Pogacar tadej, without a rival! »Dominant in Liege-Bastogne-Liege, ninth career victory in a monument race

The world champion broke off the odds from Redoute and traveled the last 35 kilometers to get another victory in a ninth race, with another equal performance this spring.

Pogacar started the attack on the famous climbing, passing in the middle of the slope of 1.6 km and continuing to build a 10 -second advance at the top.

Tadej Pogacar, tribute to the mother of his fiancée

While the groups of followers were formed, attacked and counteratacked behind him, Pogacar continued alone and increased his advance to over a minute. Until the final climb from Roche-Aux-Faucons quotas, Slovenian had enough time to ensure his victory.

He reached Liege without worry and a long time to celebrate. In a hard-working tribute to the mother of Urska Zigrat's, Darja, Pogacar participated in Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025 with a special message on his number on the equipment-“for you, d”, with a symbol of a heart near writing.

Darja Zint died in the days preceding the Liege-Bastogne-Liege race of 2022 and then, every time he returned to this competition, the Slovenian took care to refer to the regretted mother of his partner in one form or another.

Tadej Pogacar Dedicates His Liege-Bastogne-Liege Victory to the Mother of His Partner, Urska Zigat, on the Anniversary of Her Death ❤️ pic.twitter.com/okig0jzowa

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Behind him, a pursuit group made up of Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), Ben Healy (Ef Education-Easypost) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Rtrek) formed on Redouts, while the other favorite, Remco Evenepoel (Lordal-Quicktep), not yet He reached the maximum shape after his long break caused by injuries.

Healy and Ciccone have proven to be the most powerful cyclists in the Roche-Ax-Faucons tracking race, detaching on the 11% slopes and expanding their advantage on the descent to Liege.

The two had a 25 -second advance in the last kilometers of the race, setting up a duel for the two places on the podium behind Pogacar.

More than one minute after the world champion crossed the finish line to finish the six hours of race with the 95th career victory, Healy led on Ciccone up to the last 500 meters, the Italian reaching the finish line to snatch the second place.

Pogacar Tadej: “I feel great to finish the first part of the season”

“I feel great to finish the first part of the season. I am happy the whole season so far has taken perfect“, Pogacar said after the victory.

“It was not the plan, but it was such a harsh pace before I saw that a series of teams had no more teammates,” he said, referring to the attack on Redouts. “I told myself” Ok, I will test my feet a little and see if I can get a gap at the top “and then I will decide whether I will continue or not,” Tadej added.

9 victoriesIn monument races has a pogacar tadej, three in Liege-Bastogne-Liege (2021, 2024, 2025), Flanders Tour (2023, 2025), Lombardia Tour (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

“Then I continued because I had good feet – and on the second climb after La Redoute. I could go to the end, so I am super happy,” said Slovenian.

“At first, Quickstep controlled the platoon and competed in front all day. At one point, they all disappeared. I thought they may keep their feet for La Redoute, because you can save a lot in the platoon. But then La Redoute I looked around and Evenepoel wasn't close to me but that was a good motivation to leave at that time“He concluded.