Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)First place, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates, center, poses on the podium with second place France's Paul Seixas, left, and third place Belgium's Remco Evenepoel of the Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe team during the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)First place, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates celebrates on the podium during the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)1 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeSlovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)1 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeSlovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)2 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeSlovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)3 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeFirst place, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates, center, poses on the podium with second place France's Paul Seixas, left, and third place Belgium's Remco Evenepoel of the Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe team during the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)4 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeSlovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates crosses the finish line to win the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)5 / 5Belgium Cycling Liege Bastogne LiegeFirst place, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of the UAE Team Emirates celebrates on the podium during the Belgian cycling classic and UCI World Tour race Liege Bastogne Liege, in Liege, Belgium, Sunday, April 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Associated PressSun, April 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM UTC·1 min readLIEGE, Belgium (AP) — Four-time Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar continued his dominance on Sunday after becoming the first rider this century to earn three straight victories at the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic cycling race.
The triumph capped an outstanding run in which Pogačar also won two other “monuments” of one-day cycling — Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders.
“It means a lot to win one of the biggest races in cycling again,” the 27-year-old Pogačar said. “I don’t do many races anymore, and thus don’t have many opportunities to win. That means I’m under a lot of pressure on days like today.”
The Slovenian lost to Wout van Aert at Paris-Roubaix earlier this month. The fifth and final Monument race will be the Tour of Lombardy in October.
“I’m really happy that we succeeded,” Pogačar said. “I hope we can keep going like this into the summer. We are in a good place right now. I feel good on the bike and during training, and I appreciate the time I spend with my teammates more and more every year.”
Paul Seixas, the 19-year-old French rider, was second to Pogačar on Sunday. Remco Evenepoel finished third.
“I always race to win, but we know that Pogačar has been utterly dominant these last few years, so just being able to follow him is already something.” Seixas said. “You have to take things one step at a time, without rushing.”