An historical victory for
Tadej Pogacar, who continues to add monuments to his palmarès. Out of all of them, perhaps this Sunday's Liège-Bastogne-Liège was the most comfortable, as he attacked in the saddle at the Côte de la Redoute to create the race-winning difference. He has also taken the KOM.
Besides being the best climber in the world currently when it comes to the high mountains, unlike what used to be the case until recent years, the Slovenian is also seemingly the strongest rider when it comes to the short anaerobic climbs - unless the gradient is quite shallow, in which Mathieu van der Poel potentially has a big saying against the Slovenian.