Relentless Tadej Pogacar wins fifth Tour de France to equal record
Slovene becomes fifth rider to win five Tours Eddy Merck ‘He’ll soon break our record’ Tadej Pogacar took a record-equalling fifth win in the Tour
Slovene becomes fifth rider to win five Tours Eddy Merck ‘He’ll soon break our record’ Tadej Pogacar took a record-equalling fifth win in the Tour de France on Sunday, joining Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain in the canon of the Tour’s most successful cyclists.
In a thrilling finale to the Tour, Mathieu van der Poel took his second stage win of the race on the Champs-Élysees, fending off the pursuing pack of sprinters by a tyre’s width, after breaking clear with Pogacar on the final climb of the Butte de Montmartre.
Merckx, widely considered the greatest-ever cyclist due to the breadth of his achievements beyond the Tour itself, believes Pogacar will now go on to win a sixth Tour. “I don’t think he’ll be content just to draw level with me and the other champions,” the 81-year-old Belgian said.
“He’ll soon break our record for Tour victories.” Continue reading...
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