Giro d’Italia 2024 Stage Report: It appeared like Valentin Paret Peintre (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was going to tug off a shock stage win, however solely 4,2 kilometres from the end, the UAE Workforce Emirates pulled him in. Rafal Majka towed his pink chief, Tadej Pogačar, into the ultimate 2 kilometres after which the assaults began from the group of favourites. The Slovenian coated all of the strikes earlier than Majka lead him out for his third stage victory.
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Stage win No.3 for Tadej Pogačar
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Tadej Pogačar has taken his third stage victory of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. The Slovenian sprinted to victory on the summit of the Prati di Tivo, the final climb of stage 8, and made it look very simple. Clearly he nonetheless maintain the general lead.
It is a quick stage with no flat drags. Proper after the beginning, the route goes over the Forca di Cerro and Forca Capistrello (over 16km), passes close to the Terminillo massif and reaches Capitignano, rising and falling constantly, after which ascends alongside the western facet of the Passo Capannelle. The climb ends a brief distance from the cross, in Croce Abbio, and a prolonged descent of practically 30km will result in the foot of the closing climb. The roads are ever bending, with two properly lit tunnels alongside the route. The final 14 km rise steadily in direction of the ski resort. The closing climb (14.5km) has a 7% common gradient (with peaks topping out at 12%) and 22 hairpin bends. The slopes are sharper within the first half, touching the steepest gradients in Pietracamela, the place the intermediate dash is about. The ultimate three kilometres have a gradual 7% pitch. The house straight (approx. 300m) is on 6m broad tarmac.
Pink mitts, pink pc, pink handlebar tape, pink….
Pink shorts in the present day for Pogačar
Climbs from the beginning in Spoleto
A brief however exhausting day forward
The motion was quickly to begin
A minimum of the climate was good
UAE Workforce Emirates deliberate on making the stage exhausting
Tadej Pogačar – Making domination look simple
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Giro d’Italia Stage 8 End result:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Workforce Emirates in 4:02:16
2. Daniel Felipe Martínez (Col) BORA-hansgrohe
3. Ben O’Connor (Aus) Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
4. Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 0:02
5. Geraint Thomas (GB) INEOS Grenadiers
6. Einer Rubio (Col) Movistar
7. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Visma | Lease a Bike
8. Thymen Arensman (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers at 0:11
9. Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor at 0:13
10. Alex Baudin Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale at 0:21.
Giro d’Italia General After Stage 8:
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