Tadej Pogacar also showed in the third stage of the 2024 Giro d’Italia. After the fireworks in the first two fractions the phenomenon in the pink jersey became the protagonist of an unexpected attack in the final race together with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and Mikkel Honore (EF Education-easost The Slovenian of the UAE Team Emirates then tried to mock the sprinters on the finish line in Fossano, but he saw the Belgian Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) exult. Interviewed at the end of the stage the leader of the general classification I explained what happened in the surprising final.

It doesn’t matter if it’s plain or uphill, you always attack. Did you really want to win the stage like this?
”I didn’t attack, but I followed the wheel of others because it was a good situation with Mikkel Honore and Geraint Thomas. We tried to leave but I never thought we would make it to the finish line. Geraint tried to shoot him in the final, which surprised me and that I respect, and in the end I tried, but at 400 meters to the finish line there was still too much to go”.

Geraint Thomas said he was struggling to hold your wheel
“I had a good leg and this type of terrain is good for me, when it’s a bit like a one-time game, that you try to attack each other with friends on small climbs”.

Was today a complicated day for you?
”A little complicated, but not too much. We can divide it into three parts: the first two hours very easy, then an hour at full throttle and with a bit of chaos and tension, and then at the end we did a little stretch our legs”.