Tadej Pogačar is seemingly incapable of taking a day off. Stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia to Francavilla al Mare ended in the inevitable bunch sprint, but the maglia rosa still couldn’t help but throw himself headlong into the fray, riding in the front positions deep into the final kilometre in support of his UAE Team Emirates companion Juan Sebastian Molano.
It’s doubtful that an entire Giro has been eclipsed by a single rider to the same extent since the turn of the century when Marco Pantani’s every move flooded the airwaves and dominated newspaper headlines day after day on the corsa rosa.
