Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates), as expected, dominates the Giro d’Italia at will. He has won three stages and is the solid leader, with an advantage of 2 min 40 s over the second, the Colombian Daniel Martínez (Bora), and from what has been demonstrated so far he should be the champion if he does not suffer a bad day or a fall.
Since December of last year, sports directors warned that The idea with the Slovenian was to run the Giro and Tour de France, a double that no one has won for 26 years, when the Italian Marco Pantani achieved it in 1998.
Before the accident of the current Tour champion, Jonas Vingegaard, in the Tour of the Basque Country, in which he fractured his collarbone, two ribs and had a punctured lung, it was not very feasible for Pogacar to have the odds in his favor to break the Pantani brand.
Jonas Vingegaard
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Vingegaard is already training, but the big question is the change of plans on the fly for the Tour, which could prevent him from arriving in good shape, so Pogacar’s victory in France looks much more viable.
Tadej Pogacar’s strategy in the 2024 Giro
In the Giro, the Slovenian rider has not felt pressure from a strong rival and in the first week he dedicated himself to gaining differences over his opponents to take the second part of the race more calmly. showing less dominance and without wasting energy unnecessarily in the face of the title and its future.
He measures his strength, spends what he has to spend, but it’s not like he trains. He can afford to draw up a conservative plan in this second week and has two stages to press the accelerator, next Saturday’s 31 km time trial and Sunday’s fraction, with a high finish, in which he would adjust more seconds to his favor to enter the final part of the Giro more calmly, without the need to make too much effort.
The Giro d’Italia will have a flat stage this Thursday, 193 kilometers between Martinsicuro and Fano, ideal for the long breakaway and the mass finish.
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