Cycling: Tadej Pogacar wins a second round of consecutive Lombardy

The runner of the UAE Team Emirates team won in Côme on Saturday October 8, and hooks a third monument to his record.

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Côme-Bergame in 2021, Bergame-Come this year: regardless of the direction of the route of the Tour de Lombardie, the winner is always called Tadej Pogacar. A year after his first success on the classic of dead leaves, the Slovenian cyclist reiterated his performance by winning the 116 e edition, Saturday October 8, ahead of Enric Mas (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain- Victorious). At 24, he won the third monument (the five most prestigious day tests) in his career after opening his counter on Liège-Bastogne-Liège, in 2021.

“It’s really incredible to come back here and win again, he rejoiced after arrival. Everything happened as we wanted. I knew that today, I had good legs. “They allowed him to succeed in the first double on the event from the Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez in 2012 and 2013.

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The runner of the UAE Team Emirates team Racred Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) for the first time since the latter’s victory on the Tour de France. But duel, there was not finally. When Tadej Pogacar attacked Civiglio (4 km at 10 % average slope), the Danish failed to follow. Only Enric Mas and Mikel Landa, with delay, took the wheel of the Slovenian.

Despite several successive attacks between “Pogi” and Mas, the decision finally played in a two -sided sprint. Fast in this exercise, the double winner of the Tour de France left no chance to the Spaniard, however in great shape at the end of the season like his victory in front of Pogacar on the Tour of Emilie, the 1 ER October.

Remarkable teamwork

But the native of Komenda (Slovenia) was very strong, in the wake of his success on Tuesday on the three valleys varied. Above all, he was able to count on a remarkable work of his teammates. Joao Almeida launched hostilities more than sixty kilometers from the finish, in the ascent of Madonna del Ghisallo (8.7 km at 5.4 %) before Davide Formolo propels him twenty kilometers from Côme. A fatal acceleration for Julian Alaphilippe (51 e , Quick-Step alpha vinyl) or Vincenzo Nibali (24 e , Astana), who was playing the last race of his career.

Lifting his arms for the sixteenth time of the season, Tadej Pogacar concluded the year with the most success in the clock in front of the world champion Remco Evenepoel (15 victories, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl). “It’s an almost perfect season,” he said after passing the line.

If he has not won a third consecutive Tour de France, he pocketed three stage victories on French roads while signing pretty success at the Bianche Strade or at the Montreal Grand Prix. In addition, the Slovenian – fifth of Milan -San Remo and fourth in the Tour of Flanders – has shown that in the future should be relying on all terrains.

Two French people entered the Top 10: Rudy Molard (8 e , Groupama-FDJ) and Romain Bardet (9 e , DSM). “It’s not bad because I was not very good, admitted the latter on Eurosport. I suffered, it was a bit slow.” For the final race of his career, the Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) took sixth place in a race that is still refused to him. “I leave professional cycling with a good place,” the Murcian was satisfied after arrival.