Slovenian star attacked with 48km to to beat second-placed Remco Evenepoel by 3min 16sec in the final monument of the season
Share. The Slovenian star powered away from the peloton with just over 48km to go and finished 3min 16sec ahead of Remco Evenepoel in second.
Giulio Ciccone earned himself a spot on the podium with a move inside the final 5km to catch and go away from the chasing pack, but this race was all about Pogacar. The 26-year-old, who won two of the year’s three grand tours and the world championship rainbow jersey, attacked on the last major climb to leave the rest of the peloton behind.
Pogacar was given the platform for victory by his UAE Team Emirates colleagues who delivered their leader to the Colma Di Sormano with the fleeting breakaway group reeled in. “We planned it like this,” explained Pogacar. “The race is so hard that in the end the last 40km is more or less man to man. I knew if I had a decent gap on the top I can come to the finish, but you never know.
Pogacar took a look over his shoulder before celebrating on the finish line, but he need not have bothered. “I was just enjoying the crowds, and looking forward to off-season,” he said. Another rider looking forward to a break is Tom Pidcock, who was a surprise omission from Ineos Grenadiers’ squad for the race when it was announced on Friday. Amid rumours of a departure from the British team, Pidcock said he was “deselected” from the season’s final monument.“Just as things were on the up after a turbulent end to the year I am deselected for Lombardia tomorrow,” Pidcock wrote on Instagram.
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