Tadej Pogačar has already completed his pre-race recon of Saturday's 2024 Il Lombardia, when the 26-year-old could become the first rider since Fausto Coppi to secure four straight wins of the Race of the Falling Leaves.
Clad in his rainbow jersey, on Wednesday the 2024 Road World Champion and his UAE teammates for the final Monument of the 2024 season rode roughly 130 kilometres of the last part of the course. Riding in thankfully much drier weather than the torrential rain that led to the suspension of Tuesday's Tre Valle Varesine, their recon included the three key climbs of the Madonna del Ghisallo, Colma di Sormano and the San Fermo della Battaglia in the finish city of Como.
But as the countdown continues to the final Monument of the 2024 season, the question of what a possible fourth Pogačar victory in Il Lombardia would mean in terms of cycling's all-time achievements is rapidly gaining prominence, too.
