Tour of Lombardy 2021: Pogacar outguns Masnada in two-up sprint
image: Cor VosTadej Pogacar attacks on the Passo di Ganda, while Fausto Masnada tracks him down in the descent. The Tour de France winner outguns the homerider in the streets of Bergamo before Adam Yates wins the sprint of the chase group to finish in third. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results Tour of Lombardy 2021
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Fausto Masnada (ita) s.t.
3. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.51
4. Primoz Roglic (slo) s.t.
5. Alejandro Valverde (spa) s.t.
6. Julian Alaphilippe (fra) s.t.
7. David Gaudu (fra) s.t.
8. Romain Bardet (fra) s.t.
9. Michael Woods (can) s.t.
10. Sergio Higuita (col) + 2.25
Race report
Bakelants escapes just before the Madonna del Ghisallo. Bais, Novak, Garosio, Champion, Hamilton, Ghebreigzabhier and Orrico join him, while Campenaerts and Wellens track them down on the climb. The ten carve out a lead of more than 6 minutes.
Cosnefroy crashes hard in the peloton in the Roncalo descent and discontinues the race.
Om the Passo di Zambla Champion, Campenaerts, Orrico and Wellens can’t follow the pace. After several attacks from the peloton the gap of the remaining leaders fall below 1 minute.
The breakaway is caught with 55 kilometres remaining.
Nibali attacks on the Passo di Ganda before Pogacar, Sivakov and Bardet brings him back. Then Pogacar goes solo to open up a 30 seconds gap.
Masnada strikes from the chasing group featuring Adam Yates, Alaphilippe, Valverde, Woods, Bardet, Gaudu, Vingegaard and Roglic. The Italian tracks Pogacar down in the descent.
Back in the valley, the other eight close in to 30 seconds before they stop to work together and the gap extends to 1 minute.
Pogacar wins the sprint-à-deux in Bergamo before Yates sprints to third place.
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