Tadej Pogacar takes incredible time-trial victory at Giro d'Italia to further strengthen grip on Maglia Rosa

Friday, 10 May 2024 at 17:17

The first of two individual time-trials at the 2024 Giro d'Italia, Tadej Pogacar has strengthened his grip on the Maglia Rosa with an incredible stage win.

Although Julius van den Berg was the first man down the start ramp, the Team DSM-Firmenich Post NL rider was not the first at the finish line. That honour went to BORA - hansgrohe's Irish national time-trial champion, Ryan Mullen. He didn't get to go and sit into the hotseat however, as just moments later, Josef Cerny improved on the Irishman's time to set a benchmark of 54:50.

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Daan Hoole was the next man to set the best time, going 34 seconds quicker than Cerny with his effort of 54:16. In turn, the Lidl-Trek man's time was then beaten by Movistar Team's Lorenzo Milesi who went even better, clocking 53:56.

One of the pre-stage favourites, Filippo Ganna didn't get off to the best of starts as an overeager fan leaned a little too far over the barriers and struck the Italian national time-trial champion, knocking Ganna off balance. Thankfully, the INEOS Grenadiers powerhouse was able to stay upright, but a shake of the head showed his discontent.

UAE Team Emirates' Mikkel Bjerg had announced his intentions for a good ride pre-stage and the Dane lived up to expectations by beating Milesi's time and moving into the hotseat. Sadly or Bjerg, despite Ganna's tricky start the Italian laid down a true marker for the likes of Geraint Thomas and Tadej Pogacar still to come with his time of 52:01, blitzing all previous times by a considerable margin.

Max Schachmann came relatively close to Ganna, crossing the line 48 seconds down. Ganna's INEOS Grenadiers teammate, Magnus Sheffield then went even closer at 32 seconds down. The next man to go close was also an INEOS Grenadiers as Thymen Arensman clocked 43 seconds down.

As the top-10 got their efforts underway, the non-time-trial specialists such as Juan Pedro Lopez and Lorenzo Fortunato were haemorrhaging time and slipping further away from their dream of a podium finish in Rome.

Although both were way down on Filippo Ganna, Tadej Pogacar had an 8-second advantage over Geraint Thomas at the first time-check. At the second time check, that gap had extended somewhat in the Slovenian's favour however, the difference now 40 seconds.

Cian Uijtdebroeks crossed the line 2:38 down on Ganna, a solid effort although the battle for the White Jersey is now really heating up between himself and Luke Plapp. 3rd at the start of the day, Daniel Martinez did even better, crossing the line just 1:32 down on Ganna. As Thomas crossed the line, 1:43 down, Martinez moved up to second. Pogacar though, was still thinking about the stage win and in stunning style the Slovenian edged out Ganna by 17 seconds at the line.

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21 Comments

StardustDragon 18 May 2024 at 13:33+ 1653

This comment section is cringe af... Idgaf about complainers

SpinClub 10 May 2024 at 21:57+ 779

What a great day for the GC men. Ineos might have a fight on their hands for 2nd place. I didn't expect Martinez to time trial better than Thomas.

Even better that there is a lot of racing left.

StardustDragon 10 May 2024 at 21:08+ 1653

Funny, Ben complaining like this⬇️. Maybe he is a troll🙄🤔😒

Ben 18 May 2024 at 13:33+ 493

Very pleased to see Thymen Arensman is back.

mobk 10 May 2024 at 21:58+ 1616

Any cycling commentators harping on Pogacar's relative weakness - "only gained 45 seconds on his GC rivals" - are going to have a much harder time sustaining that narrative now. Awesome rides by Pogi and Ganna. Ganna should have another - and better - chance for a win on the second TT

awp 10 May 2024 at 18:14+ 1215

Awesome ride from Pogi. Funny, that Giro darth vader helmet once again doesn't win a tt, will it ever win a tt? lol

Ben 10 May 2024 at 18:04+ 493

That's only because Vingegaard isn't there.

Senna1960 10 May 2024 at 21:58+ 304

..but he was not down to ride the Giro anyway.

awp 10 May 2024 at 21:58+ 1215

Jonas hasn't won a tt wearing the new darth vader helmet either... He might if he races the Vuelta this year.

ATK123 10 May 2024 at 21:09+ 301

He is there in Itzulia with that helmet. Didn't he?

awp 10 May 2024 at 20:17+ 1215

Yes he was, but he finished fifth, not really a long enough tt to see the merits of that helmet, it was only 10k, but that helmet is cursed lol. I wonder if it will win a tt the whole season?

Ben 10 May 2024 at 18:48+ 493

Since when is a helmet a winning accessory? This entire helmet discussion is ridiculous.

StardustDragon 11 May 2024 at 07:36+ 1653

That helmet does not seem improving the performance at all, I guess

awp 10 May 2024 at 19:02+ 1215

In a tt a helmet is crucial, at least in my races, but what I'm saying is that new Giro helmet is not fast it seems.

awp 10 May 2024 at 19:03+ 1215

Nope.

abstractengineer 10 May 2024 at 19:06+ 3132

Today the GC is over

Ben 18 May 2024 at 13:33+ 493

A lot of climbing still to come...

MidnightRider 10 May 2024 at 18:49+ 743

It has been over since the start lists were announced. Injuries and illness aside, the outcome here has been clear for a long time. It will be in July as well if Jonas isn't at full strength.

awp 10 May 2024 at 18:39+ 1215

Yep, I will say though I've been watching some of Remco's efforts on strava in the last week or so and he is on good form.

Ben 10 May 2024 at 18:49+ 493

Remco will not win the Tour. Ever.

StardustDragon 10 May 2024 at 18:55+ 1653

Even with full strenght Quickstep, Remco will never win TDF, let alone Giro

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