It looked set to be another trademark Tadej Pogačar victory. With over 40km remaining in the Amstel Gold Race, the world champion performed his party trick; he tagged onto the wheel of Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor), rode away from the peloton, and, still seated, coasted solo up the road. Nobody reacted. The gap ballooned out to more than 30 seconds. Victory, surely, would be his.
Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) and Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) had other ideas.
