The Team Ineos rider, elevated by Geraint Thomas’s crash, is as surprised as anyone to end a gruelling Grand Tour on top
It is the stuff of teenage cycling fantasy, a scenario that a wannabe might conjure up while pedalling a paper round or serving at the counter in a bike shop: a young rider travels to one of the three greatest races in the world, is thrust into leadership of his team when the designated No 1 falls off his bike, and then endures an unprecedented cliff-hanging finale to take the biggest win of his life.
Welcome to the world of Britain’s latest cycling star, Tao Geoghegan Hart, 25 years old, born and bred in east London, who on Sunday was crowned the winner of the Giro d’Italia, the three-week round race which is second only to the Tour de France in prestige and difficulty.
Written by William Fotheringham
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