Vincenzo Nibali has backed Tadej Pogačar’s decision to race the Giro d’Italia in 2024, maintaining that the relatively gentler route of next May’s Corsa Rosa offers him the chance to target a historic Giro-Tour de France double.
The late Marco Pantani was the last rider to win the Giro and Tour in the same season, a feat he achieved in 1998. Few riders have made realistic attempts at the double in the intervening period, though Tom Dumoulin and Chris Froome finished on the podium at both the Giro and Tour in 2018.
