First day of rest from the Giro, Monday, and a little ice cream for Tadej Pogacar after an outing with his comrades in the area around Marigliano, in the Neapolitan suburbs, where his UAE team resides.
The Slovenian, pink jersey and winner of three stages (in Oropa, in Perugia during the time trial and at the top of Prati di Tivo), offered himself a few moments of respite “after a great first week. » “Very happy” with this first Giro, which he finds “less stressful than the Tour” (even if he was annoyed by the media constraints on two occasions), Pogacar paid tribute on his social networks to his teammates ( “legends”) on an evocative title, Fenomeno by Fabri Fibra, an Italian rapper, who has little to do with Pino Daniele, Neapolitan star of the song.
Tuesday, “Pogi” and the peloton he dominates set off again on the transalpine roads with an already difficult and hilly stage between Pompeii and the arrival at the summit at Cusano Mutri (1,392 m).
