Tadej Pogacar humiliates competition! New World Champion wins Giro dell'Emilia by 2 minutes in style
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No easing down and no calm. Tadej Pogacar has won the Giro dell'Emilia, his first race as the new World Champion and rainbow jersey; and has done so in style has he attacked right on the first climb of the final circuit and won with no less than minutes over second place.
Benjamin Thomas, Roberto Carlos González, Ander Ganzabal, Alessio Martinelli and José Ramón Muñiz formed the day's breakaway but this was not one that would survive long. Before entering the final circuit, Lidl-Trek has made the race quite hard and the group was caught with 47 kilometers to go.
Into the final circuit the pace was high, and right at the base of the first ascent Remco Evenepoel attacked. An Astana rider then made a small move followed by Tadej Pogacar and Matteo Jorgenson, and seeing that no-one else tried to follow, the rainbow jersey moved off the front and got the winning gap. The race for the win was over as the UAE Team Emirates rider would quickly build a very large gap, and behind only second place was available.
Evenepoel abandoned the race in very poor weather conditions; whilst Florian Lipowitz attacked one lap later to get an important gap that also grew as the group lacked organization. Pogacar rode to the finish comfortably, riding the circuit at his own pace and taking win number 24 of what is by many called the most successful season of a pro cyclist ever.
Lipowitz' move proved unsuccessful in the final ascent, with Davide Piganzoli proving to be a big surprise as he attacked. The Italian rider then finished third on the day; whilst Tom Pidcock managed to follow his attack and then sprinting to second place.
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- it is great that JA worked so well for Storer in the Paris-Nice race, but really, he is paid to win. to me it is odd that Storer didn't work for Alaphilippe for the win. I know it is an early season race, but but we see Mads winning, Jonas, Tadej, Mathieu, etc. Time to win is now.mij18-03-2025
- That is true, but I am speculating that he doesn't want to disrupt the training so that he can peak for the other 2 monuments.
KerisVroom18-03-2025 - Outside of Pogi and Vingo.. Jorgenson is the best GC rider along with Roglic, Remco, Ayuso, Bernal and Almeida to win GT.
James2631818-03-2025 - That's exactly why he can win it even without being at his best. It's basically a Z2 followed by 2 all out effortsvappaxbipmv18-03-2025
- Why are you putting Tom on that list of GT champions? Even stage race are not yet on his palmares 😅 He is good rider but Jorgenson is more capable of winning than Pidcock.James2631818-03-2025
- I’d say without resolving the back problems you have no chance of resolving his state of mind. Now, back problems in young cyclists is probably going to become an issue like e.g. concussion in rugby & football. As we try to catch and form them for high performance younger and younger, we’re kind of obliging them to hone their TT skills earlier and earlier, certainly still during growth phases. Those hours in those positions are likely to have complex effects in some.Mistermaumau18-03-2025
- So no 80km solo then?Mistermaumau18-03-2025
- Yeah, yeah. Ignore the race on the day totally and stick to a plan you make public well in advance and hope your rivals fall for it. Could even have worked, if there’d not been a very similar report last year. And how many (anonymous and not) reports do you think reporters could find and choose from anyway?Mistermaumau18-03-2025
- Funny, Ineos are better without Pidcock and Pidcock is better without Ineos. The relationship must have been really toxic.Mistermaumau18-03-2025
- Winning MSR is like a throw of dice. Even if you have the best legs, you may not win it. It feels so random. I'm guessing they are trying to squeeze out the last percentage of his performance through training camp.KerisVroom18-03-2025