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Cycling, Slovenian Pogacar triumphs in the Tour of Lombardy: “A wonderful day”

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BERGAMO. Tadej Pogacar won the 115th edition of the Lombardia cycling event, which took place from Como to Bergamo, on a 239 kilometer long route. The Slovenian beat Fausto Masnada in the sprint, who finished in second place.

Tadej Pogacar, who has already won a classic monument such as the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, thus confirms himself as a one-day race runner. The Slovenian has won the last two editions of the Tour de France. Pogacar, 23, won the race organized by RCS Sport-, ahead of Masnada, second, and the British Adam Yates, at 51 “. The favorite of the race, the other Slovenian Primoz Roglic, was instead placed fourth, fifth was the Spanish Alejandro Valverde and sixth the French Julian Alaphilippe.

«It is a wonderful day, but very hard from the beginning. I always felt better from uphill to uphill. Then when I found myself together with Fausto (Masnada, ed) on the last descent, I didn’t know what to do anymore. He didn’t cooperate, I continued and did my best ». Tadej Pogacar said this to Rai Sport’s microphones after his triumph in the Giro di Lombardia. The Slovenian beat Fausto Masnada in a two-man sprint at the finish line in Bergamo. “I’m speechless, finishing a wonderful season in this way is special – he added – Now it’s time to relax, then we’ll start thinking about next year”.

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