222 kilomètres, 5 400 mètres de dénivelé positif, une arrivée au sommet... la 15e étape du Tour d'Italie était assurément l'un des grands rendez-vous de ces trois semaines sur les routes transalpines. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) avait coché cette journée sur son calendrier, et comme le Slovène obtient tout ce qu'il veut sur ce Giro, il s'est imposé à Livigno et a décroché sa quatrième victoire d'étape sur cette 107e édition du Tour d'Italie ! Une seule attaque, intervenue à 14 kilomètres de l'arrivée, a permis au maillot rose de faire la différence sur ses principaux adversaires, qui ont pris une énorme claque ce dimanche.
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00:00This Giro d'Italia is so emphatically his that it's almost ridiculous, Tadej Pogacar,
00:25the destroyer of dreams, the writer of history and the winner at will, another extraordinary
00:33chapter in this amazing career unfolds before our very eyes at altitude in the snow of the
00:40Giro d'Italia, Pogacar is incomparable.
00:44Today your third stage win with the Maglia Rosa, is it the most enjoyable?
01:14Today was one of the best days for me, not the whole day, I would not say the best day
01:21on my career but it was a really nice stage, really good route, nice climbs, the team did
01:28a super good job, we had this stage in mind since, I don't know, December or whatever
01:35and I'm super happy that we keep it under control, it was a really strong breakaway
01:41but I gave it all in the last 10k or so or 15k and I'm super happy that I can win a
01:50Queen stage in Livigno, one of my favourite places in Italy.
01:54G, how was that?
01:59Solid day, UAE rode really well, super hard pace, where Pog went to be honest, it didn't
02:08feel super so I thought just instead of trying to follow and blow up, I'll use the other
02:15guys and actually came round a bit by the end.
02:21Nineteen seconds between you and Taimen Haraldsman, it will be a big battle in the last week?
02:26Yeah, now only 90 seconds but yeah, I hope that this was the worst day so maybe the other
02:35days will be better and yeah, maybe, for sure, I'll try to defend.
02:42Filippo Ganna, the fastest at the finishing line by a cavernous amount, well over a minute,
02:48he dislodges his teammate Tobias Voss by one minute and 26 seconds over 32km and that was
02:56borderline insane from Ganna.
03:04Queen stage into the Italian Alps, a mighty 222km with a finish in Livigno over a total
03:12of five categorised climbs, three of which were Cat 1 climbs, a massive day in the King
03:18of the Mountains competition and a massive day ahead in the general classification.
03:24Bright sunshine on the shores of Lake Garda as the race got underway and an aggressive
03:29start as riders went off in search of a potential breakaway victory, Simon Geska being piloted
03:36to the front of the race in search of King of the Mountains points.
03:41On the first climb then, his most immediate rival Lilian Kalmzjan was out sprinted to
03:45the first climb at Lodrino by Laurence Pithy of Groupama FTJ.
03:50As the groups got back together again, they approached the second climb of the day, Luke
03:56Plappe at the front of the race, the Australian national champion, attacking with Simon Geska.
04:02A little group getting away and Alpecin Deceuninck with Simon Geska in the blue jersey trying
04:08to knit it all back together again as Geska in the company of Christian Scaroni went over
04:15the top of the collie San Zeno, Scaroni getting maximum 18 points.
04:22They headed then down onto a descent with six riders off the front and, meanwhile, back
04:28in the peloton, UAE Team Emirates taking it up.
04:32The groups came back together again and at one point there were over 40 riders at the
04:35front, Polti Carmetta riding very aggressively, but still these six riders including Harrison
04:42Wood of Cofidis and two riders from Astana including Davide Ballarini were off the front
04:47as they went through the first bonus sprint at Malono.
04:52After that then it was the mighty Passo del Mottirolo, the first of the Cat 1 climbs and
04:58bit by bit the riders at the front of the race fell away, meanwhile pressure was being
05:02exerted behind by UAE Team Emirates.
05:04At the front of the race then three Italian riders were joined by Nicola Conci as they
05:09headed towards the top of the climb, but it was Astana's Christian Scaroni who picked
05:12up 40 more King of the Mountains points and went off in pursuit of second place in that
05:17competition.
05:19Diving down then, the second long descent of the day, the groups came back together
05:23again on the flat approach to the next bonus sprint and the Intergiro.
05:32They were riding hard behind though and the big breakaway group splintered and reformed.
05:36A steep approach to the bonus sprint.
05:39It was Vismalisa Bike's Attila Valta who went over the sprint in first place and after that
05:45the Intergiro was taken by Polti Carmetta's Davide Pigonzoli.
05:48Then they approached the last two categorised climbs and that was where Nairo Quintana attacked
05:54and went clear.
05:55A reaction then and the big expected move from the Maglia Rosa.
06:13Quintana went over the penultimate climb in first place, the Movistar Man, the winner
06:17of the Giro d'Italia in 2014, was being pursued though as behind, Tadej Pogacar was picking
06:24off the riders, bit by bit.
06:26Eventually, on the final climb to the finish in Lovigno, Tadej Pogacar got on terms with
06:32Nairo Quintana and then dropped him with two kilometres to go.
06:36This Giro d'Italia is so emphatically his that it's almost ridiculous.
06:41Tadej Pogacar, the destroyer of dreams, the writer of history and the winner at will.
06:49Another extraordinary chapter in this amazing career unfolds before our very eyes.
06:55At altitude, in the snow of the Giro d'Italia, Pogacar is incomparable.
07:11He takes another stage victory.
07:27Win number four for Pogacar at the 2024 Giro.
07:31Quintana in second place, Steinhauser in third, but this man's advantage on GC is now huge.
07:38Six minutes and 41 seconds to Geraint Thomas in second place.
07:41Eventually, Jonathan Milan came to the line, still with a firm grip on the Maglia Ciclamino.
07:49Pogacar extended his lead in the King of the Mountains competition.
07:54But in the white jersey standings, Antonio Tiberi lost a lot of his time today to Tiemann
07:59Arendsen.
08:00He's only got a few seconds to defend as the third week of the Giro looms large.