Pogacar's 50-km solo raid delivers Vuelta stage four win in Andorra

Aug 25 : Tadej Pogacar arrived in red, lit the fuse on the climbs and turned stage four of La Vuelta into a private exhibition on Tuesday, powering away with almost 50 kilometres remaining to win alone in Andorra la Vella.The Slovenian, bidding to complete his Grand Tour collection by claiming the Vuelta for the first time, attacked on the road to the second climb and quickly reduced a high-altitude battle into a one-man procession.He began the final ascent with a lead of 3 minutes and 12 seconds and cruised over the last mountain pass before finishing in 2:40:35. Jarno Widar won the sprint for second, 2:39 off the pace, with Felix Gall third.Seven years after his only previous appearance in the Spanish race, Pogacar underlined why he started as the overwhelming favourite following a summe