‘Unbeatable’ Pogacar aiming for Tour-Giro double in spite of Covid blow

FLORENCE, Italy: Race favorite Tadej Pogacar was on Thursday hailed as “unbeatable” even as he revealed he contracted Covid just 10 days ago.
Winner of the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France, the Slovenian won the Giro d’Italia last month and is hoping to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 — the year Pogacar was born — to win the rare combination of a Tour-Giro double.
“The Giro-Tour double is difficult to achieve. It’s a big challenge but I’m ready to take it on,” the Team UAE rider said Thursday.