Tadej Pogačar performs miracles as a matter of routine these days but beating both Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel in a three-up sprint proved beyond even his astounding capabilities at the end of the 2023 E3 Saxo Classic.
In only the third cobbled Classic of his career, Pogačar looked increasingly at ease on the succession of bergs that punctuated the course, and he placed his breakaway companions under persistent pressure on both the Paterberg and Kwaremont.
