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Tadej Pogacar ended his season in the "best possible way" after the UAE Team Emirates rider retained his Il Lombardia title on Saturday as cycling greats Vincenzo Nibali and Alejandro Valverde both ended their careers in the final monument race of the year.
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) ended his 21-year career as a professional bike racer with a 6th place finish at Il Lombardia, the final Monument of the 2022 season. Interviewed immediately afterwards, the Spaniard said his main feeling was one of «sadness to leave the peloton but I enjoyed it.» Ad Whether «it» was the race itself, or his career was unclear, but in no doubt was that the 42 year-old has gone out on a high. Cycling'We can go higher again' — Ganna after smashing Hour RecordAN HOUR AGO «I’m happy with the level I have,» he said.
Race favourite Pauline Ferrand-Prevot held her nerve to clinch the inaugural UCI Gravel World Championships in Veneto on Saturday. After a gruelling 140km, the Frenchwoman pipped Sina Frei, of Switzerland, to the post in a time of 4:09:07 following a dramatic sprint finish. Ad The pair had dropped Italy's Chiara Teocchi and Germany's Jade Treffeisen inside the final 500 metres.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the 116th Il Lombardia a 253km ride from Bergamo to Como. The Slovenian held off Enric Mas (Movistar), who took second, and Mikel Landa (Team Bahrain Victorious) in third.
A clash with his wedding means the newly crowned world champion will not show off his rainbow bands in the final Monument of the season. Fresh from scooping a famous Vuelta-Worlds double, Remco Evenepoel is not willing to change the date of his nuptials to add a second Monument win to his swelling palmares this year, the Belgian having won Liege-Bastogne-Liege back in April.
Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) cruised through Sunday’s procession into Madrid to confirm his maiden Grand Tour title at La Vuelta, with UAE Team Emirates lead-out man Juan Sebastian Molano unusually winning the bunch sprint on Stage 21. The Belgian was all but guaranteed to keep the red jersey after surviving the final mountains test on Saturday’s penultimate stage, with the 22-year-old enjoying some celebratory photos with his Quick-Step team-mates on the slow run to the Spanish capital.
Alejandro Valverde's inability to race at the upcoming UCI Road Cycling World Championships is the result of a «bonkers» situation, says Eurosport's Adam Blythe. Valverde is currently not allowed to travel to Wollongong to represent Spain at the World Championships, which take place from September 18-25, due to Movistar wanting the 42-year-old to help them pick up points in their bid to avoid relegation from the WorldTour.
Alejandro Valverde is among several riders who have been blocked from competing at the UCI Road Cycling World Championships due to the battle between teams to avoid WorldTour relegation. A limit of 18 teams in pro cycling's top tier for the next WorldTour licence session of 2023-2025 has become a major talking point of late with teams tactically choosing where their riders compete in order to pick up points.