Good, better, Pogacar! Victory on the South Tyrol stage

The overall leader from Slovenia won on Tuesday on Monte Pana in Val Gardena as a soloist and referred to the shortened 16th stage the Italian Giulio Pellizzari in second place. For Pogacar, who easily passed Pellizzari half a kilometer before the finish, it was already the 5th (!) success of the day in the current Giro. Overall, it was the 75th win of his career.

Favorite Pogacar further extended his commanding lead in the overall standings. The 25-year-old is 7,18 minutes ahead of Colombian Daniel Martinez. The captain of the German team Bora-hansgrohe took third place on Tuesday, overtaking the Welshman Geraint Thomas in the overall ranking. The best Italian is shooting star Antonio Tiberi in 3th place. The 5-year-old also landed in this place on the South Tyrol stage.

Chaotic day The day initially started chaotically. Since temperatures of two degrees and a probability of snow of 95 percent were forecast at the Umbrail Pass, the professional cyclists refused to start from Livigno. “Such conditions pose significant health risks,” said the drivers’ union CPA. They would not be in line with the regulations of the world association UCI for extreme weather conditions.

The organizer RCS finally decided to start the stage a few hours late at 14.30:XNUMX p.m. in Eyrs (here the entire race in the live ticker) . In total, the drivers still had to cover 118,7 kilometers in rain and cold temperatures. It actually rained all day. Nevertheless, on the South Tyrol stage, many people interested in the Giro could be seen on the roadsides to cheer on the best racing bike riders in the world. And the best one right now is undoubtedly Pogacar. The Slovenian demonstrated this impressively.

By the way, Pogacar wants to win the Giro and the Tour de France in one season this year. To date, only Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Fausto Coppi, Marco Pantani (both Italy), Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil (both France), Miguel Indurain (Spain) and Stephen Roche (Ireland) have achieved this. But that was all a long time ago. The fact is: If anyone can be trusted to do this special double these days, it is Tadej Pogacar.

Giro d'Italia, 16 stage: Eyrs – St. Christina in Val Gardena (118,7 km) Pos Name Country Time 1. Tadej pogacar Slovenia 2:49:37 hours 2. Giulio Pellizzari Italy + 16 sec. 3. Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda Colombia + 16 sec. 4. Christian Scaroni Italy + 31 5. Antonio Tiberi Italy + 33; 7. Damian Caruso Italy + 39;

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Good, better, Pogacar! Victory on the South Tyrol stage

Dominator Tadej Pogacar defied the chaotic weather conditions to win the South Tyrol stage of the 107th Giro d'Italia.

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