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BBC News
27-04-2025
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- BBC News
Pogacar wins third Liege-Bastogne-Liege title
World champion Tadej Pogacar won his third Liege-Bastogne-Liege with a dominant showing in the Belgian one-day Slovenian attacked on the Cote de la Redoute climb with 35km of the 252km course remaining and expertly stayed clear to defend his title, having also won in Giulio Ciccone edged out Ireland's Ben Healy to claim second, finishing just over a minute down on 26, is the first rider to finish on the podium in six successive 'Monuments' - the five most prestigious one-day races in men's winning Liege and Il Lombardia last year, he finished third at this year's Milan-San Remo, won the Tour of Flanders and was runner-up at three-time Tour de France champion has also finished on the podium in the past eight Monuments he has entered, winning is Pogacar's ninth Monument win overall. Only Eddy Merckx, widely regarded as the greatest cyclist of all time, with 19, and fellow Belgian great Roger de Vlaeminck (11) have more victories in these famous in Belgium caps another stunning spring classics campaign by Pogacar, with the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider also winning Strade Bianche and Fleche Wallonne, as well as narrowly finishing second in the Amstel Gold women's race finishes later on Sunday. Pogacar continues quest to be best The race was billed as a showdown between Pogacar and Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, who won back-to-back Liege titles in 2022 and 2023 before suffering multiple bone fractures in a serious crash on a training ride last the Belgian struggled, caught out of position when Pogacar attacked and later dropped by the peloton on the final climb of the it was the familiar sight of Pogacar mounting an attack no-one could Tom Pidcock attempted to bring him back alongside Healy but Pogacar built up a lead of 30 seconds within 5km and the gap kept and Julian Alaphilippe joined Pidcock and Healy but they could not get organised, with Ciccone and Healy eventually getting clear to compete for the two podium spots left. Pidcock finished reality this was just about Pogacar's increasingly possible quest to rival Merckx's standing as the is only the seventh rider to win three or more editions of Liege, the oldest of the Monuments, with Merckx holding the record of five won five Tours de France - including 34 stages - five Giro d'Italia titles, one Vuelta a Espana and three world road crowns, as well as his 19 has three Tour victories, including 17 stages, one Giro, one Vuelta, one world title and nine Merckx (1974), Ireland's Stephan Roche (1987) and Pogacar (2024) have completed the triple crown of winning the Giro, Tour and world championship in the same is unlikely to win as many Giro titles as Merckx, given the demands of targeting the Tour each year, but every other tally could well be in his sights. After he attempts to defend his Tour title in July, Pogacar will be heavily favoured to claim a 10th Monument before the season ends at Il Lombardia in has won the last four consecutive editions of the one-day race in Italy and will be seeking to equal Fausto Coppi's record of five wins overall. Men's result Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 6hrs 0mins 9secsGiulio Ciccone (Ita/Lidl-Trek) +1min 03secsBen Healy (Ire/EF Education-EasyPost) Same timeSimone Velasco (Ita/XDS Astana Team) +1min 10secsThibau Nys (Bel/Lidl-Trek) Same timeAndrea Bagioli (Ita/Lidl-Trek)Daniel Martinez (Col/Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe)Axel Laurance (Fra/INEOS Grenadiers)Tom Pidcock (GB/Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)Neilson Powless (US/EF Education-EasyPost)
Al Etihad
14-04-2025
- Sport
- Al Etihad
UAE Team Emirates XRG's Pogačar secures historic second at Paris-Roubaix race
ABU DHABI (WAM) Tadej Pogačar of the UAE Team Emirates XRG became the first reigning Tour de France champion to podium Paris-Roubaix since Eddy Merckx in 1975. After a breathtaking battle with Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), the world champion finished second in the Roubaix Velodrome, writing his way into the history books. As Van der Poel was able to celebrate a third victory in a row, Pogačar overcame mechanicals and an unfortunate crash to cross the line alone in second. Behind the race debutant, his UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammate Florian Vermeersch secured fifth place after a gutsy ride that saw him continue his fine spring Classics campaign. After Pogačar, Van der Poel and Lidl-Trek's Mads Pedersen had blown the race to pieces heading into the Trouée d'Arenberg, it looked as though the winner might come from a select group. This became ever more likely as Pogačar and Van der Poel became a leading duo alone, but the world champion ran wide on a right-hand bend, allowing Van der Poel to take the initiative and ride to the finish alone. Speaking to the media after the finish, the second-placed Pogačar reflected on a memorable debut outing at the Queen of the Classics. 'Today was a great race for our team, with two guys in the top five. We can come back next year with a strong team again and be motivated to fight for victory over the next few years.
