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UAE Team Emirates star Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with a searing solo attack in the final 20km on the one-day race to equal the great Eddy Merckx's achievement almost half a century ago.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) basked in a day he will “never forget” after winning a maiden Tour of Flanders title on Sunday with a scintillating solo attack. The two-time Tour de France champion, who somehow contrived to finish fourth in a two-horse race in 2022, made his decisive attack on the penultimate climb – the Oude Kwaremont – distancing Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin–Deceuninck) and quickly reeling in, and then passing, lone leader Mads Pedersen (Trek–Segafredo). Ad He crested the final climb – the Paterberg – with a 14-second lead over Van der Poel, leaving a 12km time trial into the finish in Oudenaard.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) wrote the next captivating chapter in his illustrious career with a remarkable solo victory in the fastest Tour of Flanders ever raced. After a series of early skirmishes, the Slovenian put in his decisive attack on the second dual ascent of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg to drop rival Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and deny the Dutchman a third win in four years.
Belgian legend Eddy Merckx has admitted he would not have gifted a team-mate victory like Wout van Aert did for Christophe Laporte at Gent-Wevelgem, while Tom Boonen has suggested the Jumbo-Visma star will “regret” his kindness. Van Aert escaped with Laporte after an attack on the penultimate ascent of the Kemmelberg. Once the pair had built an unassailable lead, the 2021 champion decided to let the Frenchman take victory.
Eurosport expert Philippe Gilbert says he has “no hesitation” that Mark Cavendish will claim the outright record for most stage wins at the Tour de France. Cavendish is currently tied with Eddy Merckx on 34 victories at cycling’s most prestigious event, having drawn alongside the Belgian great with a stunning four-stage haul in 2021. However, he was overlooked for the Tour by Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl last year, prompting the 37-year-old to seal a move to Astana Qazaqstan for the new campaign.
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) will have to “risk everything” if he wants to win a full set of Monuments during his career, according to Eurosport expert Philippe Gilbert, who fears a Paris-Roubaix challenge may be too perilous for the Slovenian sensation. Cycling’s five Monuments – Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Il Lombardia – are widely considered the most prestigious one-day races outside of the Olympic Games and World Championships. Ad Pogacar already boasts two on his palmarès – Liege (2021) and Il Lombardia (2021 and 2022) – and boasts top-five finishes at Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders.
The 2023 UAE Tour is set to see some of cycling's finest sprinters battle for supremacy after organisers confirmed on Friday that Mark Cavendish, Elia Viviani, and Dylan Groenewegen will compete at the UCI World Tour race later this month.
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