Tadej Pogacar's Tour de France in doubt following wrist injury

Remco Evenepoel claimed back-to-back wins in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege one-day race on Sunday with a stunning solo ride to victory while pre-race favourite Tadej Pogacar is now a doubt for the Tour de France after suffering a wrist injury that will require surgery.

Pogacar was caught up in a collision with Danish rider Mikkel Honore (EF Education-EasyPost) at around the 84.5 kilometre mark and quit Sunday's race after the fall to be taken to hospital.

Following scans to confirm fractures, it was decided a swift operation was needed.

Soudal Quick-Step's Evenepoel first attacked with about 34km left with Ineos Grenadiers' Tom Pidcock joining him at the front.

But Evenepoel attacked again on the next climb to leave the Briton behind with 30km to go.

Despite the rain and wet roads, Evenepoel looked like he was in his element and he reached the top of Cote de la Roche aux Faucons, the final climb, with a lead of one minute and 18 seconds.

As the 23-year-old finished his final descent, he was already celebrating his win with the Soudal Quick-Step car before he crossed the finish line to become the first rider to win the race in consecutive years since Michele Bartoli in 1998.

Pidcock finished second after beating Santiago Buitrago in a sprint to the finish, more than a minute behind Evenepoel, while Ben Healy was fourth.

Pogacar, who won the event in 2021, was looking to add a second Monuments classic to his list of victories this season after winning the Tour of Flanders.

Pogacar's team-mates initially stopped and waited for the two-time Tour de France winner to resume before rejoining the bunch.

UAE Team Emirates' medical director Adrian Rotunno later said the Slovenian had suffered a wrist injury, adding that scans at a hospital