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Pogacar secures third Tour de France title with convincing sixth stage win

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The Slovenian went full throttle from the start in Monaco to the finish in Nice and won the race against the clock with a whopping one minute and 3 seconds lead over Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease-a-Bike). Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) was a further 13 seconds behind.
The final stage result dovetailed nicely with the overall classification result, with Pogacar officially winning his third Tour de France title with a lead of six minutes and 17 seconds over Vingegaard, and Evenepoel finishing third on his debut, nine minutes and 18 seconds behind the yellow jersey.
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Pogacar is now the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win both the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. A feat made all the more impressive when you consider his dominance in doing so, having won six stages in both.
“I’m super happy,” Pogacar said after the stage.
“I can’t describe how happy I am after two tough years in the Tour de France, where we always made mistakes that cost us the race. This year everything went perfectly. I’m super happy, it’s incredible.
“In recent years we hear more and more often that this is the best era of cycling. If I wasn’t racing, I would say the same. This kind of competition with Remco, Jonas, Primoz (Roglic)… is simply incredible. And there are more and more young guys coming in. We have to enjoy this beautiful era of cycling. And now… I know Mathieu (van der Poel) looks good in the rainbow jersey, but I want to take over from him.”

On a memorable final day, Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) became the second rider to roll down the hill in Monaco, enjoying his very last stage of the Tour de France, having broken the record for stage wins 18 days earlier.

And it wasn’t just Cavendish who made history in the 111th edition of the race, as Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty) became the first black African and Eritrean rider to win a stage, as well as a classification with his points category victory.
Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) also stood on the podium in Nice as the first Ecuadorian rider to win the mountains title, having set his sights on the jersey in the third week of the race.
Jai Hindley (Red Bull BORA-Hansgrohe) finished as the best Australian rider in 18th place in the general classification. In the third week he rode in several breakaways in his hunt for the stage win, after his team leader Primoz Roglic was injured.

Several riders from the male pro peloton will represent their countries at the Olympic Games in Paris, which begin in four days. The last major tour of the year, the Vuelta a Espana, will start on August 17.