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tadej pogakar Il Lombardia crossed the finish line first and raised his open hand, each finger representing his record-equalling winning of the Italian Classic five times.
It capped off an incredible seasonincluding a fourth Tour de France title, with a successful defense of the world road race crown as he equaled Fausto Coppi’s tally of five wins in the Italian race on Saturday.
Pogačar’s winning streak came in consecutive years, while Coppi won the Lombardy contest in 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1954.
The Slovenian cycling star completed the 241-kilometre (150-mile) race, which included six climbs, in 5 hours, 45 minutes. top challenger Remco Evenepoel It was 1 minute 48 seconds behind in second place. Michael Storer finished third, more than three minutes behind.
Pogačar has won three of the five one-day Monument races this season, having also won the Tour de Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. He is the first rider to do so eddy merckx In 1969, 1971, 1972 and 1975.
Final Position (Como-Bergamo, 241 km)
1 T Pogacar (Slough) UAE Team Emirates-XRG at 5 h 45 min 53 sec, 2 R Evenepoel (Bell) Soudal Quick-Step at 1 min 48 sec, 3 M Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling Team at 3:14, 4 Q Simmons (USA) Liddle-Trek at 3:39, 5 I del Toro (Max) UAE Team Emirates – Uijtdebroeks (Bell) Team Visma | Rent a bike at 4:30
Others selected: 11 A Yates (GBR) UAE Team Emirates-XRG at 4 min 49 sec, 14 B Tullett (GBR) Team Wisma | 5:21, 17 O Only (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL at 5:38 pm, 38 E Dunbar (IRL) Team Jecko-AlUla at 7:07 pm, 91 B Kordt (GBR) Team Picnic PostNL at 23:24 pm, DNF: B Healy (IRL) EF Education-EasyPost, A Ryan (IRL) EF on a bike Take on lease. Education-Easypost
AP