{"id":4599,"date":"2023-04-03T14:12:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T12:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=4599"},"modified":"2023-04-05T14:13:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:13:44","slug":"pogacar-on-winning-tour-of-flanders-i-could-retire-after-today-and-i-would-be-very-proud-of-my-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2023\/04\/03\/pogacar-on-winning-tour-of-flanders-i-could-retire-after-today-and-i-would-be-very-proud-of-my-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Poga\u010dar on Winning Tour of Flanders: \u201cI could retire after today and I would be very proud of my career.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Slovenian has now won three out of the five Monuments. Is the complete set a question of \u201cif\u201d or \u201cwhen\u201d? What do you think?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tadej Poga\u010dar (24) attacked on the Kwaremont with 17 km to go, holding onto the win in Oudenaarde ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. That makes it 9 wins out of just 16 race days for the UAE rider. He\u2019s got Paris-Roubaix and Milan-Sanremo left to complete the Monuments set and become just the fourth man after Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx and Roger De Vlaeminck to win all five races.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You can call him a Tour of Flanders winner now. Congrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TamauPogi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TamauPogi<\/a>! \ud83d\udc4f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RVV23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RVV23<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RVVmen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RVVmen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZEIj5U96sv\">pic.twitter.com\/ZEIj5U96sv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ronde van Vlaanderen (@RondeVlaanderen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RondeVlaanderen\/status\/1642535456041476100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe will not give up,\u201d Poga\u010dar mentioned the record after the race. \u201cWe leave it in reserve. I think I have to gain some kilos for Roubaix and gain strength in my hands. We saw in Sanremo it is the most difficult, [but] this year I have been in one of my best forms of my life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could retire after today and I would be very proud of my career. I can be happy and proud. It was an incredible job by the team today. A day I will never forget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were coming with speed onto the cobbles, really suffering, so the entry into the climb [Kwaremont] is all about giving it all the power to the top. It\u2019s very long to the top so it\u2019s my favourite. I knew I just had to go on the Kwaremont. I gave everything, and then I almost did crack on the Paterberg. I knew it was going to be hard, but it was the only option for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait for the Sunday in hell either? Just a few days away now!<\/p>\n<h4><strong>2023 Tour of Flanders results<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>1. Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE-Team Emirates) &#8211; 6:12:07<br \/>\n2. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) + 16 seconds<br \/>\n3. 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