UAE riders upped the tempo and dispatched all nonetheless Pogačar’s closest opponents, only for Pogačar himself to take the doorway with some 4km remaining and pace up away for the solo win.

Dani Martinez of BORA led residence the chase ahead of former INEOS teammate Geraint Thomas, 27 seconds later, with a handful of GC hopefuls alongside or a few seconds once more. Lilian Calmejane surrendered the climbers’ jersey to Pogačar, to be borrowed by Martinez, and Visma’s Cian Uitdebroeks accomplished with the contenders to take the maglia bianca off Alex Baudin, who was better than a minute once more.

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