Giro d’Italia: Cannibal Tadej Pogačar storms to victory on stage 8 at Prati di Tivo

Race chief Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) continued his absolute domination of the Giro d’Italia on stage 8, marking every assault earlier than powering away within the dash on the mountain end to Prati di Tivo to attain his third stage win of the race.

The ruthless Slovenian put his group to work all through the 152km route, stopping the robust 14-man breakaway from getting any type of insurmountable benefit earlier than the ultimate climb, the place UAE dictated the tempo and he once more confirmed his superiority within the finale.

After touchdown what appeared like a knockout blow on yesterday’s particular person time trial, Pogačar rubbed salt into the injuries and beat everybody as he did on the primary summit end to Oropa, albeit not in as dominant a trend however he did take 10 extra bonus seconds on the road with an ideal dash.

Dani Martínez (Bora-Hansgrohe) was second within the dash however no match for Pogačar, nonetheless, his six bonus seconds gained meant he solely misplaced 4 to the chief, now 2:40 down general. Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) was third on the day and gained 4 seconds on the remaining GC riders within the entrance group.

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