Results Tre Valli Varesine | Tadej Pogacar victorious; UAE leader wins again with downhill attack
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No surprise headlines this Tuesday in Italy - Tadej Pogacar has won Tre Valli Varesine, yet another high-level triumph for his unmatchable 2025 season. The World and European Champion shows no sign of fatigue as he wins his final preparation race ahead of Il Lombardia, having won this time around with a downhill attack.
The Italian semi-classic saw a breakaway of five go up the road: Andrew August, Lorenzo Milesi, Kevin Colleoni, Mattia Bais and Davide Ballerini. A quality group for a hilly race, where UAE Team Emirates - XRG took control of the responsibility back in the peloton. With 80 kilometers to go action began in the peloton with Egan Bernal launching an attack and bridging over to the breakaway, however by himself. The Colombian raced an offensive tactic but ultimately burnt his chances of fighting for a top result with the solo attack, ultimately he went solo off the front, but was joined with 34 kilometers to go by Quinn Simmons and also Milesi who had been previously dropped from the front. UAE let the group go in an unusual display of conservativism from Pogacar and Isaac del Toro, the two big favourites to win the race.
With 28 kilometers to go this would end, as Del Toro attacked, joining Afonso Eulálio and joined by Victor Lafay, with Pogacar jumping across afterwards. The tactic seemed to be to work for Del Toro, but after linking up with the front group, Pogacar hit the front with 22 kilometers to go in a downhill section where he took some risks and created a gap. The World Champion then pitied no-one and simply rode away from the rest of the competition, taking another comfortable win in the rainbow jersey.
The race for the win was virtually over, but behind a few attacks kept sparking action, with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale trying a few times, Tom Pidcock very active too and Rudy Molard attacking in the final hilltop behind Pogacar into the final climb. Albert Philipsen and Julian Alaphilippe completed the podium in the sprint behind.
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Félix Serna is a writer at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2025. He covers professional cycling across both the men’s and women’s calendars, with a focus on UCI rankings, race developments, and rider performance. His work includes interview-based reports, liveblogs, and tournament coverage designed to provide clear, accurate context throughout the season.
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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