Giro d’Italia 2024: Geraint Thomas shows vital quality to battle Tadej Pogacar

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Let’s just have a nice quiet day tomorrow?” It was a comment aimed at Tadej Pogacar, Thomas having spent the final couple of kilometres of stage three clinging to the coat-tails of the pink phenom. open image in gallery Geraint Thomas must contend with the remarkable Tadej Pogacar in Italy “He is the massive favourite, but stranger things have happened,” Thomas told The Guardian ahead of the Giro. open image in gallery It is now six years since Geraint Thomas’s breakthrough Tour de France win Three more Grand Tour podiums have followed that 2018 Tour triumph. open image in gallery Geraint Thomas narrowly missed out to Primoz Roglic at last year’s Giro d’Italia “Last year, with all the sort of challenges before the start – this infection that kept coming back, stop-starting the training and things – I was still competitive.