UAE Team Emirates’ Pogacar hungry for more after Amstel Gold Race win

UAE Team Emirates’ Pogacar hungry for more after Amstel Gold Race win

The 24-year-old Slovenian of the UAE Team Emirates finished first on the Dutch classic in six hours 01min 02sec

Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar celebrates after winning the Amstel Gold Race. — AFP

By AFP Published: Mon 17 Apr 2023, 11:12 AM Last updated: Mon 17 Apr 2023, 11:13 AM

Tadej Pogacar racked up an 11th win of the season on Sunday when he dropped Tom Pidcock on a climb and soloed over 30km to win the prestigious Amstel Gold Race.

The 24-year-old Slovenian of the UAE Team Emirates finished first on the Dutch classic in six hours 01min 02sec, ahead of Ireland's disappointed Ben Healy of EF Education-EasyPost. British rider Pidcock clung on to third place.

Next weekend Pogacar faces a mouth-watering duel with Remco Evenepoel at the Liege-Bastogne-Liege with the Belgian defending champion tasked with taming the 2021 title winner.

Ahead of that he also tackles La Fleche Wallone in midweek.

"It's a hard race for me. I never did a good result there, but with good shape right now and a good team, we can also do a good result in Flèche," said Pogacar.

On Sunday, Alexey Lutsenko and Andreas Kron rounded out the top five after failing narrowly to reel in Pidcock in a desperate