Pogacar beat Mas and Landa in a great farewell to Valverde in Lombardy

the slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team) again proven success in the Giro de Lombardía. He completed the task of his team in an attack all the way up the Civiglio wall, 20 kilometers from the finish line, which only the Spaniards resisted. Enric Mas (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious).

Mas stayed with Pogacar until they solved the last ‘monument’ of the season hand in hand, and overcame the top speed of the two-time Tour de France champion, who was dethroned this year by the Dane jonas vingegaardwho never fought for victory in Il Lombardia.

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Pogacar covered the 253 kilometers between Bergamo and Como in 6h.21’22”. He felt the encouragement of a competitive Enric Mas, his executioner recently in Giro dell’Emilia. This time the match was settled on a long straight 900 meters, a big advantage for the Klanec phenomenon, with the 24-year-old adding his 17th victory of the campaign.

Landa closed the podium by 12″ and was cut off on the second climb to San Fermo de Battaglia, when Mas tried to surprise Pogacar.

The Spanish celebration continued. Goodbye to official cycling Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), with the 42-year-old doing sixth, at 1’24”, winning the sprint with the small group with Bauke Mollema, Rudy Molard, Romain Bardet, and Adam Yates. seconds before Carlos Rodríguez signed in fifth place, surpassed in the goal of the Colombian Sergio Higuita.

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More amazing, Valverde is also very big, closing in a big way a star career, in top form, that joins the new stars of the international team.

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The Murcian and the Mallorcan were very attentive to the movements of the UAE Team, who led the race as soon as the break of the day fell 80 kilometers from the finish line. the portuguese joao almeida He did the first big relay on the flat, letting his teammates support Pogacar on the first climb to San Fermo de Battaglia. And especially in the last circuit of 20 kilometers, with the Civiglio, a wall of 4.2 kilometers with a 10% percentage. A coach in which the Slovenian brought Mas and Landa, who did not allow him to hold a solo festival. They made him win hard.

The chasers were crowned in the 40″ where Alejandro Valverde and Carlos Rodríguez let themselves be seen in a unit that was not understood for the chase. Rodríguez decided to do it alone with Sergio Higuita, but no more choice.

Pogacar repeated, Enric Mas blessed himself one day, like Mikel Landa. And highest admiration and respect to Alejandro Valverde. “It’s sad to say goodbye in this way, at the great level I had. But very happy. And above all I want to congratulate the whole team, it’s wonderful,” Valverde told Eurosport.

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