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:Primoz Roglic became the first Slovenian winner of the Giro d'Italia when he retained the overall lead after Sunday's 21st and final stage in Rome, a day after he ousted Geraint Thomas from the maglia rosa in a dramatic time trial.
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.
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.
Geraint Thomas saw the pink jersey snatched away on the penultimate day of the Giro d’Italia as Primoz Roglic overcame a mechanical problem to win a punishing time trial to the summit of Monte Lussari.
Geraint Thomas’s Giro d’Italia challenge evaporated on the steep slopes of Monte Lussari in north-east Italy, as his closest challenger, Primoz Roglic, clawed back his overnight deficit on the Welsh rider to move into the race leader’s maglia rosa by 14 seconds. With only Sunday’s processional sprint stage in Rome remaining, Roglic’s success is assured.
Primoz Roglic is poised to win his first Giro d'Italia title after snatching the overall lead from Geraint Thomas with victory in the 18.6km individual time trial on Saturday, with Eddie Dunbar slipping to seventh overall.
Canadian Derek Gee's remarkable run at the Giro d'Italia continued Friday with his fourth second-place finish of the race, runner-up to Colombian Santiago Buitrago in a gruelling Stage 19 in Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy.
Geraint Thomas will wear the leader’s pink jersey into Saturday’s decisive mountain time trial at the Giro d’Italia after Primoz Roglic could take only a handful of seconds out of the Welshman’s advantage on the Queen stage in the Dolomites.