Key Takeaways: Giro d'Italia Stage 8

Breaking down how a routine summit finish continued to expose the stark lines of delineation in the GC battle

Tadej Pogačar continued to stamp his authority on the 2024 Giro d’Italia, as well as extend his overall lead as he won with a cool casualness ahead of Dani Martínez and Ben O’Connor atop the climb to Prati di Tivo in the remote and stunningly beautiful peaks of the Abruzzi Apennines. Instead of an attack from far down the final climb like last weekend’s…