So many similarities, so many differences: nine months after he last pulled on his race gear, clattered down a team bus stairs and headed for a sign-on. Tao Geoghegan Hart was finally back in business at a bike race, now at stage 1 of the 2024 Volta ao Algarve.
The journey back from the point where Geoghegan Hart lay on the ground mid-way through stage 11 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia nursing a fractured femur to a point when he could race again has been a long one, involving months of rehabilitation. But this February 13 in Portugal’s premier week-long race, he was finally there.
