Abu Dhabi (Etihad)
UAE Cycling Team star Tadi Bogachar was able to savor the taste of victory again thanks to his strong performance in the third stage of the Tour of Slovenia. .
The Tour de France champion had launched in a strong attacking performance alongside his Polish colleague Rafal Maika 23 km from the finish line, as the duo crossed a climbing distance of the second classification in the Svitina region (5.2 km, with an average slope of 7.7%), which enabled them to advance over the group Main.
After overcoming the climb, Nikola Koncci (Alpechin-Phoenix) joined forces with Pogacar and Mica before reaching the final hill just before the finish line in Celle, to set off the Slovenian’s top speed by overtaking Conci to claim a deserved first-place win by 11 seconds over teammate Maika. He finished second, 14 seconds behind Nicolas Conchi, in third place.
This is the eighth win this season for Bogachar, and the seventeenth for the Emirates team.
Thanks to his victory, Tade managed to take the general classification for the Tour of Slovenia, 7 seconds ahead of his colleague Mika, who finished second in the general classification, as well as winning first place in the climbing classifications and points classification.
Commenting on his victory, Tade Bogachar said: “The team worked perfectly to dominate this race, especially on the climb where my colleague Rafal Maika and I both went as fast as we could on the main set. It will be arduous, especially after the progress of Konchi’s competitors; It made us adopt a smart strategy when we crossed the last hill in the race, everything went as we planned and we were able to win first and second places, so I am very happy with this result.”
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