Livigno [Italy], Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar moved to the top of the standings by almost seven minutes after a stunning fourth victory on the queue stage of the Giro d'Italia in Livigno. The man in pink overtook Colombia's veteran Nairo Quintana two kilometers from the summit of the final snow-claw climb, producing another emphatic result that sealed the overall victory with a week remaining, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) can lose a minute on each remaining day of this Giro d'Italia and stand on the top step in the pink jersey in Rome next Sunday at the Cycling World Tour 2024 - Giro d'Italia - Stage 16 - Livigno - Santa Cristin Valgardena/St. Cristina in Groden (Monte Pana) will be shown live on Eurospor from 19:00 (7:00 pm IST) on Tuesday. The Slovenian sensation moves 6:41 ahead of Welshman Geraint Thoma (Ineos Grenadiers) after his latest performance. On the queen stage of the 107th edition of the Giro, Pogačar, the prodigy who overcame all his rivals to win Stage 15 in the Alps on a day with more climbing than any professional cycling race in the last decade, came from the th group Went out.One of the favorites on the final climb to the Passo di Foscagno with 15 km remaining. The 25-year-old left the remains of the day's breakaway for the DEA before he passed Germany's Georg Steinhauser (EF Education–EasyPost) from the summit and then the last man standing, Colombian veteran Nairo Quinton (Movistar), Were standing two kilometers away. Finnish Pogacar extended his lead on the freshly constructed road's double-digit ramps – coming home with a 3-second margin over Quintana for his fourth win of his debut Giro. Frenchman Romain Bardet (Team DSM–Firmenicht PostNL) heralded the arrival of the other RAC favourites, before Steinhauser finished third, with Britain's Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) now stuck in the battle for second place and Colombia's Dani Martínez. Ended up in the wheel. (Bora-Hansgrohe) 2:50 down from Pogacar, as both have consolidated their positions on the lower steps of the podium.But with six stages still remaining, Thomas now trails Pogacar by 6:41 and Martínez is 15 seconds behind. Pogacar's current lead is the largest margin for the pink jersey after two weeks since 1954, as the Slovenian continues to tear up the record books. The search for that elusive Giro-Tour double. And with such an advantage as he enters the final week, Pogacar can now focus on his preparations from the pink to the attack on the yellow jersey of the Tour de France later this summer "with a good climb today “It was a really nice route,” said a pleased Pogacar. “The team-mates did a good job – we had this stage in mind since December.I'm very glad we got it under control. We had to be alert the whole day. It was a strong breakaway but I put everything I had into it for the last 10km and I'm extremely happy to win the Queen Stage in Livigno, one of my favorite places in Italy Pogacar paid tribute to the man who refused to win Did – but admitted that, as a teenager, the 2014 Colombian winner. The Giro often frustrated him with his conservative style as opposed to his aggressive style "I was watching the times when [Chris] Froome and Quintana were attacking each other – but always very close to the end. I was really Was angry with Quintana because he did not try to go away.But today he did a really great job. H had a wonderful ride. Also Steinhauser's third place today was an amazing ride. With 5,500 meters of climbing – more than any Grand Tour stage in the last decade and 157 KOM points to capture in a succession of five summits (the last two of which are more than 2,000 meters high), Sunday's stage is 15,222km. But. The longest finish at this year's Giro was always going to yield a performance for Pogačar, however, who bided his time wisely and kept his powder dry as a bunch of 10 riders charged down the road – including There was also an angry Liliane Calmejan (Intermarche-Vanti) who seemed to be taking on the world and her dog and Eve, her own Directeur Sportif. After missing the move, German veteran Simon Geschke (Cofidis) took the blue jersey points. Chase was left behind in an attempt to move the table, leaving him vulnerable.While Geschke helped a large chase group of more than 40 riders take the lead in the race up the second climb, Colle San Zeno, Italy's Michele kept him from giving him maximum points at the top. Deprived. Scaroni (Astana Kazakhstan) Scaroni pushed away from teammate Davide Ballerini and four others down the infamous Passo di Mortirolo to open up a gap of almost two minutes. Scaroni once again took maximum points at the top, with Maye fielding 4:30 in arrears and set to take the lead over the final two climbs. A long false flat over the valley followed by a penultimate unclassified climb on the two remaining intermediate sprints. The stage which reduced the leading group to only 10 riders ahead of the Passo di Foscagno with 25 km remaining.After a Monday rest day, the Giro returns on Tuesday with a 206 km stage 16, which features the Umbrailpass before a summit finish over the Ortisei on the climb of Santa Cristina van Gardena.