Pogacar to Evenepoel: 'Our battle will have to wait' after Liège-Bastogne-Liège crash

FERMO, ITALY - MARCH 11: (L-R) Remco Evenepoel of Belgium and Team Quick-Step - Alpha Vinyl White Best Young Rider Jersey aTadej Pogacar of Slovenia and UAE Team Emirates Blue Leader Jersey during the 57th Tirreno-Adriatico 2022, Stage 5 a 155km stage from Sefro to Fermo 317m / #TirrenoAdriatico / #WorldTour / on March 11, 2022 in Fermo, Italy. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)
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It was the most hyped showdown of the 2023 season but ended before it even began when Tadej Pogačar crashed out of Liège-Bastogne-Liège before he could take on defending champion Remco Evenepoel.

While Pogačar was being diagnosed with two fractures in his left scaphoid and one to the lunate bone - both small bones in the wrist - Evenepoel stormed to victory with another long-range attack on the Côte de la Redoute before cementing his winning margin on the Cote de Cornémont.

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