BBC News
07-04-2025
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- BBC News
Pogacar & record-breaking Kopecky claim Tour of Flanders wins
Tadej Pogacar held off defending champion Mathieu van der Poel to claim his second Tour of Flanders title. The three-time Tour de France champion, racing for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, completed the 270km course in Belgium in five hours, 58 minutes and 41 seconds. Pogacar finished just over a minute clear of Denmark's Mads Pedersen in second, while Dutchman Van der Poel came third, having recovered from a crash with 127km to go. The Tour of Flanders, which began in 1913 and known as De Ronde, is a historic one-day road race held in Belgium every spring and highlighted by climbs and cobbled sectors. "The goal was to win, but at the end it's hard to realise. I cannot be more proud of the team," said 26-year-old Pogacar. Van der Poel re-joined the peloton within just 10km of his crash and tussled with Pogacar through the hills. But the Slovenian pulled away with a race-winning attack on the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont with around 15km to go and cruised along the flat roads to a solo victory. The chasing pack sprinted for the remaining medal positions with Belgian Wout van Aert missing out on a podium finish. In the women's race, Belgian Lotte Kopecky made history as the first cyclist to win three editions of the event. Riding for Team SD Worx, the 29-year-old claimed victory in thrilling style by winning a four-way sprint finish ahead of France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, Liane Lippert of Germany and Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney. "It was a crazy race with a lot of crashes in the beginning," said Kopecky. "When it went with the four of us I was pretty confident." Italian rider Elisa Longo Borghini was among the favourites with Kopecky and also chasing a third Tour of Flanders title, but had to withdraw after crashing around 95km from the finish. Around 750,000 spectators gathered on the streets from Bruges to Oudenaarde for the event, which is one of five one-day races in the cycling calendar known as the Monuments. The others are Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix, the Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Tour of Lombardy. On 13 April, Pogacar will be taking part on more cobbled tracks for the Paris-Roubaix race - known as 'hell of the north' - for the first time, where Van der Poel is again the defending champion.
ARN News Center
11-03-2025
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UAE Team Emirates' Ayuso takes 2nd in Tirreno-Adriatico
Juan Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates XRG got off to a strong start on day one of Tirreno-Adriatico, with the 22-year-old taking 2nd place on the stage behind Filippo Ganna of Ineos-Grenadiers. The Italian stage race began with the usual out-and-back time trial of 11.5km in the town of Lido di Camaiore on Italy's western coast, with Ayuso aiming to defend his victory of 12 months ago on this stage. Ayuso, who holds two victories to his name already this year, clocked a time of 12:14, blitzing the pan-flat course with an average speed of 54.4kmph. The result sees the UAE Team Emirates-XRG co-leader now sitting in 2nd overall and will win the white jersey as the best young rider on stage 2 from Camaiore to Follonica (192km). The podium was rounded out by Johan Price-Pejtersen (Lidl-Trek). Ayuso commented, "I think I managed a good ride, especially with the General Classification in mind. I missed a little bit on the final leg coming back after the turn; I didn't have quite the sensations I hoped for." In the coming days, he will try to stay up front and gain time, emphasising the team's focus on major mountain stages ahead this week
Dubai Eye
11-03-2025
- Sport
- Dubai Eye
UAE Team Emirates' Ayuso takes 2nd in Tirreno-Adriatico
Juan Ayuso of UAE Team Emirates XRG got off to a strong start on day one of Tirreno-Adriatico, with the 22-year-old taking 2nd place on the stage behind Filippo Ganna of Ineos-Grenadiers. The Italian stage race began with the usual out-and-back time trial of 11.5km in the town of Lido di Camaiore on Italy's western coast, with Ayuso aiming to defend his victory of 12 months ago on this stage. Ayuso, who holds two victories to his name already this year, clocked a time of 12:14, blitzing the pan-flat course with an average speed of 54.4kmph. The result sees the UAE Team Emirates-XRG co-leader now sitting in 2nd overall and will win the white jersey as the best young rider on stage 2 from Camaiore to Follonica (192km). The podium was rounded out by Johan Price-Pejtersen (Lidl-Trek). Ayuso commented, "I think I managed a good ride, especially with the General Classification in mind. I missed a little bit on the final leg coming back after the turn; I didn't have quite the sensations I hoped for." In the coming days, he will try to stay up front and gain time, emphasising the team's focus on major mountain stages ahead this week
