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Who won cycling’s Classics in 2022?

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December 18, 2022
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The 2022 Classics season had plenty of predictable and surprise outcomes, with solo attacks, daring descents, crashes and COVID-19, first-time success and padded palmares. Cyclingnews sums up the season with the highlights of the biggest one-day races of the road calendar.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Wout van Aert, Annemiek van Vleuten

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Wout van Aert with Sonny Colbrelli and Greg Van Avermaet on the podium at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images)
Dutch Annemiek van Vleuten  of Movistar Team and Dutch Demi Vollering of SD Worx pictured in action during the womens elite race of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad oneday cycling race 1284km from Gent to Ninove Saturday 26 February 2022 BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS Photo by JASPER JACOBSBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) en route to the victory (Image credit: Getty Images)

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) took the honours in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad to start the Classics season at Opening Weekend. The then-Belgian champion finished off a dominant display by his team throughout the race. Van Aert went solo from the final climb of the day, the Bosberg, racing 13km home after leaving behind a select group.

Over in the women’s race, it was Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) who took her first victory of many in 2022. Only she and fellow Dutchwoman Demi Vollering (SD Worx) were left out front after the Bosberg, but it was the veteran champion who was the fastest finisher in the two-up sprint to the finish line. (DO)

Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne – Fabio Jakobsen

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KUURNE BELGIUM  FEBRUARY 27 Fabio Jakobsen of Netherlands and Team QuickStep  Alpha Vinyl celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Caleb Ewan of Australia and Team Lotto Soudal and Hugo Hofstetter of France and Team Arka  Samsic during the 74th Kuurne  Bruxelles  Kuurne 2022 a 1951km race from Kuurne to Kuurne  KuurneBxlKuurne  on February 27 2022 in Kuurne Belgium Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
Fabio Jakobsen wins Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (Image credit: Getty Images)

It was heartbreak for the breakaway on the second day of Opening Weekend as the peloton raced home to overhaul the three-man group in the dying metres of the 195km race. QuickStep sprinter Fabio Jakobsen was the first man home in Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, beating Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) to the line and later making a plea for peace days after Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. (DO)

Strade Bianche – Tadej Pogačar, Lotte Kopecky

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SIENA ITALY  MARCH 05 Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates celebrates with champagne at podium as race winner after the Eroica  16th Strade Bianche 2022  Mens Elite a 184km one day race from Siena to Siena  Piazza del Campo 321m  StradeBianche  WorldTour  on March 05 2022 in Siena Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
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SIENA ITALY  MARCH 05 Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx celebrates winning the race on the podium ceremony after the Eroica  8th Strade Bianche 2022  Womens Elite a 136km one day race from Siena to Siena  Piazza del Campo 321m  StradeBianche  on March 05 2022 in Siena Italy Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Lotte Kopecky celebrates her victory in Strade Bianche (Image credit: Getty Images)

A week after the first Classics of the season, the action turned to Tuscany and the white roads of Strade Bianche, where reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar showed he can be the best just about anywhere. The Slovenian attacked 50km from Siena and was never caught, finishing off one of the most memorable performances of the spring.

The women’s race earlier in the day was a more tense affair, with Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) and Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) racing up the final ramp into Siena together. The Belgian champion was something of a surprise winner after the two women proved the strongest from an elite lead group, with Kopecky getting in prime position on the narrow roads through the town to the finish line. (DO)

Milan-San Remo – Matej Mohorič

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Milano Sanremo 2022 - 113th Edition - Milano - Sanremo 293 km - 19/03/2022 - Matej Mohoric (SLO - Bahrain Victorious) - photo Tommaso Pelagalli/BettiniPhoto©2022
Matej Mohoric won Milan-San Remo in 2022 (Image credit: Tommaso Pelagalli/BettiniPhoto)

The first Monument of the 2022 season brought with it a surprise winner, with Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) far firmly among the outsiders heading into the 293km marathon. But a daring descent off the Poggio, aided by the novel use of a MTB-style dropper seatpost, saw Mohorič jump away from the sprinters and top favourites and hold them off on the Via Roma, eventually crossing the line just two seconds clear of Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix). (DO)

