As Tadej Pogačar stormed towards the finish line in Perugia and his latest victory in stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia, one of the day’s more heartwarming moments came courtesy of Luke Plapp (Jayco-AIUIa), watching the finale with provisional stage leader Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers).
As Ganna’s seemingly all-but-certain victory remorselessly slipped out of his grasp, Plapp put his arm around his former teammate to try to comfort the Italian, the Australian's own success at claiming the lead in the best young rider classification put aside briefly, and movingly.
