Tadej Pogačar has dominated the 2024 Giro d'Italia since the Grande Partenza in Turin and has worn the maglia rosa since stage 2 but seeing Geraint Thomas crash in front of him was a sudden reminder that overall victory is not assured until he crosses the final finish line in Rome on Sunday.
Pogačar leads Dani Martinez by 7:42 and Thomas by 8:04 but a crash could suddenly change that and even take him out of the race. Of the 176 starters, 34 riders who lined up in Turin have already abandoned the Giro, with Andrea Piccolo of EF Education-EasyPost the latest crash victim, with just two stages left to race.
