Tadej Pogacar fired a warning shot to his cycling rivals on Saturday by storming to a stunning win in the Strade Bianche, blowing away the competition with a solo attack a full 81 kilometres from the finish line in Siena. UAE rider Pogacar claimed a statement victory in his first race of the 2024 season in...
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Pogacar launches Giro-Tour bid at Italy’s white dust epic
Tadej Pogacar opens his season Saturday at the Strade Bianche in Italy targeting a win at the gravel race that will also act as preparation for his assault on a Giro d’Italia and Tour de France double. The two-time Tour de France winner said he was “racing to win” in Siena, but has two more...
Pogacar completes historic hat-trick of Il Lombardia victories
Tadej Pogacar became just the third man to win Il Lombardia three years in a row after completing a stunning hat-trick of victories on Saturday in the season-ending Monument race. The two-time Tour de France champion made his move on the decisive Passo di Granda climb and crossed the line first in Bergamo, comfortably ahead...
Vingegaard climbs closer to Tour title by crushing Pogacar again
Jonas Vingegaard climbed into a rock-solid lead in the Tour de France on Wednesday as his main rival Tadej Pogacar lost almost six minutes on the toughest climb on the 21 stages. Felix Gall won stage 16, billed as the “Queen” stage with 69km of Alpine climbing, ahead of Simon Yates. Defending champion Vingegaard of...
Vingegaard pulverises Pogacar in Tour de France Alpine time-trial
Jonas Vingegaard soared to a crushing triumph on stage 16 of the Tour de France on Tuesday, winning the 22.4km time trial by 1min 38sec from Tadej Pogacar, who was second. Jumbo Visma rider Vingegaard attacked from start to finish with a win that extended his overall lead in the Tour de France to 1min...
Vingegaard hails Pogacar after latest Tour de France skirmish
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard hailed his rivalry with Tadej Pogacar after surviving the Slovenian’s latest attack to cling on to the overall lead of the Tour de France on the Grand Colombier mountain on Friday. Vingegaard finished just four seconds behind Pogacar after a sudden late attack that also earned the latter a four-second time...
Hindley takes Tour de France lead as Pogacar suffers in Pyrenees
Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar. Hindley’s feat however was overshadowed by Vingegaard’s show of class as the Dane pulled off a...
Vingegaard v Pogacar duel headlines Tour de France
Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard leads the Tour de France out of the Basque port of Bilbao on Saturday on a 21-day adventure crammed with peaks, postcard panoramas and an eye-catching showdown on a massive dormant volcano on the 3,404km route to Paris. The 30 mountains on the route lend Vingegaard of Jumbo-Visma an edge over...