If you had to name the rider who finished second at the Giro d’Italia this year, could you? I put this question to my colleagues yesterday, people who are more immersed in the world of professional cycling than the general public, and it stumped them.
This has been the year of Tadej Pogačar. The Slovenian won the Triple Crown of the Giro, the Tour de France and the World Championships, we all know that now, but it was the manner that he won them that we will remember more than anything. He eviscerated the competition at all three, winning six stages at both the Giro and the Tour, and then winning the Worlds road race from 100km out.
