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Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) placed on a descending demonstration to win the ultimate Monument of the season, finishing a hat-trick of victories at Il Lombardia with a downhill assault and solo transfer 31km from the end in Bergamo on the descent of the Passo di Ganda.
Andrea Bagioli (Soudal-QuickStep) took an excellent second-place end with Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) in third after he let his Slovenian compatriot’s wheel go on the descent and struggled within the ultimate 10 kilometres.
A robust main group had fashioned on the Passo di Ganda, with Roglič, Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Adam Yates (UAE Group Emirates) amongst them, however the Slovenian Champion was allowed to slide away on the descent and would by no means be introduced again on the run into Bergamo, reaffirming once more that at Il Lombardia he’s second to none.
Pogačar survived a late battle with a cramp within the ultimate 10km, being compelled to bang his thigh as he tried to lengthen his effort on the finish of an extended, testing season with hydration and feeding so essential on a 238km route, however his hole was just too huge.
The Slovenian closed in on Bergamo simply as he did within the 2021 version, this time alone, and attacked the Colle Aperto by means of the Virage Pinot with the roars of French applause as they concurrently welcomed the rider of a technology and stated goodbye to their hero Thibaut Pinot.
Pogačar provides Il Lombardia to one-day race victories in 2023 on the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallone at nonetheless solely 25 years outdated and turns into solely the third rider to win the mix of De Ronde and Lombardia after Rik Van Looy (1959) and Hennie Kuiper (1981).
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