Tadej Pogačar to ride Giro d'Italia in 2024

Slovenian set to challenge for maglia rosa in May, the race's organisers RCS confirm

Tadej Pogačar at Il Lombardia
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Tadej Pogačar will ride the Giro d'Italia in 2024, the race's organisers announced on Sunday afternoon.

In a tweet captioned "break the internet", RCS broke the news that the two-time Tour de France winning Slovenian will take part in the Italian Grand Tour for the first time. The 25-year-old has never not finished off the podium in the four Tours and one Vuelta a España he has taken part in so far.

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