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Tadej Pogacar stretched his Giro d’Italia lead as he powered to victory in the stage-seven time trial, while Geraint Thomas dropped to third overall.<\/b><\/p>\n
The Slovenian once again illustrated his status as the overwhelming Giro favourite, flying up the final climb to overhaul Filippo Ganna’s time.<\/p>\n
Pogacar trailed double world time trial champion Ganna by 47 seconds at the foot of the climb but claimed his second stage win of the week by 17 seconds after a blistering run to the finish line.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old finished the 40.6km stage in 51 minutes 44 seconds.<\/p>\n
Welshman Thomas, who began the day second overall, fell to third after losing two minutes to Pogacar on the day.<\/p>\n
Bora-hansgrohe rider Dani Martinez finished one minute 49 seconds behind Pogacar but it was enough to see him jump above his former Ineos team-mate Thomas into second, two minutes and 36 seconds off the leader’s pink jersey overall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n