Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia claimed his second straight and fourth profession Tour de France championship on Sunday in rain-soaked Paris.
Pogacar, who additionally gained in 2020 and 2021, grew to become the sixth man to win the world’s most prestigious biking competitors a minimum of 4 occasions.
The 26-year-old joined France’s Jacques Anquetil (5) and Bernard Hinault (5), Belgium’s Eddy Merckx (5), Spain’s Miguel Indurain (5) and Britain’s Chris Froome (4).
Pogacar completed 4 minutes and 24 seconds forward of rival Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, the race winner in 2022 and 2023. Germany’s Florian Lipowitz was third, 11 minutes behind.
Belgium’s Wout Van Aert was the primary throughout the Stage 21 end line within the French capital, accumulating his tenth profession stage win within the Tour de France.
Because of hazardous circumstances and the specter of crashes on the slippery streets, race organizers introduced about 50 kilometers into Sunday’s 132.3-kilometer trek from Nantua that every one occasions could be frozen with 50 kilometers to go.
The change all however assured victory for Pogacar, though he nonetheless needed to end the race to be declared the winner. — Discipline Stage Media