"I wanted to see if I could drop someone" - Animated Antonio Tiberi tries his luck on stage 8 summit finish at Giro d'Italia
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Whilst Tadej Pogacar was again strongest on stage 8 of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Bahrain - Victorious' Antonio Tiberi was one of those to try and push the Maglia Rosa on the final climb, making multiple attacks.
In the end, the Italian was forced to settle for 4th on the day, still enough to move up to 6th overall in the general classification. “It wasn't planned, but when I didn't see anyone attacking, I wanted to see if I could drop someone," Tiberi reflected in his post-stage interview with Eurosport. "We were almost at the finish."
Sadly for Tiberi, every time he attempted to launch an attack, the Maglia Rosa was straight onto his back wheel, nullifying the move. With the stage being finished with a reduced bunch sprint, Pogacar then made his move with none of the GC contenders being able to follow.
“Then came the sprint and Pogacar won. Congratulations to him," Tiberi concludes. "It was a tough ride from the start. I knew the stage well, because I had explored it a few weeks ago. Fortunately it went well. After the time trial the feeling was already great. Just survive tomorrow and then rest for a while.”
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- I had no idea about that either.
santiagobenites10-11-2026 - great analysis thanks! appreciate you posting this. I didn't realize CX had a different standard for deviation. this is even more egregious it seems.mij10-11-2026
- As he isn't currently with Red Bull, I guess if he want to race for one more year he needs to find a team. He's 37 so this will be his last year I would guess, unless he wants to race for almost nothing like Froome did.awp10-11-2026
- I think some are making much ado about nothing. Even though Jonas is getting older, before his crash in the Tour, he looked like a solid 2nd all the way home. No one can really climb with Tadej until this year, Eric Mas showed himself which I think was a one off year for him and Paul Seixas has been able to be pretty close to him. Whatever stage race Jonas enters as long as Tadej is not there he is a favorite to win.awp10-11-2026
- Giro or not Giro, he won't win the Tour!MajorPayne10-11-2026
- Very true.awp10-11-2026
- Ciccone had a very strong end of season. Consistently attacking and livening up races. Hope he makes that last leap in progress and starts notching some significant wins. Great rider to watch.Occam10-11-2026
- Me too!!!!!Occam10-11-2026
- they can sign any 100 of top riders today but Pogi will win over Remco any time at the TDF unless something goes wrongabstractengineer10-11-2026
- the time for a GC rider to retire is when they cannot win stages, or have a significant level drop like from winner/podium into top 5/10 consistently. Roglic is still competitive and Froome raced even though he became pack fodder.abstractengineer10-11-2026
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🇮🇹 #Giro | ST 08 🔥 A phenomenal ride from Tiberi on the second summit finish of @giroditalia saw the Italian initiate the attacks on the climb to Prati di Tivo, thinning out the lead group, before following the wheel of stage winner #Pogacar to cross the line in 4th place.
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