Pogačar takes podium after mythical World Championships

Tadej Pogačar took 3rd place in the World Championships Road Race in Glasgow today.
The Slovenian rider showed good form off the back of the Tour de France to form part of an elite group which developed inside the final 80km of the 271km course.

The race was stopped for almost an hour due to protests on the route but got underway again, with the group whittling down on the highly technical city-centre course.

Mathieu Van Der Poel took an impressive solo win, with Wout Van Aert and Pogacar behind in a chasing group at 1’45’’.
At the end of the 6 hour battle, Pogačar outsprinted Mads Pedersen to narrowly take the bronze medal.

Fellow UAE Team Emirates rider Matteo Trentin was involved in a crash with a barrier, suffering a hand injury and unable to finish the race.

Pogačar : “It was a really crazy race today. We all expected that it was going to be like a criterium race for 6 hours and that’s exactly what it was. The speed through the corners and on the climbs was insane and thankfully I was on a good day. I was quite humbled to be in such good company on the final laps but Van der Poel was on another level today so he really deserved this victory. I can be very satisfied with bronze today.”

Results

1.Mathieu Van Der Poel (Netherlands) 6:07:27
2.Wout Van Aert (Belgium) +1’37’’
3.Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) 1’45’’