Tadej Pogacar wrapped up total victory on the Giro d’Italia and Geraint Thomas a second straight podium end as Tim Merlier received the twenty first and last stage in in Rome.
Pogacar will now flip his consideration to claiming a 3rd Tour de France crown in July and turning into the primary rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win each that occasion and the Giro in the identical season.
He had stretched his benefit over Dani Martinez to simply shy of 10 minutes when he received his sixth stage of this yr’s Giro on Saturday, with Briton Thomas ending 10 minutes and 24 second again in third.
Pogacar had been within the lead since victory on stage two and received by the largest total margin since 1965.
“I am speechless, it’s hard to describe this moment, it’s amazing,” stated the 25-year-old.
“A lot of nice memories for sure, in a while I will see which one was the best moment but I think in general it was a really beautiful Giro.”
Thomas, who completed second to Primoz Roglic 12 months in the past, rolled in to safe third place total as he turning into solely the second rider in Giro historical past over the age of 38 to complete on the rostrum.
Like Pogacar, Ineos Grenadiers star Thomas is concentrated on the Tour de France – which begins in Florence on June 29 – though his goal shall be to assist the likes of Tom Pidcock and Carlos Rodriguez.
Thomas instructed Eurosport: “I’ve really enjoyed [the Giro]. It’s been a good group of guys, it’s gone really fast, but it seems a lifetime ago that we started in Torino but it’s been great.
“I am really wanting ahead to [the Tour] now. It is a massive problem however I am going to clean up, keep off the beer, keep on it, go to altitude camp, go to the Tour and assist the boys.
“We’ve got a great young team so I’m looking forward to it.”
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