Classic Brugge-De Panne – Tim Merlier, Elisa Balsamo

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Brugge-De Panne Women 2022
World champion Elisa Balsamo celebrates her win in Brugge-De Panne (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)
DE PANNE BELGIUM  MARCH 23 A general view of Tim Merlier of Belgium and Team AlpecinFenix Max Walscheid of Germany and Team Cofidis Dylan Groenewegen of Netherlands and Team Bikeexchange  Jayco Nacer Bouhanni of France and Team Arka  Samsic and Arnaud Demare of France and Team Groupama  FDJ sprints to win during the 46th Minerva Classic Brugge  De Panne 2022 a 2079km stage from Brugge to De Panne  MinervaClassic  on March 23 2022 in De Panne Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Tim Merlier (L) won Brugge-De Panne in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Late March saw the peloton head back to Belgium, though the pan-flat Classic Brugge-De Panne was a gentler reintroduction to the north. The sprinter’s races went pretty much exactly as planned, with large groups coming to the line to do battle.In the men’s race it was Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) who triumphed, beating Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) to the finish. 

Earlier in the afternoon, Elisa Balsamo got the better of Lorena Wiebes (Team DSM) and Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) in the dash for glory at the end of a crash-marred race. (DO)

Trofeo Alfredo Binda – Elisa Balsamo

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CITTIGLIO ITALY  MARCH 20 Elisa Balsamo of Italy and Team Trek  Segafredo celebrates winning ahead of Sofia Bertizzolo of Italy and UAE Team ADQ and Soraya Paladin of Italy and Team Canyon SRAM Racing during the 46th Trofeo Alfredo BindaComune di Cittiglio 2022  Womens Elite a 1418km one day race from Cocquio Trevisago to Cittiglio  TrBinda  UCIWWT  on March 20 2022 in Cittiglio Italy Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Elisa Balsamo wins the Trofeo Alfredo Binda (Image credit: Getty Images)

At the end of a dynamic, ever-changing race in Cittiglio, it was world champion Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) who emerged victorious to grab her first one-day race triumph since taking rainbows in Leuven six months earlier. The 24-year-old led an Italian podium ahead of Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) and Soraya Paladin (Canyon-Sram) after the peloton had come back together for a bunch sprint in the closing kilometres. (DO)

E3 Saxo Bank Classic – Wout van Aert

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E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2022  65th Edition  Harelbeke  Harelbeke 2039 km  25032022  Wout Van Aert BEL  Team Jumbo  Visma  Christophe Laporte FRA  Team Jumbo  Visma    photo Luca BettiniSprintCyclingAgency2022
Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte 1-2 the E3 Saxo Bank Classic in 2022 (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)

It was a day of domination for Jumbo-Visma in Harelbeke, with Wout van Aert leading teammate Christophe Laporte home for an arm-in-arm one-two finish, 1:35 clear of any of their competitors. The pair were without equals after attacking 40km from the finish on the brutal cobbled climb of the Paterberg, while Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) rounded out the podium after outpacing a large group of those left a long way behind. (DO)

Gent-Wevelgem – Biniam Girmay, Elisa Balsamo

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WEVELGEM BELGIUM  MARCH 27 LR Christophe Laporte of France and Team Jumbo  Visma and son on second place race winner Biniam Hailu Girmay of Eritrea and Team Intermarch  Wanty  Gobert Matriaux and Dries Van Gestel of Belgium and Team Total Energies on third place pose on the podium ceremony after the 84th GentWevelgem in Flanders Fields 2022  Mens Elite a 2488km one day race from Ypres to Wevelgem  GWE22  WorldTour  on March 27 2022 in Wevelgem Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Biniam Girmay atop the podium at Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Tim de WaeleGetty Images)
WEVELGEM BELGIUM  MARCH 27 Elisa Balsamo of Italy and Team Trek  Segafredo celebrates winning after the 11th GentWevelgem In Flanders Fields 2022  Womens Elite a 159km one day race from Ypres to Wevelgem  GWEwomen  UCIWWT  on March 27 2022 in Wevelgem Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
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History was made two days later as Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) took the first victory by a black African in any Classic after triumphing from a small lead group which had broken clear over the race’s major climb of the Kemmelberg. Rising star Girmay took the biggest win of his career following a cat-and-mouse final run-in, outpacing Christophe Laporte, Dries van Gestel, and Jasper Stuyven to the line.

