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Pogacar holds off French teen to claim third straight Liège-Bastogne-Liège title
âIt means a lot to win again one of the biggest racesâ
The world champion, Tadej Pogacar, pulled ahead of the 19-year-old French debutant Paul Seixas in the final climb to secure his third straight Liège-Bastogne-Liège title on Sunday, his fourth overall victory in the race.
Pogacar finished the 259.5km race in five hours, 50 minutes and 28 seconds to win the 13th Monument title of his career and his third of the year after the Tour of Flanders and Milan-San Remo.
âIt means a lot to win again one of the biggest races of the year, of cycling ⦠thereâs a lot of pressure on me to deliver, Iâm really happy that we succeeded,â said Pogacar, who is now one Liège title short of Belgiumâs Eddy Merckx, who won the race a record five times between 1969 and 1975.
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Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Tadej Pogacar wins third-straight title after thrilling Paul Seixas battle
World champion Tadej Pogacar triumphed in a thrilling battle with Paul Seixas to claim his third-straight Liege-Bastogne-Liege title in Belgium.
Slovenia's Pogacar finally broke free from Frenchman Seixas with 14km to go, on the final climb of the 260km race.
The 27-year-old finished in five hours, 50 minutes and nine seconds as he defended his crown to win the event for the fourth time.
Seixas, 19, finished 45 seconds behind and in front of Belgium's Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, who was a further one minute and 42 seconds further back in third.
"It means a lot to win again one of the biggest races of the year," said Pogacar.
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