2023-04-19 15:23:00
It was Pogacar’s twelfth win in the 24-year-old’s 18th race of the season.
After 194.2 kilometers from Herve to the Mur de Huy, Pogacar relegated the Danes Skjelmose Mattias Jensen (Trek-Segafredo) and Mikel Landa Bahrain-Victorious) from Spain to an irresistible start a few hundred meters from the finish line.
On Sunday Pogacar can make the Ardennes triple perfect at Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Previously, only Davide Rebellin (2004) and Philippe Gilbert (2011) had succeeded.
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“Of course it’s nice to win. I had a lot of fun. I’ll take it with me and enjoy the moment,” said Pogacar, who was already looking at Sunday: “It’s a different race, much longer. But I’m in good shape.”
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Pogacar and his helpers only increased the pace around six kilometers from the finish, at the Mur de Huy the last escape was then swallowed up.
On the steep climb, Pogacar, who won the Amstel Gold Race at the start of the Ardennes week on Sunday, irresistibly passed his rivals with no one able to follow.
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Liane Lippert (Friedrichshafen) had previously secured second place in the women’s race.
The German champion had to admit defeat over 127.3 kilometers only to Demi Vollering from the Netherlands, who crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of Lippert. So Vollering, like Pogacar, can hope for the Ardennes Triple, on Sunday she had already won the Amstel Gold Race.
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