World champion Elisa Balsamo scored her fourth win of the season in the rainbow jersey from a 38-woman bunch sprint finish. The win, taken ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) and Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT) was the Italian’s third win in a week and her last of a stunning spring campaign. (DO)

Dwars door Vlaanderen – Mathieu van der Poel, Chiara Consonni

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WAREGEM BELGIUM  MARCH 30 Mathieu Van Der Poel of Netherlands and Team AlpecinFenix celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 76th Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2022  Mens Elite a 1837km one day race from Roeselare to Waregem  DDV22  DDVmen  WorldTour  on March 30 2022 in Waregem Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
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Dwars door Vlaanderen Women 2022 - 5th Edition - Consonni Chiara (ITA - Valcar Travel Service) Waregem - Waregem 120 km - 30/03/2022 -  - photo Rafa Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Chiara Consonni wins Dwars door Vlaanderen 2022 (Image credit: Rafa Gomez/SprintCyclingAgency)

After scoring a third place in Milan-San Remo, Mathieu van der Poel continued his limited Classics campaign with a victory in Dwars door Vlaanderen, taking his first one-day win of the season after one of the most thrilling back-and-forth finales of the spring. He eventually got the better of Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) in the sprint finish after the pair escaped late on, but the preceding battle – which included Tom Pidcock, Victor Campenaerts, and Stefan Küng – was something to savour.

Chiari Consonni (Valcar-Travel & Service) won the women’s race after a day dominated by Trek-Segafredo and multiple attacks from Ellen van Dijk. It was Annemiek van Vleuten who did a lot of the work to hold things together, but it was Consonni who reaped the benefits in Waregem, the 23-year-old getting the better of Julie De Wilde (Plantur-Pura) and Elise Chabbey (Canyon-Sram) in the final sprint. (DO)

Tour of Flanders – Lotte Kopecky, Mathieu van der Poel

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Lotte Kopecky and Mathieu van der Poel won the Tour of Flanders in 2022
Lotte Kopecky and Mathieu van der Poel won the Tour of Flanders in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Tour of Flanders served up two spectacularly dramatic finales, with Lotte Kopecky giving the home crowd a thrill by taking the victory in the Belgian champion’s jersey. Kopecky followed an attack by defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten on the Paterberg and played off teammate Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak to best her Dutch rival in the sprint.

Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar went on the attack from the penultimate climb, the Oude Kwaremont, and seemed certain to go mano-a-mano in a sprint finish. However, they watched each other too long and chasers Dylan van Baarle and Valentin Madouas came from behind and caught them. Van der Poel held them off to win the Tour of Flanders, but Pogačar missed out on the podium in fourth.

Scheldeprijs – Alexander Kristoff, Lorena Wiebes

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SCHOTEN BELGIUM  APRIL 06 Alexander Kristoff of Norway and Team Intermarch  Wanty  Gobert Matriaux celebrates winning during the 110th Scheldeprijs 2022  Mens Elite a 1987km one day race from Terneuzen to Schoten  SP22  on April 06 2022 in Schoten Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Alexander Kristoff wins the 2022 Scheldeprijs solo (Image credit: Getty Images)
Scheldeprijs Women 2022  2nd Edition  Schoten  Schoten 1381 km  06042022  Lorena Wiebes NED   Team DSM  photo Rafa GomezSprintCyclingAgency2022
Lorena Wiebes takes the women’s Scheldeprijs 2022 in a sprint (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)

Alexander Kristoff tore up the script in a blustery Scheldeprijs, shrugging off his reputation as a sprinter and going on the attack solo to take the win. He made his move just before the course turned into a brutal crosswind that discouraged the chasers. The only thing crazier was Tim Merlier almost riding backwards into the group sprinting for the minor places and having to jump over the barriers to safety.

