Nevertheless, Pogacar naturally welcomed the line. He wore four Tour victories, 21 ride victories and 54 yellow sweaters in total. In addition, the Slovenian prodigy also won the mountain sweater three times. Bizarre figures, which will only become more dizzying in the coming years.
Tadej Pogacar grasps for the fourth time final victory in Tour de France, Wout van Aert wins spectacular final stage in Paris
Pogacar was lord and master in this 112nd edition of La Grande Boucle. Four stages won the 28-year-old all-rounder. He put his arch -rival Jonas Vingegaard over his knee with playful ease. From 2021 the two are fighting each other for the most important victory in cycling. Since then, Vingegaard was twice the strongest, to be defeated three times by Pogacar.
Pogacar is shining on stage
The last few days everyone in the Tour-Peloton visibly through it and even Pogacar showed symptoms of fatigue. “Every year we say it was the toughest tour ever, but I think this is perhaps the toughest I have ever driven. This edition was at a different level. There was one day that there was a little less hard, but the rest of the journeys it was incredibly spicy.”
Nevertheless, Pogacar was shining on the highest step of the stage. “Even if I suffered a lot, I enjoyed it, because I was in good shape and had very good legs in the last three weeks,” said Pogacar, who saw Vingegaard second in 4 minutes and 24 seconds. The German Florian Lipowitz finished third in exactly 11 minutes.
Does Pogacar participate in the Vuelta?
When asked how long he does not touch his bike, Pogacar gave a surprising answer again. “I don’t know yet. Maybe I get on again on Tuesday. It’s about how I feel, but then it will be no more than a coffee ride, you will be enjoying a summer vacation at home.”
Looking slightly ahead, because in Spain people wonders if he has ears at a start in the Vuelta a España on August 23. He only participated once (in 2019). Then Pogacar became third and he won three rides. Pogacar wants to ever come into the select list of riders (now seven) that all the big rounds already won. “I want to go, but it will be a difficult decision,” Pogacar kept all options open. “If our head is empty after this tour we will make a schedule.”