photo credits @ RVV
Tadej Pogačar once again reigned supreme in today’s Tour of Flanders, reprising his last year’s win in the cobbled-classic, after vanquishing his closest rival, Mathieu van de Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), with a final attack on the Oude Kwaremont to claim a solo victory.
Meanwhile, Remco Evenepoel held on for third place ahead of fellow Belgian Wout van Aert after 278 kilometers and more than six hours of racing around Flanders
Pogačar had dropped all his rivals except Van der Poel and Evenepoel with an acceleration on the second of three ascents up the Oude Kwaremont climb with 57 kilometers to race.
Evenepoel was dropped on the very next climb, the Paterberg. Although he kept within a handful of seconds at first, he would gradually drift backwards, finishing more than a minute after Pogačar.
From there, Pogačar and Van der Poel rode together for the better part of 40 kilometers before the Slovenian put in his race-winning move on the final ride up the Oude Kwaremont.
He crested that with a six-second advantage, breaking Van der Poel’s resistance as he eventually lost even more time before the finish.
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