'The ride of his life' - Breakaway team thrilled for Primoz Roglic, devastated for Geraint Thomas at Giro d'Italia

27.05.2023 - 19:11 eurosport.com

The Giro d’Italia stood accused of being a little dry on occasions, but the time trial served up huge drama as Primoz Rogic produced “the ride of his life” to snatch the pink jersey from Geraint Thomas.

Thomas went into the penultimate stage of the race with a 26-second lead over Roglic. Ad Roglic started strong to pile pressure on Thomas, but he looked set to suffer more ITT heartbreak on a mountain ala La Planche des Belles Filles at the Tour de France in 2020 when he dropped his chain.

Giro d'Italia'At least he smashed me' — Thomas sees lighter side after losing pink jersey at GiroAN HOUR AGO The Jumbo-Visma leader, with seemingly most of his fellow Slovenians roaring him on up the punishing slopes of Monte Lussari, regrouped to power to the finish in a time of 44’23''.

Behind him, Thomas was struggling and the Ineos Grenadiers man saw the pink jersey slip off his shoulders to the tune of 14 seconds.

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Tributes have flooded in from around the cycling world following the death of Gino Mader. Mader was airlifted to hospital following a crash at high speed towards the end of Stage 5 of the Tour of Switzerland on Thursday. Ad Bahrain Victorious confirmed that Mader died on Friday morning “despite the best efforts of the phenomenal staff at Chur hospital.” CyclingMader dies following crash in Tour of Switzerland3 HOURS AGO “We are devastated by the loss of our exceptional cyclist, Gino Mader,” Bahrain Victorious managing director Milan Erzen said.

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ROME: Primoz Roglic expanded his Grand Tour portfolio by winning the Giro d’Italia on Sunday to add to his three Spanish Vuelta titles; while Mark Cavendish won the 21st and final stage less than a week after announcing that he will retire at the end of the season.

Geraint Thomas after leading out Mark Cavendish to sprint victory at Giro d’Italia - 'Help a brother out!'

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Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) was sent a guardian angel to help salvage his Giro d’Italia dream on Saturday – none other than his former ski jumping team-mate, Mitja Meznar. The Slovenian’s dream of winning a maiden Giro looked in disarray when his chain came off on the individual time trial, with the odds already stacked against him as he aimed to overturn a 26-second deficit on Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) in the leader’s pink jersey.