Tadej Pogacar wins Giro d’Italia on debut as Merlier wins final stage

Tadej Pogacar gestures as he celebrates his overall leader's pink jersey in front of the Colosseum in Rome after the 21st and last stage of the 107th Giro d'Italia. Photograph: Luca Bettini/AFP via Getty ImagesSlovenia’s Tadej Pogacar emphatically won the Giro d’Italia on his debut when he retained his unassailable overall lead after Sunday’s 21st and final stage in Rome, winning by the biggest overall margin since 1965.

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Milan, winner of three stages, had the consolation of winning the points classification, ahead of Australian Kaden Groves who finished third on the final stage. Last year's winner and fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic was absent from the race along with Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard, but nothing can take away from Pogacar's domination in Italy, and he will now aim for the Tour de France.

Pogacar won the weather-hit next stage and showed no mercy on the penultimate day when going solo to take his sixth stage to cement his grip on the maglia rosa, with an overall lead not seen in almost 60 years at the Giro. “The pink jersey is really special, a crazy experience, and the whole defence was unbelievably good, so yeah, it was crazy,” Pogacar said.Scare for Rás Tailteann leader Jackson as defending champ Corkery launches big attack‘The rug has been pulled’: Ukrainians in Drumshanbo scramble for accommodation after notice to vacate

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