Giro d’Italia: Filippo Ganna surrenders to Tadej Pogacar in the time trial
Giro d'Italia: Filippo Ganna surrenders to Tadej Pogacar in the time trial
Tadej Pogacar, bearer of the UAE Team Emirates also took the seventh stage of the Giro d'Italia 107, the Foligno-Perugia Tudor ITT of 40.6 km. In second and third place were Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) and Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), respectively.
Great show of strength by the Slovenian champion, who regains 1'04" to the Azure on the climb to Perugia and crosses the finish line seventeen seconds ahead of Ganna. In the general classification Pogacar stretches further, with Colombian Daniel Felipe Martinez (Bora – Hansgrohe) at 2'36" and Briton Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at 2'46"
Stage winner and Pink Jersey Tadej Pogacar, immediately after the finish, said: "I am very happy with the feeling I had on the time trial bike. I haven’t raced one since last year’s world championships, but in the meantime I’ve been working a lot on it and I’m glad it paid off today"
"I started with an easier pace to get used to the bike, then I tackled the climb at full speed. It was a stretch more suitable for me than for Pippo [Ganna]. It won't be like that in the next time trial. I know the finish in Prati di Tivo. It was the queen stage when I won theì at Tirreno-Adriatico two years ago, but this time è a stage of a Grand Giro" concluded Pogacar.
