The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar is giving a true cycling exhibition in the 107th edition of the Italy spin and he wants to show that he is the best cyclist in the world today. The 25-year-old runner is the owner of the pink jersey, but he looks askance at the Colombian Daniel Felipe Martínez, one of the few riders who puts up a fight.
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Pogacar is unstoppable, in the eight stages that have been run in this Italy spin He has triumphed in three: he won the second fraction, the time trial of stage 7 and this Saturday’s high mountain test.
Tadej Pogacar, leader of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.
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The Slovenian and the Colombian fought in stage 8 like two lions in a close battle, the last meters of the 152 kilometer fraction were vibrant, but Pogacar He had more fuel in his legs and raised his arms at the finish line by mere centimeters.
Pogacar, awaiting Martínez
“On the last climb, when I saw that Félix Grossschartner and Rafal were still good, I had confidence that I could win. We already saw Dani Martínez doing very good results this year, obviously I was thinking of him as my main opponent, but he wasn’t the only one. Antonio Tiberi tried several times, but he had it more or less under control,” the two-time Tour de France champion began.
Daniel Martinez
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“Dani Martínez He has had a pretty good Giro d’Italia so far. I know that he does some very good sprints and we couldn’t leave him, we had to control him because he does it very well,” said the Giro d’Italia leader.
Colombian illusion in the Giro
Daniel Felipe Martínez He also gave a few words to the media and described how he experienced those last 200 meters in which the victory of the day eluded him.
Daniel Martínez is second in the Giro d’Italia.
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nd I think Valencia has gone a little ahead, but Tadej “He controlled the last kilometers quite well and finished very easily,” said Martínez.
Despite the overwhelming dominance of Tadej Pogacar in the first week of Italy spin, The Slovenian could be weighed down by the excessive effort he has made in some fractions unnecessarily and he can take advantage of that Daniel Felipe Martínez.
The Slovenian leads the general classification of the Italy spin with a time of 28 hours, 14 minutes and 42 seconds. The Colombian is in second position, 2 minutes and 40 seconds away.
Daniel Martpinez and Tadej POgacar
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