Slovenian Tadej Pogacar will participate in the 2024 Tour of Italy and will make his debut on the roads of the Giro on this occasion, he announced on Sunday.
Pogacar, who won the Tour de France twice (2020, 2021), made the announcement in a video published by the organizers of the Giro 2024: “Andiamo” (literally, let’s go), he simply said. declared.
The leader of the UAE Emirates team has participated once in the Tour of Spain, in 2019 (3e), but never in the third Grand Tour.
The victorious Tour of Italy / Tour de France double has not been achieved since 1998 and the Italian Marco Pantani. The start of the second stage of the Tour de France 2024 will also be given from the hometown of the “Pirate”, Cesenatico.
The Giro 2024 will take place from May 4 to 26, before the Tour de France (June 29-July 21) and the Paris Olympic Games (July 26-August 11).
The 107e edition of the Tour of Italy will conclude in Rome at the end of a third week at high altitude including the ascent of the Stelvio pass and a formidable penultimate stage.
The 2023 Tour of Italy was won by another Slovenian, Primoz Roglic.
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