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Primoz Roglic mechanical: Watch the moment Giro d’Italia dreams crumbled – until he stormed back to win

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) may be toasting victory at the Giro d’Italia – assuming he survives Sunday’s pan-flat circuit stage around Rome without incident – but the result could have been completely different after he suffered a disastrous mechanical on Stage 20. The Slovenian was piling the pressure on leader Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) when his chain slipped off in a crazy finale to the individual time trial on Monte Lussari. Ad He headed into the final GC stage looking to overturn a 26-second deficit on Thomas after pinching three seconds back in the Dolomites on Friday.

Giro d'ItaliaHow to watch Stage 21 of the Giro as Primoz Roglic on brink of victory18 HOURS AGO And the Olympic time trial champion got off to a blistering start, going through the first checkpoints faster than any other rider before him. As the race went uphill, the timing screen flashed up and showed he led Thomas by 15 seconds. A huge comeback story was developing, until… “Oh no, no, no!” cried Rob Hatch on Eurosport commentary as the live pictures panned to Roglic off his bike, frantically trying to get the chain back on.

It brought memories flooding back of his mountain time trial implosion at the Tour de France in 2020, when Tadej Pogacar wrestled the yellow jersey off him on the final competitive stage. “It had to happen again didn’t it. And the nightmare of the mountain time trial – Primoz Roglic’s gains have just gone up in smoke,” continued Hatch.

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