ROMA (ITALPRESS) – Tadej Pogacar also wins the Giro delle Fiandre 2026. The Sloveno of the UAE Emirates bissa the success of last year and makes its second Classical Monument of the season, after the triumph in flying on Pidcock in Milan-Sanremo. The 28-year-old Komenda completes 278.2 km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde after 6h20’08” with a 34-second advantage over Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech). The Dutchman races with Pogacar and only takes off at -18, in the middle of the last stretch in pavè. Complete the podium the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe), to the first participation in the Giro delle Fiandre, which cuts the finish line at 1’11” from the summit. The top 5 Wout van Aert (Team Visma|Lease a Bike), fourth at 2’04”, and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), fifth at 2’48”. Jasper Stuyven (Soudal Quick-Step), sixth at 4’28”, Florian Vermeersch (Uae Emirates), seventh at 4’28” and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), eighth at 4’30”, complete the top ten at more than 5 minutes Christophe Laporte (Team Visma|Lease a Bike) and Gianni Vermeersch (Red Bull Bora “It was a crazy and hard race. When the group was formed we all managed to cooperate and definitely went in my favor. I didn’t want Remco (Evenepoel, ndr) back in, I knew how resilient he was and could do something in the final. I didn’t run much this year, but when I race I put so much pressure on myself to win. I will arrive motivated to the Paris-Roubaix”, the words of Pogacar, to the third victory on three races in season (Strade Bianche, Milan-Sanremo, Giro delle Fiandre) and that will try to keep intact the strip in the Paris-Roubaix, third Classic Monument of 2026, scheduled on Sunday, April 12 with departure to Compiegne and arrival in the historical velodrome of Roubaix.– photo Ipa Agency –(ITASLP).
