US EditionBloodied and Battered Pogacar Fights Back From a Crash to Finally Conquer Milan-San Remo
Tadej Pogacar overcame a crash 30km from the finish and won the 298km Milan-San Remo race, beating Tom Pidcock by half a wheel at the line.
- In the final 200m Pogacar launched his sprint to beat Tom Pidcock by half a wheel and secure his first Milan–San Remo victory after recovering from a crash 30 kilometers from the finish.
- About 30km from the finish a crash tore Tadej Pogacar’s kit and cut his leg during the 298km route, Milan–San Remo, the season’s opening monument.
- At the Poggio, Pogacar worked his way to the front, stuck with an initial attack, and repeatedly tried but couldn't shake Pidcock as they crested the summit.
- The women’s event was marred by a horrific crash on the Cipressa descent as Debora Silvestri flew over a guardrail and Laboral Kutxa said she was conscious when taken to hospital.
- Little could separate the leading duo on the descent to the finish, setting up a final sprint that Wout Van Aert finished third in the bunch sprint.
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Tadej Pogacar Takes One Beautiful Step Closer To Completing Cycling
Here is a loose rule that you can use to determine whether or not Tadej Pogacar is going to win a bike race: if you can see the flank of an asscheek protruding through his tattered skinsuit, nobody is beating him. One year after winning Strade Bianche with his butt flapping in the wind following a heavy crash on a descent, Pogacar again fell hard just before the business end of Milan-San Remo on Saturday. The Slovenian world-conqueror was deep i…
Despite a fall, Tadej Pogacar wins Milan-Sanremo for the first time – a redemption after an epic race.
The world champion managed to resume the race and won the victory
Slovenian cycling ace Tadej Pogačar has won the first monument of the season, Milan-San Remo, at his sixth attempt. Despite a fall 33 km from the finish, the 27-year-old has fulfilled the first of two big goals of the season, and if he also wins in Paris-Roubaix in three weeks, he would find himself in cycling paradise with all five monuments.
Fire legs and, for the first time, a game of mental manipulation: the Slovenian champion won the first "monument" of the season this Saturday, despite a fall. Zuricher Noemi Rüegg finished second in the sprint in the women's raceAnd Tadej Pogacar discovered the trick. To win Milan-San Remo this Saturday, one of the only races to resist him, the world champion got confused with his subject, becoming as subtle as this old race too easy to run, so …
Despite a fall this Saturday, Tadej Pogacar won Milan-San Remo, one of the monuments that was still missing in his list. He only left Paris-Roubaix to pick up to make the "Grand Slam".
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