Lorena Wiebes started her sprint early to secure her second consecutive Women’s Scheldeprijs over Chiara Consonni and Rachele Barbieri.

Amstel Gold Race – Marta Cavalli, Michał Kwiatkowski

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Amstel Gold Race 2022 - 56th Edition - Maastricht - Valkenburg 254,1 km - 10/04/2022 - Benoit Cosnefroy (FRA - AG2R Citroen Team) - Michal Kwiatkowski (POL - INEOS Grenadiers) - photo Nico Vereecken/PN/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Benoit Cosnefroy thought he’d won the Amstel Gold Race but Michal Kwiatkowski beat him with the bike throw (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)
VALKENBURG NETHERLANDS  APRIL 10 Marta Cavalli of Italy and Team FDJ Nouvelle  Aquitaine Futuroscope celebrates winning during the 8th Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition 2022 a 1285km one day race from Maastricht to Valkenburg  UCIWWT  AGR2022  on April 10 2022 in Valkenburg Netherlands Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Marta Cavalli celebrates her solo win in the Amstel Gold Race (Image credit: Getty Images)

Marta Cavalli claimed the biggest victory of her career with a searing attack after the Cauberg in the women’s Amstel Gold Race, using an “all or nothing” strategy to attack just as the lead group started to hesitate.

For the second year in a row, the men’s Amstel Gold Race came down to a photo finish. Benoit Cosnefroy celebrated thinking he had won only for the jury to announce Michal Kwiatkowski as the winner by millimetres several minutes later.

De Brabantse Pijl – Magnus Sheffield, Demi Vollering

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OVERIJSE BELGIUM  APRIL 13 Magnus Sheffield of United States and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 62nd De Brabantse Pijl  La Flche Brabanonne 2022  Mens Elite a 2051km one day race from Leuven to Overijse  BP22  on April 13 2022 in Overijse Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Magnus Sheffield soloed to victory in De Brabantse Pijl (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
De Brabantse Pijl - La Fleche Brabanconne Women 2022 - 7th Edition - Sint-Pieters-Leeuw - Overijse 141,2 km - 13/04/2022 - Demi Vollering (NED - Team SD Worx) - photo Anton Vos/CV/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Demi Vollering also soloed to victory in De Brabantse Pijl (Image credit: Sprint Cycling Agency)

Cosnefroy was second again in De Brabantse Pijl, bested by another Ineos rider. Magnus Sheffield parlayed a 3.5km solo attack into victory and Cosnefroy out-paced Warren Barguil for second.

The rain and attrition also saw a solo winner in the women’s race, with Demi Vollering slipping away to take the win over Kasia Niewiadoma and Liane Lippert. She made sure not to make the mistake of the previous year where she celebrated too soon and was pipped by Marianne Vos.

Paris-Roubaix – Dylan van Baarle, Elisa Longo Borghini

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ROUBAIX FRANCE  APRIL 16 Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Trek  Segafredo celebrates winning in the Roubaix Velodrome  Vlodrome Andr Ptrieux during the 2nd ParisRoubaix 2022  Womens Elite a 1247km one day race from Denain to Roubaix  ParisRoubaixFemmes  ParisRoubaix  on April 16 2022 in Roubaix France Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Elisa Longo Borghini waselated to win Paris-Roubaix in 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images)
ROUBAIX FRANCE  APRIL 17 Dylan Van Baarle of Netherlands and Team INEOS Grenadiers celebrates winning the race and kisses the Cobbleston trophy with his Oakley sunglasses on the podium ceremony after the 119th ParisRoubaix 2022  Mens Elite a 2572km one day race from Compigne to Roubaix  ParisRoubaix  WorldTour  on April 17 2022 in Roubaix France Photo by Bas CzerwinskiGetty Images
Dylan van Baarle, winner of the 2022 Paris-Roubaix (Image credit: Getty Images)

Elisa Longo Borghini inked her name into the history books in the second women’s Paris-Roubaix with a 34-kilometre attack just before the Templeuve sector to win by 23 seconds ahead of a chasing group led to the line by favourites Lotte Kopecky and Lucinda Brand.

