Tadej Pogacar destroyed the entire match with a stunning solo effort to win Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday, the sixth of the Slovenian’s career A monumental victory.
Pogacar (Team Emirates) launched his attack with 34 kilometers left in the 254-kilometre trek, crossing the iconic Côte de la Redoute, before crossing the finish line. He finished 1 minute 39 seconds ahead of Romain Bardet, with Mathieu van der Poel winning the sprint to finish third.
It was Pogacar’s second victory in Liege, making up for his crash last year. He also withdrew from the 2022 competition after the death of his fiancé’s mother.
“I was riding my bike all day and I was very emotional thinking about Urska’s mother two years ago and we had to go home,” Pogakar said. “I broke my hand last year, so the past two years have been really tough.”
Pogacar said that the plan to attack Redutchu had been formulated before the game.
“We rode hard on the climbs and stayed safe on the descents and La Redoute – we did exactly what we said we would do and from then on it was painful all the way to the finish.”
Australian Grace Brown beats Elisa Longo Borghini and Demi Waller in the sprint in the women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège race Demi Vollering spent most of the day in the sprint after defeating Elisa Longo Borghini and Demi Vollering Time finally won.
Newsletter Promotion Post
Brown’s victory made her the first Australian to receive a monument. “It was a great day,” she said later. “I wanted to get into that break and we always knew we could have a strong break in the middle part of the race and we worked really well together. I felt like I was reaching my climbing limit towards the end but when I got off Roche- After surviving the aux-Faucons, I thought: “This is where it all started. ” Then, great.
