With main rival Jonas Vingegaard unable to challenge him on the final stage, Tadej Pogacar wins the final stage to take his third Tour de France title.
Tadej Pogacar had no need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday's time trial, he was set to comfortably win the race for the third time and first time in three years, anyway. But defense has not been in his vocabulary during this race and he simply could not resist another attack.
Some fans chanted “Remco, Remco” as the race-against-the-clock specialist zoomed past them. They may have been surprised to see Pogacar going flat out. After his explosive attack on Friday, Pogacar said he would not try to win Saturday’s stage. Yet he still won it to become the second man to clinch five mountain stages in one Tour after Italian rider Gino Bartali in 1948. Pogacar led Vingegaard overnight by 5 minutes, 14 seconds.
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