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Giro d'Italia 2024 stage 8 GC Update: Terrific Tadej Pogacar triumphs again as top-10 sees big reshuffle behind
CyclingSaturday, 11 May 2024 at 17:56
Incredibly, in just 17 race days in 2024, Tadej Pogacar has added the grand total of 10 wins to his palmares. The latest of which came on stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia as the UAE Team Emirates leader further strengthened his grip on the Maglia Rosa.
Somewhat more surprising than the fact he won however, is how Pogacar triumphed. Instead of launching another blistering attack that left all his rivals peddling squares, the Slovenian rode within himself, following attacks before sprinting to victory from a reduced bunch.
Despite the relative calmness of Pogacar however, there was still damage to a number of top-10 riders at the start of the day. The likes of Alexey Lutsenko, Filippo Zana and Luke Plapp suffered hefty time losses, dropping out of the top-10. The biggest benefactor of Plapp's explosion was Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Cian Uijtdebroeks who regains the White Jersey.
Daniel Martinez also gained some seconds on his rivals, extending his lead over Geraint Thomas in the race for 2nd place to 18 seconds. See the full top-10 down below!
Giro d'Italia 2024 GC Standings after stage 8
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
2. Daniel Martinez (BORA - hansgrohe): +2:40
3. Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers): +2:58
4. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team): +3:39
5. Cian Uijtdebroeks (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): +4:02
6. Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain - Victorious): +4:23
7. Lorenzo Fortunato (Astana Qazaqstan Team): +5:15
8. Einer Rubio (Movistar Team): +5:28
9. Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers): +5:30
10. Jan Hirt (Soudal - Quick-Step): +5:53
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- Wouldn’t be here if I wasn’tMistermaumau22-12-2024
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- Does everything need to have a point? If so, 99% of the internet should be wiped away. In relation to recent articles with quotes from other riders, my statement points to the ever more obvious reason why they are asked to comment on the effect of his return.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- If anyone would be interested enough to launch an official survey as to who out of these three should shut up, I don’t know who’d win but I’m due Boonen would be way back in 3rd place.Mistermaumau22-12-2024
- And your point is what exactly?vappaxbipmv22-12-2024
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