Georg Steinhauser halted the race leader Tadej Pogacar’s streak of stage wins at the Giro with a solo victory after a day of incessant climbing
Tadej Pogacar finishes second to extend his massive leadGermany’s Georg Steinhauser halted the race leader Tadej Pogacar’s streak of stage wins at the Giro d’Italia with a solo victory on Wednesday after a day of incessant climbing.
Steinhauser went alone on the first climb of the Brocon Pass with just over 30km of the 159km 17th stage remaining, and he continued to open up a sizeable gap over Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier. With the peloton showing no real urgency in giving chase, the 22-year-old Grand Tour debutant Steinhauser powered up the second climb of Brocon Pass in steady rain to take the victory.but resisted the urge to make it a hat-trick.
“Well, I really held my horses until the final so it was a really beautiful stage,” said Pogacar, who has dominated the race almost from the start. “A little bit cold on the last descent but we stretched the legs good on the final climb.” The Slovenian added that Saturday’s penultimate stage could be his chance to rack up a sixth stage win. “The main goal is always to keep the jersey into Rome and not do anything stupid. But there is one really nice stage, Monte Grappa close to Slovenia, we can see what happens there.”For Steinhauser it was his biggest senior win. “To be honest, I didn’t really think about much, I just concentrated on the roads in front of me,” he said.
Thursday’s 178km run to Padua takes the peloton out of the mountains and will be a day for the sprinters.
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