Tadej Pogacar targets fifth successive Monument at Paris-Roubaix 2026 - has any rider held all five titles at same time?

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Tadej Pogacar has the opportunity to complete the career clean sweep of Monuments this weekend as he looks to win Paris-Roubaix for the first time. Victory would see him become the fourth member of an exclusive group of riders to have won all five Monuments. However, given he has now won four on the spin, could the 27-year-old become the first rider to hold all five titles at the same time?

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A maiden victory for Tadej Pogacar at this weekend’s Paris-Roubaix would make him the reigning champion of all five Monuments.

The UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider won last season's Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Il Lombardia and has started this campaign with triumphs at Milano-Sanremo and the Tour of Flanders

Dominance elsewhere means Paris-Roubaix is now the only Monument absent from Pogacar's illustrious palmares; a first title would see him complete the career clean sweep of the famous races.

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Pogacar finished second in last year’s race, behind Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech), who is targeting a fourth successive victory in the event.

”It’s no secret that Paris-Roubaix is one of the big goals for this part of the season,” Pogacar said. ”The few races I’ve done so far have gone perfectly, so the motivation is high but the pressure is low.

”I’m going to enjoy it no matter what the result, and I’m looking forward to a good weekend of racing. We have such a strong team with guys who have been on the podium here before, so it’s not only me who is capable of a result.”

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Pogacar’s win at the Tour of Flanders was the 12th Monument victory of his career, putting him second on the all-time list.

He moved clear of Roger De Vlaeminck's 11 wins, and now only trails Eddy Merckx on 19.

The 27-year-old has now won the Belgian race three times, adding to his maiden title at Milano-Sanremo earlier this year, his three victories at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and his five successive wins at Il Lombardia.

Has anyone won all five Momuments?

Victory for Pogacar this weekend would see him become the fourth member of an exclusive group of riders to have won all five Monuments.

Rik Van Looy became the first man to achieve the feat with victory at Liege-Bastogne-Liege in 1961, with his first success coming at Milano-Sanremo three years earlier.

Merckx joined the club a decade later, with what was the 10th Monument victory of his career, but his first at Il Lombardia.

The third and final rider to complete the set was De Vlaeminck, thanks to his triumph at the Tour of Flanders in 1977.

Has anyone held all five titles at the same time?

Success at Paris-Roubaix will not only see Pogacar become the fourth rider to win all five Monuments, but also the first rider to hold all five Monument titles at the same time.

The Slovenian has already become the first rider to hold four simultaneously, with Van Looy, Merckx, and De Vlaeminck never the defending champion of more than three races.

Van Looy and De Vlaeminck both had two spells of holding three titles, while Merkx experienced this on several occasions, but of his 19 titles, there were never five that came in successive races.

Should Pogacar conquer the Roubaix cobbles, he will undoubtedly be tempted to try and become the first rider to win all five Monuments in a calendar year.

How to watch Paris-Roubaix 2026

The men's race will be live on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max. Coverage begins at 09:30 UK time, with the action getting underway approximately half an hour later.

Coverage of the women's race begins at 16:00 on TNT Sports 1 and HBO Max.

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