00:01the stars were out for strade bianche modern racing on ancient roads the perfect cycling event
00:08we all now look forward to each spring siena the start and finish champions past and present here
00:14and those hoping to challenge tadej pogacar for his throne and that trophy wat fanart one of those
00:21tom pitcock another pogacar well now with his bleached blonde hair ready to try and do it for
00:28a record fourth time his first race of the 2026 season and a slightly changed parkour a few
00:35kilometers less this year just over 200 still the 4100 meters of climbing and 63 kilometers of dirt
00:43roads sterato sectors as they're known in this part of the world that final loop before going to piazza
00:49del campo one of sport's great arenas in the center of ancient siena
00:57bogacar was ready to go with del toro by his side italian racing at the top level on the way
01:03for
01:03another year who would be the winner it'll be a really fast start 175 riders before it was whittled
01:12down to nine up the road a maximum gap of two minutes with uae doing all the chasing and not
01:18much of a gap left as they approach the longest sector of the race with 92 k's to go monte
01:24santa
01:24maria it's the sector where pogacar has attacked record distances before 81 kilometers remain when
01:32he attacked a couple of years ago 79 remained when he went away this time paul six sass tried to
01:39chase
01:39him del toro was covering well mateo jorgensen looked good too there were mechanical problems for
01:45tom pidcock but he did really well to make his way back by this point though pidcock was 30 seconds
01:51behind pogacar who was alone and doing what he seems to always do
01:59new season same pog and despite young 19 year old paul six sass's efforts on debut del toro was there
02:07to
02:07mark him over a minute of a gap with 56 kilometers to go more sectors to come though you always
02:13wonder
02:14if the calculation the feeding's been right and also look out for that corner yes pogacar looking
02:20around at the area where he crashed 12 months prior pidcock would try there'd be incidents in and
02:27amongst the crowds on cole pinzuto but as much as they did try behind they only managed to get the
02:36gap
02:36down to just below a minute and a half more sectors to come though was that a grimace or a
02:43smile
02:44the end of the race would tell us that
02:47it was turning out to be a lightning fast addition it would go down as the fastest in history almost
02:53two kilometers per hour quicker than that ridden last year over 42 k's an hour the average
03:03six sass had taken del toro away and they were on to the final sector of the race they had
03:08around 20
03:08seconds on those behind pogacar looked like it was a hard working day but in the end it was going
03:15to be the same result
03:18smiling at the top of via santa caterina ready to celebrate again three years in a row four wins in
03:28five seasons here and more wins than anybody ever in the short history of this brilliant race a fourth victory
03:36victory for the man who does it better than anyone else
03:41and what about next on the scene well tomorrow might be here today with paul sexas not quite the
03:48tectonic plate shifting result if he'd won but a second place exceptional for a 19 year old on debut
03:56isac del toro completed the podium the uae boys did their business
04:17it was just beautiful to see all the guys uh in the team performing so well and then the also
04:30the young bullets
04:31uh like uh jan and isaac uh what a what a job from them and was uh was a an
04:38honor to ride with such a
04:39team today uh and uh to deliver the win so yeah i'm super happy and he would have been delighted
04:45to be up
04:45there with del toro the big story of the day though paul sexas right up with today pogacar that hype
04:52train
04:52is picking up speed
05:01is
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