Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) has won the 20th edition of Strade Bianche Crédit Agricole, crossing the line in the iconic Piazza del Campo ahead of Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) and Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG).

PROVISIONAL RESULTS

1 – Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), 203 km in 4h45’15”, average speed 42.699 km/h

2 – Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team) at 1’00”

3 – Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG) at 1’09”

QUOTES

Speaking seconds after the finish, the winner of Strade Bianche Crédit Agricole, Tadej Pogacar, said: “I’ve probably said this in the past but chapeau to the team today. They’ve done an incredible job from the start, controlling the breakaway and setting up a great pace. It was beautiful to see all the guys from the team performing so well. I’m super happy to deliver the win. I’ve seen Paul Seixas chasing really hard on the steepest part of the climb when I attacked on Monte Sante Marie. I said to myself “go all out to the top then I’ll see either he’ll come to my wheel or he’ll explode”. Then I saw the gap was enough and Isaac [Del Toro] and Jan [Christen] were there. It helped a lot to go alone. It’s a great start of the season. I’ll take the rest of the year race by race and we’ll see if it goes as well as last year”.