It was a solid day out in the break for the Grenadiers at Tre Valli Varesine, with Egan Bernal and AJ August taking the race on in Italy.
AJ August was in a break with four others straight from the start of the 200km race, but was caught with 80km to go.
Egan Bernal counterattacked, staying away with breakaway rider Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar). Quinn Simmonds (Lidl-Trek) soon bridged over, with the three working well together.
From the peloton, Victor Lafay (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) attacked, going clear inside the final 30km. He was joined by Tadej Pogacar, Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates - XRG), and Afonso Eualio (Bahrain - Victorious).
The four bridged over to the front group with 24km to go, before Pogacar went clear solo, and eventually took the win.
I felt good, it was a ‘cat and mouse’ circuit. I was waiting and waiting, but there were not many attacks and I decided to try myself. I had a teammate on the front and I never intended to go on my own. I looked back, nobody came, and I thought, I can’t stop now. When I found myself alone at the front, I knew I couldn’t back down. I had to see where it would take me.
Egan Bernal