US EditionMonumental Pogačar wins Tour of Flanders for record-equaling third time with another solo attack
- On Sunday, Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar won the Tour of Flanders for a record-equaling third time, crossing the finish line 33 seconds ahead of rival Mathieu van der Poel.
- The 278km route featured 16 punishing climbs and several cobblestone sections, making this one of cycling's five most prestigious one-day races, known as "Monuments."
- Pogačar and van der Poel rode together before the Slovenian launched a decisive attack on the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont, while Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel finished third.
- Having triumphed at Milan-San Remo and the Strade Bianche, Pogačar has won all three races he competed in this year and now holds 12 Monument victories.
- Winning next weekend's Paris-Roubaix would make Pogačar the fourth man to win all five Monuments, joining cycling legends Eddy Merckx, Rik Van Looy, and Roger De Vlaeminck.
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Oudenaarde. The Tour of Flanders showed that today no one is up to the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, who conquered for the third time this test by imposing himself on Mathieu van der Poel (2) and Remco Evenepoel (3) after a formidable battle in the cobbled climbs, during a 278-kilometre route that was controversial after a part of the platoon, including Pogacar and Evenepoel, advanced during the crossing of the train in the town of Lede, before the p…
Tadej Pogačar achieved his 12th monumental victory.
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The Slovenian crossed the finish line of the Belgian classic ahead of Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel this Sunday, while the Dutch woman ahead of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Puck PieterseIntouchable, Tadej Pogacar won her third Tour des Flandres on Sunday, an equal record, by placing solo ahead of Mathieu van der Poel and Remco Evenepoel after a formidable battle in the cobblestone mountains.With this twelfth victory in a Monument, the S…
After more than six hours of racing, Tadej Pogacar crossed the finish line in Oudenaarde with the satisfaction and confidence of those who know that he is writing golden pages of the history of cycling. However, the most surprising thing about these gestures is not his impossible attacks or rides, but the world-class rivals he manages to overthrow in each of the lands.
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