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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The Slovenian won this 9.4 km individual time trial in Monaco, ahead of the British Ethan Hayter by only 9 hundredths.
Slovenia's bike star Tadej Pogacar took off on Saturday with a victory in the Vuelta. Just under four weeks after his fifth victory at the Tour de France, the Slovenian raced into the red leader jersey at the start time in Monaco. On the flat 9.4 km long course through his chosen home, UAE rider Pogacar placed the British rider Ethan Hayter in second place by nine hundredths of a second. Stocker candidate Felix Gall came to the finish with 46 se…
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…
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