Published July 19, 2021, 11:50 AM
Winner Team UAE Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia celebrates his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 21th and last stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108 km between Chatou and Paris Champs-Elysees, on July 18, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Tadej Pogacar won a second successive Tour de France on Sunday as Wout van Aert claimed the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Pogacar stole in at the 11th hour to win the 2020 edition, but this year he stamped his authority in the first week and will pull on the yellow jersey beneath the Arc de Triomphe as the undisputed champion aged just 22.
PARIS: Tadej Pogacar won a second successive Tour de France on Sunday as Wout van Aert claimed the 21st and final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Pogacar stole in at the 11th hour to win the 2020 edition, but this year he stamped his authority in the first week and will pull on the yellow jersey beneath the Arc de Triomphe as the undisputed champion aged just 22.
Jumbo’s Belgian rider Van Aert stormed past Briton Mark Cavendish to take the 21st stage after also winning a time-trial at Saint-Emilion and a mountain stage at Mont Ventoux.
Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo was a surprising second, while Ineos’ Richard Carapaz was third to follow his 2019 triumph on the Giro d’Italia.
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Pogacar effectively seals second straight Tour de France
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Tadej Pogacar all but became champion of the 2021 Tour de France on Saturday as the UAE rider protected his large overall lead in the stage 20 time-trial, ahead of the traditionally ceremonial final run to Paris.
Wout van Aert won the time trial, but defending champion Pogacar s solid ride means he need only cross the Champs-Elysees finish line with the peloton in Sunday s 21st, and final, stage to retain the fabled yellow jersey as winner of the world s greatest bike race.
Pogacar won three stages on his way to this dominant triumph in a manner reminiscent of former champions Alberto Contador and Chris Froome, strong in both the time-trials and the mountains.
Published July 18, 2021, 10:56 AM
Team UAE Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey crosses the finish line during the 20th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, a 30 km time trial between Libourne and Saint-Emilion, on July 17, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Tadej Pogacar all but became champion of the 2021 Tour de France on Saturday as the UAE rider protected his large overall lead in the stage 20 time-trial, ahead of the traditionally ceremonial final run to Paris.
Wout van Aert won the time trial, but defending champion Pogacar’s solid ride means he need only cross the Champs-Elysees finish line with the peloton in Sunday’s 21st, and final, stage to retain the fabled yellow jersey as winner of the world’s greatest bike race.