Pogacar Wins Vuelta a Espana Opening Stage
- Tadej Pogacar won the opening time trial of the 81st Spanish Vuelta in Monaco on Saturday, completing the 9.4km course in 10 minutes and edging British rider Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds.
- The Gran Partida featured a technical 9.4km effort through Monaco's streets, peppered with 13 corners, hairpins, tunnels, and punchy climbs that tested the field of 184 riders.
- Ethan Hayter held the hot seat until the final moments before Pogacar's late surge; Joshua Tarling finished third, four seconds behind the leader after racing eight days following his brother's death.
- Wearing the leader's jersey, Pogacar heads into stage 2, a 214.3km race from Monaco to Manosque on Sunday as the Slovenian pursues his first career Vuelta overall victory.
- Pogacar bids to become only the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours, a feat that positions him among cycling's greatest. Four-time Vuelta winner Primo Rogli finished 22 seconds slower.
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Cycling-Pogacar wins Monaco time trial as Vuelta bid begins in style - Regional Media News
MONTE CARLO, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar got straight down to business as he opened his quest to win the Vuelta a Espana for the first time by snatching victory in the opening time trial in Monaco on Saturday. Little more than two months after the roar of Formula One cars echoed around the streets of the glitzy principality, the world's fastest cyclist relied purely on leg and lung power to underline his superiority. Seven years after his o…
The winner of the Tour de France wins the initial time trial by 9 hundredths and already sends a warning in the first stage
Slovenian cycling ace Tadej Pogačar is the winner of the opening time trial at the Tour of Spain. In Monaco, he beat Briton Ethan Hayter by just nine hundredths of a second after a 9.4 km technically demanding route through the streets of the principality, where he also lives. "I'm very happy, red is a really beautiful color," he said after his new success.
Not even a month after his Tour de France victory, Tadej Pogačar is standing on the starting line of the Tour de Spain. He is immediately successful again. However, it does not make the competition easy for him.
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France24Pogacar wins Vuelta a Espana opening stage
The Slovenian, aiming to complete a career Grand Tour treble at the Vuelta, where he is the overwhelming favourite, completed the 9.4-kilometre ride a fraction of a second faster than Briton Ethan Hayter. Joshua Tarling finished third, four seconds behind the top two, to complete the podium a week after his younger brother Finlay Tarling died in a road accident while racing in the Tour of Portugal. UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar clocked 10min 5…
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