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08/22 12:54 CDT Pogacar produces explosive finish to win the first stage of the
Spanish Vuelta
Pogacar produces explosive finish to win the first stage of the Spanish Vuelta
MONACO (AP) --- Tadej Pogacar produced an explosive finish to win the first
stage of the Spanish Vuelta by edging British rider Ethan Hayter by 0.09
seconds in the opening time trial on Saturday.
Pogacar, who's bidding to become just the ninth rider to win all three Grand
Tours, put himself in position from the offset by completing the highly
technical 9.5-kilometer (5.9 mile) course through the streets of Monaco --
where he resides -- in 10 minutes, 57 seconds.
Hayter, who had gone earlier, must have thought he was going to win as he
watched Pogacar on course to finish some seconds slower than he had. But the
Slovenian accelerated as he approached the finish and just pipped Hayter to the
win.
Hayter finished four seconds faster than compatriot Josh Tarling, who was
racing just over a week after his younger brother Finlay Tarling was killed
after being struck by a vehicle during the Volta a Portugal.
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