Tadej Pogacar left Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday on a crash that may have deprived him of a rare hat-trick on the Ardennes classics. The Slovenian prodigy fell "at high speed" after colliding with the Dane Mikkel Honoré victim of a puncture in front of him.
The 24-year-old had planned to observe a period of rest after his exceptional spring "just to enjoy a little," he said on the evening of Amstel.