Despite being aware of Tadej Pogačar’s likely tactics, his rivals found his attack during Sunday’s queen stage of the Giro d’Italia challenging to counter, admitted Geraint Thomas in a post-race interview.
A funny thing happened to Tadej Pogačar on his first step on the road to a crushing victory in the Giro d’Italia: he lost. The overwhelming favourite to win the first Grand Tour of the year was upset in stage 1 by a cyclist most,…