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Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates won the Giro d'Italia on Sunday in Rome with the biggest winning margin in almost six decades.
The 25-year-old Slovenian won six of the 21 stages on the 3,400 kilometer tour that began in Turin on May 4, finishing nine minutes, 56 seconds ahead of Colombia's Daniel Martinez of Bora, while Geraint Thomas of Ineos was 10 minutes, 24 seconds off the winning pace in third.
The overall triumph was sealed on Sunday on the 21st stage around Rome, which was won by Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier, who picked up his third stage win of the 2024 Giro.
Billed as a champion in waiting, Pogacar proved peerless, taking the lead as early as stage two and rampaging across the peaks, plains and picturesque panoramas to triumph by the largest margin at any of cycling's grand tours since Vittorio Adorni won the Giro by 11 minutes, 26 seconds in 1965.
"I felt strong and relaxed these three weeks," said Pogacar, who was planning to celebrate with his teammates in Rome then find a nearby beach for a few days.
"It has been a wonderful experience. I loved it," he said.
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates, wearing the overall leader's pink jersey, celebrates after winning the 107th Giro d'Italia cycling race in Rome, Italy, May 26, 2024. /CFP
Stage winners of 107th Giro d'Italia cycling race
Date: May 4-26, 2024
Stage 1: Jhonatan Narvaez of Team Ineos Grenadiers
Stage 2: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 3: Tim Merlier of Team Soudal–Quick-Step
Stage 4: Jonathan Milan of Team Lidl–Trek
Stage 5: Benjamin Thomas of Team Cofidis
Stage 6: Pelayo Sanchez of Team Movistar
Stage 7: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 8: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 9: Olav Kooij of Team Visma–Lease a Bike
Stage 10: Valentin Paret-Peintre of Team Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
Stage 11: Jonathan Milan of Team Lidl–Trek
Stage 12: Julian Alaphilippe of Team Soudal–Quick-Step
Stage 13: Jonathan Milan of Team Lidl–Trek
Stage 14: Filippo Ganna of Team Ineos Grenadiers
Stage 15: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 16: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 17: Georg Steinhauser of Team EF Education–EasyPost
Stage 18: Tim Merlier of Team Soudal–Quick-Step
Stage 19: Andrea Vendrame of Team Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
Stage 20: Tadej Pogacar of Team UAE Emirates
Stage 21: Tim Merlier of Team Soudal–Quick-Step
(With input from AFP)