Tadej Pogačar is the Giro d’Italia ringmaster, the new cannibal and a Grand Tour artist at work

As predicted, Tadej Pogačar leads the Giro d’Italia by several minutes and it already seems a foregone conclusion that the maglia rosa will be on his shoulders when the peloton reaches Rome in two weeks time. 

No one will be surprised if Pogačar wins another three or four stages and therefore the sense of total dominance and the comparisons to Eddy Merckx have begun. Pogačar himself has mentioned the greatest cyclist of all time as an example to surpass, so it’s rather surprising that his critics expect the Slovenian champion to forgo the chance of victory when possible.