You are right. With the popularity of using indoor trainers due to the pandemic I am surprised so many here don’t realise how smart trainers can provide a high level of training without racing or riding on the road. There is also the example of Jay Vine who won two MTFs at the Vuelta on the back of Zwift racing and prep.The point was that with a few weeks of indoor training, he can build himself up to a pretty good level before the training camp at altitude. As Haely's example shows, not being able to train outside is not the end of the world. I wasn't comparing injuries.
By the way, it would have been nice to see him at the Giro, as he is visiting a specialist in Italy to get a lighter brace. He was only 25 kilometres from yesterday's finish. But it probably would have been an unnecessary risk after the Covid incidents...
All is not lost for Pogi - yet.