In 2023, Pogačar returned to theSpring Classicsand put in a stunning performance to win the Tour of Flanders, dropping Mathieu van der Poel on the Oude Kwaremont and soloing in for the win. He then went on to win the Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallonne before targeting the Ardenn...
With a brace of stage wins already under his belt and the white jersey on his back, the then 21-year-old was the penultimate rider off the ramp on stage 20 of his first Tour, a 36.2 km race of truth that finished on La Planche des Belles Filles (6 km at 8.4%). With Paris just...