Roglic beats Thomas by 40sec on stage despite slipping chainThomas: ‘It’s pretty gutting but once it sinks in I can be proud’
Geraint Thomas’s Giro d’Italia challenge crumbled as he wilted on the steep slopes of Monte Lussari in north-east Italy, allowing his closest challenger, Primoz Roglic, to move into the race leader’s maglia rosa by 14 seconds.
In a nail-biting climax to the three-week race, the 18.6km individual time trial finally revealed just how strong Roglic, of the Jumbo-Visma team, truly is. He survived a disastrous moment midway through the stage when he slipped his chain on the steepest gradients.
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