A visibly exhausted Pogačar: This was a very difficult ordeal

"The weather wasn't the best today. The race was therefore very difficult and the fact that we managed to win means a lot," said Tadej Pogačar after his victory at the Valonska Puščica, who is already turning his thoughts to Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege race.

Slovenian cycling ace Tadej Pogačar recorded the 94th victory of his illustrious career at the Valonska Puščica at the age of 26. But he had to struggle hard for it, which was also visible on his face when he reached the finish line. Nevertheless, he once again subdued the competition and launched himself towards the finish line on the final climb.

Impressive in the final climb, the world champion largely beat Remco Evenepoel, who lost 16 seconds in 400 meters. Kevin Vauquelin took second place.

Tadej Pogacar has taken revenge for his loss in the Amstel Gold Race in impressive fashion. On the Mur de Huy, the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates showed himself to be supreme. He pulverized the rest and rode away quickly in the final kilometer of the Walloon Arrow.

You have to make the wall of Huy sometime in life, even if it is walking, to realize the hardness that hides at the end of the Flecha Valona. There you get a pilgrimage and you pray in the little trucks that are on the way. To ride it by bike is a savage, a feat that is accompanied by suffering giving the feeling that the wheels do not advance and that at any moment you can go to the ground if you lose the balance. It is barely 1,100 meters, lik…

Tadej POGACAR. 10 cum laude. He had everything to lose and he won, no ifs or buts. He takes it and goes: sitting down. We on the sofa, he on his bike (the V5RS, second race, first victory for the new creature of......