Save of the season? Tadej Pogačar silences doubters to win second consecutive Il Lombardia title Did the Slovenian’s 3rd career monument add some much-needed gloss to a tumultuous 2022 or was it simply a fitting end to an “almost perfect” season? cycling
Okay, I know what you’re thinking. That it’s downright absurd to suggest that Tadej Pogačar’s win today at Il Lombardia – his second straight triumph at the Race of the Falling Leaves – saved the UAE Team Emirate rider’s season.
He may even have laid some of the ghosts of July firmly to rest. When Pogačar first raised the pace on the Civiglio after a consummate warmup act from his UAE teammates, the Slovenian’s tormentor on the Col du Granon, Jonas Vingegaard vainly tried to bridge the gap, before slumping back into his saddle with a categorical, defeated thump.
Pogačar and Vingegaard descend the Galibier on the way to their Tour-defining showdown on the Col du Granon 2022 has also made increasingly clear that the biggest challenge to Pogačar’s pre-eminence – at both the grand tours and the classics – won’t just come from the man who bested him in July, and who he callously dispatched on the Civiglio today, but also from the precocious world champion who swapped a day in Lombardy in the rainbow jersey for a wedding suit in Flanders.
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