Dylan van Baarle took a spectacular solo victory in Paris-Roubaix in the fastest edition to date, ditching his breakaway companions on the Carrefour de l’Arbre and soloing into the Roubaix velodrome with ample time to celebrate. Wout van Aert, beset with punctures, won the sprint from the chasing group over Stefan Küng.

La Fléche Wallonne – Marta Cavalli, Dylan Teuns

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La Flche Wallonne 2022  86th Edition  Blegny  Mur de Huy 2021 km  20042022  Dylan Teuns BEL  Bahrain Victorious  Alejandro Valverde ESP  Movistar Team  photo Dion KerckhoffsCVSprintCyclingAgency2022
Dylan Teuns forgot to zip up before winning La Flèche Wallonne 2022 (Image credit: Dion Kerckhoffs/CVSprintCyclingAgency)
HUY BELGIUM  APRIL 20 Marta Cavalli of Italy and Team FDJ Nouvelle  Aquitaine Futuroscope celebrates winning ahead of Annemiek Van Vleuten of Netherlands and Movistar Team during the 25th La Flche Wallonne 2022  Womens Elite a 1334km one day race from Huy to Mur de Huy  FlecheWallonne  FWwomen  on April 20 2022 in Huy Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Marta Cavalli won the women’s Flèche Wallonne (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

The Mur de Huy selected the strongest climbers as usual, with Marta Cavalli winning La Flèche Wallonne after rocketing past Annemiek van Vleuten to snatch the victory, a large margin ahead of third-placed Demi Vollering. 

Dylan Teuns won the men’s Flèche Wallonne with a perfectly-timed acceleration, holding off five-time winner Alejandro Valverde, with Aleksandr Vlasov in third.

Liège-Bastogne-Liège – Annemiek van Vleuten, Remco Evenepoel

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Belgian Remco Evenepoel of QuickStep Alpha Vinyl pictured in action at the Cote de La Redoute during the LiegeBastogneLiege one day cycling race 2575km from Liege to Liege Sunday 24 April 2022 in Liege BELGA PHOTO POOL PETER DE VOECHT Photo by POOL PETER DE VOECHT  BELGA MAG  Belga via AFP Photo by POOL PETER DE VOECHTBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images
Remco Evenepoel makes the winning move in Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Image credit: POOL PETER DE VOECHTBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images)
LIEGE BELGIUM  APRIL 24 Annemiek Van Vleuten of Netherlands and Movistar Team Women celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 6th Liege  Bastogne  Liege 2022  Femmes a 1421km one day race from Bastogne to Lige  LBL  LBLwomen  UCIWWT  on April 24 2022 in Liege Belgium Photo by Luc ClaessenGetty Images
Annemiek van Vleuten celebrates her solo win in the women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Remco Evenepoel won Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2022, the biggest one-day race on the calendar. The Belgian used the Côte de la Redoute as the launchpad and his time trialing engine to hold off the chasers for 29 kilometres. Quinten Hermans beat Wout van Aert in the sprint for second.

Annemiek van Vleuten won the 2022 women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège by using the same climb but in a different way. She launched an attack but then sat up and was caught by the chase. She attacked again on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons and finally soloing to the win over Grace Brown and Demi Vollering.

Donostia San Sebastián Klasikoa – Remco Evenepoel

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Remco Evenepoel wins the Clasica San Sebastian/Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa
Remco Evenepoel wins the San Sebastian Classic (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

Evenepoel made an even longer solo attack to win the San Sebastian Classic, using his pre-Vuelta a España form to time trial for 44 kilometres to the victory. He went on to win the Vuelta and the World Championships.

Il Lombardia

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Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium of the 2022 Il Lombardia holding up his trophy and flowers
Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium of the 2022 Il Lombardia (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

In the final Classic of 2022, Tadej Pogačar bookended his season with a victory in Il Lombardia. Much like in 2021, Pogacar attacked to form a two-rider breakaway, only this time rather than Fausto Masnada, his victim was Enric Mas in the sprint for victory.



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