Marco Frigo made his mark on stage 8 of the Giro d\u2019Italia, being part of a strong breakaway after a frantic start to the day. Unfortunately, Frigo missed out on the winning move and had to see his chances of success disappear on the Italian roads.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt really good today and I really wanted to win this stage,\u201d Frigo explained after the finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut at one point, the race slipped out of my control, and I lost all my chances. It\u2019s really frustrating because it wasn\u2019t due to my legs. Maybe I was unaware at the wrong moment, I don\u2019t even remember now, but suddenly a group of riders got away and opened up a gap that was too big to close. Sometimes, in just 10 seconds, you can lose everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Due to the fast pace and countless attacks, it took nearly 80 kilometers before the breakaway, with Frigo, managed to distance the peloton for good. Eager to improve on his third, fifth, and sixth place finishes from the 2023 Giro d\u2019Italia, the 25-year-old Italian stayed attentive near the front of the group, helping to set the pace on the first long climb of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaybe I spent too much energy at the front on the climbs, but when you\u2019re in a group of 20 riders and feeling good, you don\u2019t want to miss out on any dangerous moves. Unfortunately, that\u2019s exactly what happened in the end,\u201d Frigo said.<\/p>\n
Seeing the stage win slip away, Frigo eventually sat up and was caught by the peloton in the final kilometers.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess I could have gone all-in to try for a top-10 result, but that\u2019s not what I was aiming for today. I wanted to win, and I also have to manage my energy because there\u2019s still a long way to go in this race, and I need to support Derek [Gee] for the GC too. I just wish I had taken full advantage of this opportunity, as I won\u2019t have many chances for myself in this race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite the disappointment of missing out on a good opportunity to claim his first Grand Tour stage victory, after finishing second on stage 6 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a last year, Frigo still found positives in today\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is definitely a big confidence boost for me, looking ahead to what\u2019s coming. My legs were really good today, and I\u2019m eagerly looking forward to the next stages.\u201d<\/p>\n
IPT team leader Derek Gee finished the day with the GC favorites and now sits 22nd in the general classification ahead of Sunday\u2019s challenging gravel stage to Siena.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Marco Frigo made his mark on stage 8 of the Giro d\u2019Italia, being part of a strong breakaway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,42456,50569,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-111466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-giro-ditalia","10":"tag-marco-frigo","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114528395205998004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}