Since turning professional in 2019, Tadej Pogačar has been collecting wins at a rate of one in every four race days. Just as Britain’s Royal Family must think the outside world smells of fresh paint, Pogačar would be forgiven for assuming bike races generally end with a bouquet of flowers and a trip to the podium.
On the Passo del Brocon on stage 17 of the Giro d’Italia, Pogačar had to settle for second place behind escapee Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), but he still underlined his supremacy by putting another twenty seconds into the rest with a late acceleration. The day, of course, concluded with a fresh maglia rosa atop the podium.
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