There was more than a bit of bewilderment in the peloton when Tadej Pogačar launched his attack at in the men's elite road race at the World Championships on Sunday. Hours later, the Slovenian soloed to historic victory by a margin of 34 seconds.
Remco Evenepoel, a man who knows something about winning big races from distance, said: "The moment he went, I was saying to Mathieu [van der Poel] that it was a suicide move and that everything was going to come back together."
