Star performers at the Tour de France
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19/07/2021 - 04:44 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar (right) celebrates with green points jersey winner Mark Cavendish Thomas SAMSON AFP 3 min
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After the Tour de France wound up in Paris on Sunday, AFP Sport takes a brief look at some of the stars that lit up the 2021 edition.
Tadej Pogacar A calm, articulate athlete who describes himself as a good boy from a good family taking no short cuts in life , UAE Emirates rider Pogacar is also a boy in a hurry. Two Tour de France wins at the tender age of 22 says it all. Beneath the boy-scout charm is an iron-willed and stone-hearted winner who crucially has pulverised rivals even when isolated from his teammates. There were two joyous mountain pass wins where his victory was built and he produced the disciplined pacing required on the lonely individual time-trials where his triumph was sealed.
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Ewan has made his intentions for the green jersey abundantly clear so far, taking 17 points from Stage 1 and 9 from Stage 2 in the intermediate sprint but holding back from challenging for stage wins due to the hilly nature of both days which have been more suited to the GC hopefuls.
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Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) attacked clear on the final three-kilometre climb to the hill-top finish in Landerneau, flying solo from the much-reduced peloton to win alone and claim the first yellow jersey.