Heartbreak for Geraint Thomas as Primož Roglič seals sensational Giro d’Italia win, and banishes time trialling demons, despite dropping chain during dramatic time trial cycling giro Giro2023 GirodItalia
Primož Roglič finally banished his time trialling demons on a dramatic day at the Giro d’Italia, overcoming an untimely and seemingly catastrophic mechanical halfway up the brutal Monte Lussari to secure a dominant stage win and wrest the pink jersey off the shoulders of a heartbroken Geraint Thomas.
The Jumbo-Visma rider – who dramatically lost the lead of the 2020 Tour de France during a penultimate day mountain time trial – completed the ride of his life to beat the Ineos Grenadiers leader, on the cusp of becoming the oldest ever Giro winner, by 40 seconds on the day, and by just 14 seconds overall, to fittingly and thrillingly cap a grand tour defined by the tightest of margins.
Those tight margins couldn’t have been clearer than when Roglič was forced to step off his bike after dropping his chain on a rough section of the steep final climb, while leading Thomas by 16 seconds. But while his Jumbo-Visma teammates stared in shock at the screen in a scene eerily reminiscent of that 2020 time trial on La Planche des Belles Filles, the Slovenian – three years older and wiser – continued unnerved and unshaken to take the greatest victory of his career, and secure his first ever Giro d’Italia win.We’ve noticed you’re using an ad blocker. If you like road.cc, but you don’t like ads, please consider subscribing to the site to support us directly.
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