Cycling-Pogacar wins Giro d'Italia on debut, as Merlier wins final stage


FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 20 - Alpago to Bassano del Grappa - Italy - May 25, 2024 UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium after winning stage 20 REUTERS/Ciro De Luca/File Photo

ROME (Reuters) -Slovenia'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.

The 25-year-old UAE Team Emirates rider had been in the leader's pink jersey since winning stage two, the first of his six stage successes, and finished Sunday's ceremonial 125-km flat run safely in the bunch as Tim Merlier won the stage.

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