Getting the stars to align to see Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard line up at the start of the same race is a rarity, usually only reserved for the Tour de France or the most prestigious one-week stage races. It's so rare that it's actually only happened seven times since they've risen to stardom, with injuries, different schedules and maybe some pride keeping them apart until the biggest appointments.
But having all three superstars of the sport take the start of a one-day race together has been even more infrequent, so much so that the last time it happened – at La Flèche Wallone in 2022 – Vingegaard had never won the Tour, Pogačar had only 37 professional victories, and Evenepoel hadn't yet won a senior World Championships title. Those three metrics now stand at two Tours de France for the Dane, 105 wins for Pogačar and four elite rainbow jerseys for the Belgian.
