Tadej Pogačar attacked with 81km to go when he won last year's Strade Bianche and with 100km to go when he won the world championships in Zurich. As the hours counted down to this year's Strade Bianche, the Slovenian kept his race tactics a secret but made it clear he is racing to win for a third time on Saturday.
"Let's hope for good legs and we'll go from there…" Pogačar said when he was asked if he would again attack early on the terrible Monte Santa Marie sector.
