
Before the UEC Road European Championships, Belgian national team coach Serge Pauwels had a message for Tadej Pogačar - if he tried to attack from far out, it could end badly.
Naturally, the road world champion defied expectations, attacking with a full 75 kilometres still to race, and no one from the Belgian team could match his acceleration on the seven-kilometre Côte de Saint Romain de Lerps.