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Published July 15, 2021, 11:25 AM
Team UAE Emirates’ Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey rides ahead of Team Jumbo Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark wearing the best young’s white jersey and Team Ineos Grenadiers’ Richard Carapaz of Ecuador during the 17th stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 178 km between Muret and Saint-Lary-Soulan, on July 14, 2021. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Tadej Pogacar emerged above the clouds atop the Pyrenean Col du Portet to extend his overall lead and win stage 17 of the Tour de France on Wednesday after an epic struggle with his two closest pursuers, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz.
Yet when pressed about 35, a victory that would put Cavendish in a class of his own, he demurred much like he has been since the Tour started and the chatter of the all-time record heated up with each victory.
“It’s the same ambition to win one more as it was to win one 13 years ago,” he said during a Zoom call. “Every opportunity there is for a sprint I’d like to win. That’s why we’re here to try to perform. There is no sentiment to the thinking of wanting to win, but just wanting to win every time the situation arises.