‘No attack, no party’ – Tadej Pogačar chooses diplomacy at Giro d’Italia

Three miles or so from the summit of Bocca della Selva, a pair of merry tifosi stood at the roadside brandishing a banner outlining their admiration for Tadej Pogačar’s ongoing dominance of this Giro d’Italia. “Pogačar: No attack, no party,” it read.

The sentiment appears to have been rather different within the peloton on stage 10. After Pogačar’s extravagant dominance of the opening week, many were braced for the onslaught to resume when the race set out from Pompei on Tuesday after its first rest day.