The Slovenian, who had managed to extricate himself alone with his American teammate in the final, left him the victory in the Quebec streets on Sunday.
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For his back -to -school race after a long cut since the end of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar had tried without success at the Quebec Grand Prix, won by Julian Alaphilippe on Friday. It was not the same song during the Cousine race on Sunday, September 14, at the Montreal Grand Prix.
The world champion, who had isolated himself in the penultimate tour of the circuit with his teammate Brandon McNulty, finally left the American victory, smiling. The two men have concluded a collective demonstration of their team, with an 85th victory this year, equaling the record for the number of successes of the same team in a season that HTC-Columbia training had been held since 2009. Another American, Quinn Simmons, took 3rd place at one minute from the head duo.
In the fastest edition of the story, 15 minutes faster than the previous edition for example, the Emirati training led a hellish train throughout the race, keeping in sight a group of a dozen attackers who had formed 130 kilometers from the line.
McNulty then placed a sharp attack 36 km from the finish, only accompanied by his compatriot Quinn Simmons and the French Louis Barré, first French on arrival (6th). These three men were joined by Pogacar 23 kilometers from the line before attacking six kilometers further.
While we thought the Slovenian gone for a third success in Montreal (after 2022 and 2024), the world champion waited for McNulty in the penultimate tour of the circuit after the latter was rid of Simons. “POGI” and MC NOUTY then exulted together, arm of arms below when passing the line, with a few centimeters ahead for the American, delighted with the offering of the quadruple winner of the Tour de France. Enough to prepare for the defense of the rainbow jersey in two weeks in Rwanda.
