Tadej Pogacar finds his hat trick at the 2024 Giro d’Italia: another uphill finish, in the Apennines, in Prati di Tivo, another victory for the Slovenian. The leader of the general classification did not want to overdo it in the eighth stage, taking advantage of the situation and going on to win in a tight sprint. In the blue house anyway great performance by Antonio Tiberi who makes you dream of a podium finish.
Really high speed in the first part of the race with many riders trying to find the right breakaway. In the end the day’s attempt went away on the Forca Capistrello GPM, with fourteen men in advance: Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL), Simon Geschke (Cofidis), Valentin Paret-Painter (Decathlon AG2R World Team), Georg Steinhauser (EF Education – EasyPost), Jonathan Narvaez, Magnus Sheffield (Ineos-Grenadiers), Alessandro Verre (Arkea-B&B Hotels), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco-AlUla), Michael Storer (Tudor Pro Cycling) and Martin Marcellusi (VF Group-Bardiani). CSF-Faizanè) and Henok Mulubrhan (Astana-Kazakhstan).
Uneven changes up front, given the presence of some ranking men like Bardet, for the same reason UAE Emirates did not dare to leave too much space to contain the gap in the order of 2′. Precisely in view of the final GPM came the acceleration from the Maglia Rosa team which practically went to bring the attackers back to the feet of Prati di Tivo.
The last to surrender, after a solo attack, was Valentin Paret-Peintre, reached by the platoon about 4 kilometers from the finish line. The only one Antonio Tiberi was the one who tried several times in the group (Bahrain-Victorious), however always joined by Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates). Restricted sprint for the best dominated by the Slovenian in the Pink Jersey ahead of Daniel Martinez (Bora-hansgrohe) and Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Difesa Team). Fourth Tiberi, then Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).
2024-05-11 14:56:45
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