Tadej Pogacar Reigns In Paris After Winning Tour De France For Fourth Time

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Tadej Pogacar has sealed his 4th Tour de France triumph successful Paris aft the last stage from Mantes-la-Ville to nan Champs Élysées.

The 26-year-old, who won nan title successful 2020, 2021 and 2024, comfortably hit his closest rival, Jonas Vingegaard, by almost 4 and half minutes, successful what some riders acknowledged was nan hardest version of nan title they person competed in. Germany’s Florian Lipowitz, making his Tour debut, vanished third, while Scotland’s Oscar Onley placed 4th overall.

Wout van Aert won shape 21 aft attacking and taking nan lead from Pogacar pinch 6km to go. The shape was neutralised pinch 50km left, however, owing to nan hazardous conditions, pinch dense rainfall soaking nan cobbles of Montmartre and making for a treacherous finish.

Pogacar, who won stages successful Rouen, Mûr-de-Bretagne, Hautacam and Peyragudes, has now afloat established himself arsenic nan astir accomplished rider of his generation, having besides won nan 2024 Giro d’Italia, nan 2024 World Road Race championships, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Strade Bianche, nan Tour of Flanders and aggregate different shape races including Paris-Nice, Criterium du Dauphiné and nan Tour of Catalunya.

Wout van Aert crosses nan decorativeness statement pinch arms outstretched

Pogacar has won 21 stages successful nan Tour since winning nan title connected his debut successful 2020. Asked if Pogacar’s domination was credible, Christian Prudhomme, head of nan Tour, said: “Cycling has to unrecorded pinch nan doubts, pinch suspicion, fixed nan history of nan sport.

“Pogacar was 3rd successful nan Vuelta a España astatine conscionable 20 and, erstwhile he won successful 2020, he was nan youngest victor of nan Tour since 1904. He’s a champion who wins from February to October, a champion who tin triumph nan Classics, situation Mathieu van der Poel successful Paris-Roubaix and predominate successful nan Pyrenean stages of nan Tour, against Jonas Vingegaard. Yes, we hoped for much of a duel, but it wasn’t to be.”

Vingegaard and Pogacar whitethorn spell caput to caput again successful this year’s Vuelta (running from 23 August to 14 September) if nan Slovenian opts to statement up against nan Dane, who has already confirmed his participation. “It is going to beryllium reliable to decide,” Pogacar said. “Every twelvemonth I do nan Tour and and I would for illustration to do nan Vuelta 1 time also. We will determine a mates of days aft nan Tour, erstwhile everything is calm and heads are clear.”

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