The feat accomplished yesterday at the Milan-San Remo allowed Pogacar to celebrate his 110th career victory. A win that deserves praise and that makes the numbers of the Slovenian phenomenon even more formidable. Tadej is first and foremost the fifth of all time to win the Classic in the rainbow jersey, after Alfredo Binda (1931), Eddy Merckx (1972), Felice Gimondi (1974) and Giuseppe Saronni (1983).

Pogacar has signed his eleventh victory in the Monument Classics, reaching Roger De Vlaeminck in second place in the all-time standings and closing in on Merckx's record (19). Tadej is the tenth of all time to win at least four of the five Monument Classics. To complete the picture, he is missing the Paris-Roubaix. Belgians Merckx, De Vlaeminck and Van Looy are the only ones in history to have won all five.

Pogacar has achieved 15 podiums in the 21 Monuments he has competed in (including one second place and three third places), of which 8 consecutive: from the Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2024 to the Milan-San Remo 2026 he has always finished in the top three. An unprecedented streak, made up of six victories, one second place and one third place.

Pogacar is the 86th rider to write his name in the San Remo record book, Pidcock with his excellent 2nd place is the 214th to reach the podium at least once. The resurgent Van Aert has signed his fourth top-three finish at the Classic (one first and three third places). For Slovenia, it is the second triumph of all time after the one achieved by Matej Mohoric in 2022.

For Italy, there have been 8 consecutive editions of San Remo without victories. The last one remains Nibali's in 2018. The longest drought for Italian cycling remains the 16 editions that passed from Loretto Petrucci's back-to-back wins in 1953 to Michele Dancelli's victory in 1970.

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