UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar clinches stunning win in season opener

03.03.2024 - 11:37 thenationalnews.com

UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar fired a warning shot to his rivals by storming to victory in the Strade Bianche with a solo attack 81 kilometres from the finish line in Siena, Italy.

Pogacar claimed a statement victory in his first race of the 2024 season in which he will attempt a Giro d'Italia-Tour de France double for the first time, with the Paris Olympics also on his mind.

Pogacar finished two minutes and 44 seconds ahead of Toms Skujins, bettering the previous record winning margin of 42 seconds set by Fabian Cancellara in 2012.

The 215km race is one of the jewels of the Classics season. It started and finished in Siena and included 15 gravel sections.

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