Tadej Pogacar, the Slovenian phenomenon who continues to make history.
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Egan Bernal shone again in Italy with a remarkable eighth place in the Giro de Lombardia 2025confirming its great closing of the season.
The Ineos Grenadiers cyclist completed the demanding day in Bergamo, being the best Colombian of the day. In turn, Sergio Higuita (Astana) finished in box 24, more than six minutes away, followed by Einer Rubio (25) and Nairo Quintana (31), both from the Movistar Team. Germán Darío Gómez, from Team Polti VisitMalta, did not finish the competition.
Bernal's performance confirms his return to the world elite, after a season in which he once again competed for first places in classics and stage races.
His top-10 in the 'Classic of the dead leaves' leaves him as the best-placed Latin American, showing an increasingly consistent and combative version on the European calendar.
Tadej Pogacar made history once again
The winner was, once again, Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian from the UAE Team Emirates won with authority alone, achieving his fifth consecutive victory in the Tour of Lombardy, something unprecedented in the history of cycling. He crossed the finish line 1'48'' ahead of Remco Evenepoel and 3'14'' ahead of Michael Storer, marking a new demonstration of power on his favorite terrain.
With this victory, Pogacar equaled Fausto Coppi's five total victories, but became the first to achieve them consecutively in the same Monument. In addition, he reached ten victories in races at this level, approaching the legendary records of Roger De Vlaeminck (11) and Eddy Merckx (19).
The Slovenian's 2025 has been exceptional: he won the Tour of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Lombardy; he was second in Paris-Roubaix and third in Milan-San Remo, becoming the first cyclist to reach the podium in all five Monuments in a single season. To that he added his fourth Tour de France, the World Championship in Kigali and the European title, closing what he himself described as “the best season of my career.”
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