Pogacar 勝利，勝つs Strade Bianche with long-distance attack
SIENA, Italy (AP) - Two-time 小旅行する de フラン 支持する／優勝者 Tadej Pogacar 陳列する，発揮するd his dominance with an 前例のない long-distance 単独の attack to 勝利，勝つ the Strade Bianche race on Saturday.
It was a different story in the women´s race, with ベルギー 支持する／優勝者 Lotte Kopecky 持つ／拘留するing off two-time 支持する／優勝者 Annemiek 先頭 Vleuten in a two-woman sprint.
Pogacar attacked with 50 キロメーターs (31 miles) to go in the 184-キロメーター (114-mile) race through Tuscany on the eighth of 11 sections of white, gravel roads. The Slovenian with UAE Team 首長国s quickly opened up an advantage of more than a minute and finished 37 seconds ahead of 41-year-old Alejandro Valverde and 46 seconds ahead of Kasper Asgreen of Denmark.
"I didn´t really 計画（する） my attack but Monte Sante Maria is always the most important point of the race," Pogacar said. "I 推定する／予想するd riders to come along but nobody did so I had no choice other than to commit 100% to reaching the finishing line 単独の."
In the 16-year history of the race, nobody had come の近くに to pulling off an attack so far from the finish. The next longest successful attack was made by 2007 支持する／優勝者 Alexandr Kolobnev, who made his move 19 キロメーターs (12 miles) from the finish in 2007 - the first year the race was held.
Making 事柄s more impressive was that Pogacar was 伴う／関わるd in a 集まり 衝突，墜落 早期に in the race. He （機の）カム away with some 捨てるs and a mangled handlebar, 軍隊ing him to change bikes.
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar pedals during the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
"I 苦しむd a lot in the last 40 to 50 キロメーターs," Pogacar said. "There were moments in which I was thinking that my 脚s would 爆発する and I´d walk to the finish. I had no time for sightseeing for sure. I won because I had no 圧力 from my team for this race and I don´t really care about the 圧力 from the outside world."
Valverde also （機の）カム 支援する from a 衝突，墜落.
"Second behind Pogacar, it´s like a victory," said the Spanish 退役軍人, the world 支持する／優勝者 in 2018.
Two-time 統治するing world 支持する／優勝者 Julian Alaphilippe was dropped toward the end after also getting banged up in a 落ちる -- which opened the way for Quick-Step チーム仲間 Asgreen to 目的（とする） for the podium.
Earlier, Kopecky held off the more experienced 先頭 Vleuten on the 最高の 法外な final climb to Siena´s Piazza del Campo then darted to the line. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, a チーム仲間 of Kopecky on the Sd Worx squad, finished third, 10 seconds behind.
"I was やめる 確信して before the race that I could do this on the final climb. It´s 爆発性の and it 控訴s me," Kopecky said. "When Annemiek couldn´t 減少（する） me, it was very good for my 信用／信任. ... It was just one sprint to the corner. I wasn´t going to ブレーキ."
Next up for Pogacar is defending his 肩書を与える in the weeklong Tirreno-Adriatico race, which starts Monday.
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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar 勝利，勝つs the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Cyclists make their way through a dusty road du （犯罪の）一味 the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar celebrates winning the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race, in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, 中心, 勝利者 of the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race, celebrates on the podium with second-placed Spain's Alejando Valverde, left, and third-placed Denmark's Kasper Asgreen, in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Cyclists make their way through a dusty road during the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar pedals during the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
Cyclists make their way through a dusty road during the Strade Bianche (White Roads) cycling race in Siena, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse 経由で AP)
