Tadej Pogacar: ‘In Liège I won’t be just watching Remco’

Tadej Pogačar after winning the 2023 edition of Flèche Wallonne
Tadej Pogačar after winning the 2023 edition of Flèche Wallonne (Image credit: Getty)

Tadej Pogačar has said that he does not believe the 2023 edition of Liège-Bastogne-Liège can or should be seen as a simple duel between himself and defending champion Remco Evenepoel, with other favourites very much also in the running.

Sunday could see Pogačar scoop a historic Ardennes triple in a single season, a feat which has only been previously achieved by three riders in history - Anna van der Breggen in 2017, Philippe Gilbert in 2011 and the late Davide Rebellin in 2004.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.