Pogačar won for the fourth time in a row in Lombardy after nearly fifty kilometers alone – Sport.cz

With a dominant victory in the 255 km long race, Pogačar crowned his already brilliant season, in which he won 25 victories. Among other things, he dominated the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France, became world champion for the first time and won another of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège monuments.

“Every victory is amazing. It was a long and difficult race, that’s why I’m very happy,” said Pogačar, who equaled Faust Coppi’s achievement from 1946-49 with a fourth victory in Lombardy. We’ll see after my career ends, where I rank,” he said of the comparison with the Italian legend, who won the “falling leaves race” a total of five times.

UAE Emirates team leader Pogačar attacked 48.4km from the finish line on the final steep climb to Colma di Sormano. Taking advantage of the moment when he and his group were traveling to exile, he rose from the saddle and rode away from opponents who did not even accept victory for the 88th victory of his career. life Finally, he increased his lead over the two-time Olympic champion from Paris, Evenepoel, to 3:16 minutes. The Italian Giulio Ciccone finished in third place with a loss of 4:31.

“This is how we designed it. It is a very difficult race, the last 40 kilometers are spent on confidence. But I enjoyed it and now I’m looking forward to the end of the season,” said Pogačar after the second longest solo victory in the history of the race, which was in its 118th year this year. The record has been held by the Swiss Tomy Rominger since 1989 with a run of 113 km.