With 100km of the 273.9km race in Zurich left, the 26-year-old caught his competitors off guard, leaving the peloton behind Belgian Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel and current world champion Mathieu van der Poel, of the Netherlands.
With 50 kilometers remaining, Pogacar took the lead on his own and held onto it, leaving the rest of the field to contend with the lesser medals. He had quickly closed the distance to a breakaway group.
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