{"id":447808,"date":"2026-02-27T03:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447808\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T03:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T03:25:14","slug":"strade-bianche-honours-triple-winner-tadej-pogacar-with-a-gravel-sector-bearing-his-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/447808\/","title":{"rendered":"Strade Bianche honours triple winner Tadej Poga\u010dar with a gravel sector bearing his name"},"content":{"rendered":"

With three dominant Strade Bianche<\/a> wins from his last three starts in 2022, 2024, and 2025, Tadej Poga\u010dar<\/a> has proven unbeatable at the race in recent years.<\/p>\n

Now, to mark his achievements on the white gravel of Tuscany, the world champion has been honoured by race organisers RCS Sport.<\/p>\n

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The honour of having a sterrato sector named after him has previously been bestowed upon the race’s only other three-time winner, Fabian Cancellara, who received the prize in 2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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At this year’s 20th edition of the race, Poga\u010dar and the rest of the peloton will race past a stone monument bearing his name as they race up the challenging and sometimes decisive Colle Pinzuto sector.<\/p>\n

The 600-metre, 7.5% sector was where Poga\u010dar left behind Tom Pidcock before soloing home to secure his third Strade Bianche title<\/a> last March. In 2024 and 2022, of course, he was already well clear of his rivals, having mounted 81km and 50km solo raids.<\/p>\n

Cancellara, who won the race in 2008, 2012, and 2016, has his name next to another challenging and well-known sterrato sector, Monte Sante Marie. It’s the same place where Poga\u010dar rode away in 2024 to one of his most memorable triumphs.<\/p>\n

His 2025 win, meanwhile, saw him come back from a crash upon exiting the Monteaperti sector with 50km left to run. He and Pidcock had been away together for 28km by that point, but the Briton sportingly waited for him.<\/p>\n

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The crash clearly had little lasting effect on Poga\u010dar, who went on to attack at the sector which will now bear his name, ending his ride in Siena, 1:24 up on second-placed Pidcock.<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar will have the opportunity to take the Strade Bianche win record for himself next month when he’ll line up in search of a fourth victory on Saturday, March 7. He and teammate Isaac del Toro will be facing off against Pidcock, Wout van Aert<\/a> (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and more on a 203km course featuring 14 sterrato sectors.<\/p>\n

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