CyclingProNet<\/a>. \u201cBut I had one full day and two nights to rest. The goal today was to win as a team. That gave me lots of motivation.\u201d<\/p>\nDespite feeling the effects of his earlier efforts, the UAE Team Emirates leader was in complete control around Varese. \u201cThe plan for us was to wait until the final lap,\u201d he said, \u201cbut Tudor opened the race early. When Isaac Del Toro attacked, I followed. Then, on a descent, I looked back and saw I didn\u2019t see any one\u2014so I just went all-in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Poga\u010dar never looked back. Behind him, Julian Alaphilippe finished second. It\u2019s another solid result for the French superstar. Meanwhile, 19-year-old Albert Withen Philipsen impressed by winning the sprint for third.<\/p>\n
The Danish prodigy is one of the many young pretenders in the peloton. He won the junior world title in his first year in the category in 2023. Normally, because of, you know, puberty and all that, most winners peak in their second year. He crashed out in 2024\u2019s finale\u2013and could have very well won again. But, Lidl\u2013Trek had already signed him to the WorldTour squad. He\u2019s had some solid results as a first year pro, including a win at Paris\u2013Roubaix Espoirs. (A.k.a. the under-23 version).<\/p>\n
Pogi won\u2019t be at Paris\u2013Tours, but he will be in Italy for the last monument of the year, Il Lombardia.<\/p>\n
By the way, if you haven\u2019t caught Paris\u2013Tours lately, it\u2019s a very different race. For years\u2014and I really mean years, it started in 1896\u2014it was considered a sprinters\u2019 classic. But in 2018, the organizers decided to shake things up. Now, depending on the edition, there is anywhere from 10 to 20 km of gravel that completely changes the finale.<\/p>\n
If you want to watch Paris\u2013Tours or Il Lombardia, FloBikes<\/a> has you covered. And you know who else has you covered? Canadian Cycling Magazine. Check back here for a full report, analysis, and photos after the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yeah, just kidding. Pogi does what Pogi does. He just\u2026rode away. World champion (and European champion) (and Tour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":197217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85,6494],"class_list":{"0":"post-197216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tadej-pogacar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}