UAE’s Tadej Pogačar took full command of the Giro d’Italia right now by successful the seventh stage time trial to Perugia. The Slovene, beginning the day in pink (and purple, with the Giro’s blessing), overcame a 41 second deficit to time trial specialist Filippo Ganna of INEOS over the ultimate 6km which included climbs of as much as 11% gradient. Pogačar gained again the 41 seconds plus 17 extra to take the stage away from the Italian champ, and to place painful deficits into his rivals.

INEOS’ Thymen Arensman was the closest GC competitor a full minute behind Pogačar (and Arensman had misplaced 4 minutes earlier within the Giro). INEOS’ Geraint Thomas, beginning the day in second place, misplaced two minutes on the stage and slipped behind Daniel Martinez of BORA, who himself shipped 1.49 to Pogs. Different “contenders” like Juan Pedro Lopez of Trek misplaced in extra of 4 minutes on the 40km stage. Pogačar will start the weekend with a 2.36 cushion on Martinez and a couple of.46 on Thomas.

The youth competitors was upended when Jayco AlUla’s Luke Plapp turned in a stable efficiency of seventh place on the stage, 1.45 again, bumping in a single day chief Cian Uijtdebroeks of Visma out of the lead after the Belgian completed twentieth, 2.55 out. He begins tomorrow eight seconds behind Plapp total.

Outcomes:

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 51.44
2. GANNA Filippo, INEOS Grenadiers, at 0.17
3. SHEFFIELD Magnus, INEOS Grenadiers, at 0.49
4. ARENSMAN Thymen, INEOS Grenadiers, at 1.00
5. SCHACHMANN Maximilian, BORA – hansgrohe, at 1.05
6. TIBERI Antonio, Bahrain – Victorious, at 1.21
7. PLAPP Luke, Workforce Jayco AlUla, at 1.45
8. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 1.49
9. BJERG Mikkel, UAE Workforce Emirates, at 1.56
10. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, at 2.00
11. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Workforce, at 2.07
12. MILESI Lorenzo, Movistar Workforce, at 2.12
13. LUTSENKO Alexey, Astana Qazaqstan Workforce, at 2.23
14. HOOLE Daan, Lidl – Trek, at 2.32
15. ZANA Filippo, Workforce Jayco AlUla, at 2.34
16. SÜTTERLIN Jasha, Bahrain – Victorious, at 2.37
17. AFFINI Edoardo, Workforce Visma | Lease a Bike, at 2.42
18. BARDET Romain, Workforce dsm-firmenich PostNL, at 2.50
19. TRATNIK Jan, Workforce Visma | Lease a Bike, at 2.52
20. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian, Workforce Visma | Lease a Bike, at 2.55

GC:

1. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Workforce Emirates, 24:12:36
2. MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe, BORA – hansgrohe, at 2:36
3. THOMAS Geraint, INEOS Grenadiers, at 2:46
4. O’CONNOR Ben, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Workforce, at 3:33
5. PLAPP Luke, Workforce Jayco AlUla, at 3:42
6. LUTSENKO Alexey, Astana Qazaqstan Workforce, at 3:49
7. UIJTDEBROEKS Cian, Workforce Visma | Lease a Bike, at 3:50
8. TIBERI Antonio, Bahrain – Victorious, 4:11
9. ZANA Filippo, Workforce Jayco AlUla, 4:41
10. FORTUNATO Lorenzo, Astana Qazaqstan Workforce, 4:44
11. ARENSMAN Thymen, INEOS Grenadiers, 5:09

Foligno – Perugia 40.6 km Timetrial

Forty kilometers of timetrial is not any joke in fashionable biking, it’s about so long as we get. And this one has some punishing uphill within the final six kilometers to essentially punish those who don’t get their pacing proper.

Estimated end time: 17:10 CEST (closing rider)

Monster from the Black Bay: Tadej Pogačar

Basically, with that twist on the finish I don’t see any of the specialists doing higher than the the little dude with the tufts.

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