The Slovenian continued the dominant path he has maintained throughout the 2024 season by completing the 255 kilometers connecting the Italian cities of Bergamo and Como, in 6:04.58 hours.
With the victory in Lombardy, where he won the second ‘Monument’ of the season, after Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Slovenian won his 25th victory of the season, including the Tour France, the Tour of Italian and the background world champion title. .
With 88 wins as a professional, Pogacar prevailed by more than three minutes behind Belgian Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, who was second, and Italian Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), third, in 4.31 minutes.
In a race that did not finish the Portuguese Rui Costa (EF Education-EasyPost), the leader of the UAE Emirantes attacked 48 kilometers from the finish line, at the beginning of the climb to Colma de Sormano, one of the most popular. the last ‘Monument’ of the season, with almost 5,000 meters of ascent accumulated.
In just six kilometres, the world champion gained a one-minute advantage, which increased 14 kilometers from the finish line, ‘killing’ the competition.
With his victory in the 118th edition of the Tour of Lombardy, the penultimate World Tour event of the season, Pogacar equaled Coppi’s record of four consecutive titles in Lombardy (between 1946 and 1949), and the Italian even won another in 1954.
Coppi is still the overall record holder for victories, with five, one more than his compatriot Alfredo Binda (1925, 1926, 1927 and 1931) and the three-time winner of the Tour and one of the Giro.