This year’s Italian Grand Tour is taking place from May 8—30. It will return six months after the last edition, which was pushed back in the calendar due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The riders will start in Turin and end in Milano.
At age 31, after suffering from Covid-19 in early February and with his Bora-Hansgrohe team apparently looking to dump him to use his 5 million euro salary to groom promising young racers, you could think that Peter Sagan’s confidence might be suffering a bit.
The world champion was hardly seen throughout the race until being guided to the front by his team in the build-up to the final climb. He then chased down Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) on the Mur de Huy and went past him in the last 75…