US EditionPogacar Makes It Five in a Row at Lombardia to Cap 'Best Season' Yet
Tadej Pogacar equaled Fausto Coppi’s record with five consecutive Il Lombardia wins and finished nearly two minutes ahead after a solo attack on the final climb.
- On Sunday, Tadej Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider, claimed a record-tying fifth Il Lombardia victory in Bergamo, capping his best season so far.
- UAE Team Emirates set up the finale by leaving Pogacar to attack with around 38 kilometres remaining, enabling his searing solo move on the Passo di Ganda.
- Across the season, Pogacar won multiple Monuments and world honours, recording major wins at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour de France and retaining his World Championships road race title.
- Remco Evenepoel, Soudal-QuickStep rider, could not follow Pogacar’s winning move and finished second again nearly two minutes behind, with Storer and Simmons placing third and fourth.
- Following European road-race gold days earlier, Pogacar extended his winning streak by celebrating enthusiastically with a double fist-pump crossing Il Lombardia's finish line for UAE Team Emirates.
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The Slovenian cyclist equalizes the best brand of Fausto Coppi. Pogacar pulverizes record by record.
Slovenian cycling ace Tadej Pogačar competed with recreational cyclists in the "S klanca v klanc" challenge from Komenda to Krvavec, a day after winning the Lombardy Monument for the fifth time in a row. 1,189 participants from 36 different countries started, and one of them managed to reach the top before the world champion.
Mexico City.- The Mexican cyclist Isaac del Toro finished fifth in the Giro de Lombardía, the last Classical Monument of the season. The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, a companion of the tricolor in the UAE and who closed his season, was the winner of the race, also achieving his fifth consecutive victory in Il Lombardía. The current world champion dominated the 119 edition of the so-called "Classica of the Dead Leaves", which competed between Como an…
Tadej Pogačar spoke at a press conference after his fifth consecutive victory at the Tour of Lombardy about his goals for the upcoming season. The world's best cyclist particularly highlighted his pursuit of victory at both monuments, which have eluded him this season.
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