The Slovenian outsprinted the defending champion at the top of the Col de la Couillole to claim his fifth stage win of this year’s Tour de France and 16th overall
An utterly dominant Tadej Pogacar won the final mountain stage to the Col de la Couillole in the Alpes Maritimes, and edged ever closer to completing a rare double of the Giro d’Italia andThe Slovenian is about to become the eighth rider, but the first in the 21st century, to win the Giro and Tour in the same season.
The breakaway was given its head and once again fractured on the final ascent, with only the perennial escape artist Richard Carapaz and Enric Mas remaining at the head of the race. “The race exploded,” Pogacar said. “Remco tried everything to drop Jonas, there were many attacks and it was super hard to follow.”
“You don’t give away stages,” he said when it was suggested he was being greedy. “We gave the breakaway enough time. They had big chances, they had chances lots of times. You’re also paid to win.” He has dominated the Tour just as much as he did the Giro, if not more so. In the Giro, 11 riders finished within half an hour of his winning time, he won six stages and also took the King of the Mountains classification. But neither Vingegaard nor Evenepoel, past Grand Tour winners, competed in the Giro.Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.
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