Cycling, Ruta del Sol, Pogacar makes 50! Mas gives up, Rota excellent third

And that’s 50, where 50 means career victories. The fact is that Tadej Pogacar has reached this remarkable figure at just 24 years and five months… A professional career that began on January 15, 2019 at the Tour Down Under in Australia. But really nothing seems to be precluded to this Slovenian boy from the UAE-Emirates who really started this season in a great way, with 4 wins out of 5 races. And on Sunday, barring surprises, by winning the final classification of the Ruta del Sol he will make 51. The fourth stage of the Spanish race, the finish line in Iznajar after 165 km, was hard fought and in the final the duel of Lombardia 2022 was staged once again , with the Spaniard Enric Mas (Movistar) who had to surrender in Pogacar. Third position in the stage, at 9”, for an excellent Lorenzo Rota (Intermarché), and Damiano Caruso finished ninth at 33”.

THE SITUATION – In the general classification, Pogacar leads with 1’14” on the Spanish Mikel Landa and 1’19” on the Colombian Buitrago, both of Bahrain-Victorious. Seventh Damiano Caruso at 3’05”, eighth Lorenzo Rota at 3’23”.