MADRID, 7 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won this Saturday the Giro de Lombardia, the last ‘monument’ on the UCI calendar, and where he achieved his third consecutive victory with a key attack 28 kilometers from the finish line, despite suffering cramps in the final stretch until arriving in Bergamo.
The departure from the city of Como, heading towards the town of Cantù, began a 238-kilometer route in which Pogacar and the rest of the illustrious participants encountered a series of exciting climbs, with a total difference in altitude of up to 4,400 meters. on your route.
35 km from the finish the decisive moves took place, with Pogacar himself and his compatriot Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) trying to form a group of ‘cocks’, after catching the Irishman Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and the French Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) in the advance.
The two Slovenians and Alaphilippe himself, together with the British Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) and the Russian Aleksandr Vlasov (BORA-hansgrohe), were joined there by the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers ), the Canadian Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), the Australian Chris Harper (Jayco AlUla) and the Italians Andrea Bagioli and Fausto Masnada (both from Soudal-Quick Step).
And among all of them, the strongest on the Bergamo roads was Pogacar, who attacked 28 km from the finish line and in the middle of the descent of the Passo di Ganda. Without palliatives, the UAE Team Emirates player gradually opened a gap with respect to his pursuers and only gave the scare with cramps in his right thigh, which did not worsen.
After having conquered the last Tour of Flanders, this new victory gave Pogacar the second ‘monument’ of the season. His final time at the finish was 5h55:33, 51 seconds ahead of the sprinter to complete the podium, which Bagioli won ahead of Roglic.