Tadej Pogacar put in a confident display to close out his victory in Tirreno-Adriatico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Having claimed a solo win at Prati di Tivo on stage 4 and taking the blue leaders jersey, the 22 year old put in a strong defense to extend his overall lead on stage 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a buffer of 1\u201915\u2019\u2019 over his nearest rival Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) coming into the final day, the Slovenian time-trial champion knew he had to do a good performance to keep the lead on the 10km course around San Benedetto del Tronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stage honors went to Van Aert with Pogacar coming in 4th, 12\u2033 behind the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Along with the overall, Pogacar also takes the mountains classification and the award for the best young rider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The win at Tirreno-Adriatico adds to Pogacar\u2019s blistering start to the season: starting with his win at UAE Tour, where the squad also claimed the team classification. Pogacar will now take a short break before taking aim at the Tour of the Basque Country and the Ardennes classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pogacar said: “It\u2019s been a hard week of racing. This is one of the most prestigious one-week races so I\u2019m really happy to get the win. I felt the hard week in the legs today but I\u2019m happy with my ride. Now I\u2019ll take a rest and build up towards Basque Country.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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