UAE Team UAE’s Pogaka makes history in Italy-News

On Saturday, Tadej Pogacar won the last race of the season at the All-Star Arena, winning Il Lombardia in the cycling race.

After winning the Tour de France and Liège-Bastogne-Liège for the second time in a row this season, the UAE team driver Pogacar of the UAE team prevented the local boy Fausto Masnada from chasing and won the championship in Bergamo.

Two bicycle “monuments” and a one-season tour is a historic feat that put the 23-year-old on par with Eddy Merckx and Fausto Coppi.

This was after he rushed to the finish line alone with a score of more than 30 kilometers when he participated in the Italian race for the first time. Adam Yates (Adam Yates) before sprinting to some of the biggest names in the sports world, including the in good condition Primoz Roglic (Primoz Roglic) and world champion Julian Alaphilippe (Julian Alaphilippe), finally after On the podium. “Every victory is important, especially this one. I have always dreamed of starting Il Lombardia and playing with the best people in Italy. Now I am here and I have won,” Pogácar said. An eventful match started in a group, initially led by Jan Bakelants of Intermarche, broke away after 30 kilometers and created a gap of more than 6 minutes on the big team. When the leader reached Dossena to climb, there were 90 kilometers left and the lead had been reduced to two minutes. Once the Zambla Alta was crossed, the score of the leading group was reduced from 10 points to 5 points, while the large group was only 25 seconds behind.

Before the final 10 km Passo di Ganda climb (key climb), while the artillery was fighting for a vantage point, the last member was captured while descending 55 km.

The only main name that was not in dispute at this time was BikeExchange driver Simon Yates. He was eliminated by the team when he was 71 kilometers away from the race and never returned to the front line.

Pogacar started his action midway through the climb of Passo Di Ganda and rushed out alone after Vincenzo Nibali was caught. Pogacar extended his lead over a series of stars to 35 seconds.

He was then chased by Fausto Masnada, who was born in Bergamo, who sprinted on familiar roads and weakened Pogacar’s lead as he was winding downhill in the verdant countryside outside his hometown.

Masnada joined Bogaca because the descent was flat on the way to Bergamo. After 44 seconds from the chasing group, there were 16 kilometers left. Once the backpacks started arguing due to workload, the gap was more or less. constant.

However, Deceuninck-Quick-Step’s Masnada couldn’t match Pogacar in the last few kilometers. The Slovenian star crossed the finish line first and entered the historical record.