Tour De Suisse: Tadej Pogačar Goes Long with Surprise 72-Kilometre Raid to Smash Opening Stage
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The Slovenian came to Sondrio with 2.14 advantage over Carapaz and already leads with wide margin. Eulálio, 6th in Volta to Italy, finished 24 minutes.
Tadej Pogacar didn't even mean to joke when he said he was going for the bonus seconds in the intermediate sprint. He then pranced around a bit, looked around seemingly nonchalantly, and decided to just keep riding. Without really trying, Pogi slaughtered his intended rivals in stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse and immediately put them out of action.
With 71 kilometers of lonely escape, the world champion crushes the Tour de Suisse this Wednesday around Sondrio. A strategy that does not fall within the scope of the "game" or the "hasard", as he likes to make him believe, but a very rational brainTadej Pogacar crushes the Tour de Suisse in a stage that he should have cared for. From the opening on Wednesday, on the other side of the Italian border, in Sormio. A number: 71 kilometers. One part…
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Tadej Pogacar (27) didn't even keep the excitement going for a full stage in the Tour de Suisse. With another monster solo of 69.3 kilometers, he cleared everything up on day one. “When my teammates went really deep, I felt I was having a good day.”
The Tour of Switzerland has five stages, the first three stages will be challenging, followed by a time trial on Saturday and the only real mountain stage to finish on Sunday.
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