LIEGE, Belgium, April 26 (Reuters) - World ⁠champion Tadej Pogacar pulled ahead of 19-year-old French debutant Paul ⁠Seixas in the final climb to secure his third straight Liege-Bastogne-Liege ‌title on Sunday, his fourth overall victory in the race.

Pogacar finished the 259.5-km race in five hours, 50 minutes and 28 seconds to win the 13th monument title of his career ​and his third of the year after the ⁠Tour of Flanders and Milan-San ⁠Remo.