“I’m not worried about Pogačar’s competitiveness in the last races of the season,” Andrej Hauptman told Delo before the Tre Valli Varesine race. And the sports director at the UAE team wasn’t wrong. Tadej Pogačar took 3rd place in this one-day Italian test, and he was also ready to win.
Pogačar did not feel the best on Saturday , when he was not in the forefront of the race in Emilia, where he won Primož Roglič (Jumbo Visma). Today, Kisovčan did not defend last year’s victory in the race through the three valleys of Varese (last year the race was canceled), so his compatriot from Klanac near Komenda was determined to succeed him.
The decisive action is launched 120 km before the finish of this 196.7 km long rain test, in which the cyclists had to overcome 3200 altitude meters. He was followed by only seven riders, including his teammate Davide Formolo , with whom he had long been in control, although the pursuers were not far behind.
They may have already agreed on how they will decide the race in their favor, when 45 km before the finish the Slovenian was stopped by a broken tube. He had to join the main body, which did not catch Formula and Alessandro de Marchi (Israel Start Up Nation) until the finish. The Italians fought for the win and de Marchi was stronger in the sprint, celebrating his 6th career victory at the age of 35.
Thus, the tactical plan of the UAE team, which with Pogačar at the helm, she played defense among the pursuers. To anyone who took hunting for the fugitives seriously, Pogi clung to his bike and suppressed his intention in the mud. The two-time Tour winner no doubt had strong enough legs to win this time, but in favor of a teammate, he was tactically forced to just follow the moves of rivals. In the end, he tested how his legs carry him in the sprint, and in front of the Frenchman Benoit Cosnefroy (Ag2r) he took 3rd place.
He will finish the season at the top
Pogačar received confirmation yesterday that he will finish the season finished at the top of the UCI rankings (with 4628 points he is unreachable both for the second-placed Wout van Aert , who has already finished the season, and for the third Roglič) and that the candidate for the top is also at the last peak season, Saturday’s race around Lombardy. He is also registered for today’s Milan-Torino race, but after this rainy effort, the question is whether he will get involved in the fight for the top.
Primož Roglič was invincible on the ascent on Saturday San Luco above Bologna. PHOTO: Twitter / jumbo Visma
Pogačar’s teammate Jan Polanc will also be at the start ) and Roglič, for which the conclusion is as written on the skin. He faces two ascents to Supergo, a hill that was the scene of a tragic plane crash in which the entire Turin football team, which had previously won five consecutive Italian championship titles, lost their lives in 1949. A 4.9 km long road leads to it with an average slope of 9.1 percent and the steepest section at 14 percent. The first ascent will be slightly shorter, the caravan will descend into the valley from 616 meters above sea level, and the goal will be 669 meters high at the Superga Basilica.
Even if Pogačar was not in the foreground, Roglič will be waiting a tense battle for victory. For the first time since defending the world title, he will compete Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck Quick Step), who showed enviable form at the World Championships in Flanders and is one of the few riders in the caravan who can sprint uphill with Roglič’s explosiveness.
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