It was almost announced: a start in the Colma di Sormano and a fourth victory in a row in the Tour of Lombardy for Tadej Pogacar. And that’s what happened. Starting exactly 48.3 km from the finish in Como, 6.4 km from the highest point of the race (1,124 m), the Slovenian from UAE Team Emirates crushed the competition, Remco Evenepoel in the lead, to win. impose alone.
The double Belgian Olympic champion (Soudal-Quick Step) finished second at 3′ 16″, while the Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) completed the podium, 4′ 31″ behind the winner of the day. Pogacar’s teammate, Frenchman Pavel Sivakov finished 6th at 4′ 34”. Another Habs, Groupama-FDJ leader David Gaudu (9th at 4′ 58”), slipped into the top 10.
Alone in the world, “Pogi” added a new crown to his incredible year 2024, after a world champion title, the Tours of Italy and France, the Strade Bianche, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tours of Catalonia or of Emilie…
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The alien of the peloton has raised his arms 25 times since the start of the year, something never seen since Alessandro Petacchi in 2005. But the Italian was a pure sprinter, not a bogeyman who disgusts his colleagues by leaving when he wants, from where he wants, as he wants, for solo epics.
At 26, Pogacar has certainly not finished adding to his list of achievements, which is still missing the Tour of Spain, Paris-Roubaix and Milan-San Remo. A simple matter of time, surely.