Pogacar and Evenepoel are expected on the slopes of this penultimate stage on Saturday.
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The queen stage, Saturday March 12, offers two ascents of Monte Carpegna (6 km at 9.9% average gradient) in the Apennines, and it will undoubtedly crown the winner of this “Race of the two seas”. Two names stand out, Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), and, above all, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates). After Warren Barguil’s number on Friday, we expect the two prodigies of world cycling in a duel that could prefigure many others in the coming years.
On this Tirreno, advantage for the moment to the Slovenian, very impressive during his success of the 4th stage. But the Belgian from the Quickstep, after all, is only 9 seconds behind in the general classification and we know he is capable of long-term attacks…