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5 stage triumphs more than enough for Pogacar
The Straits Times
|July 21, 2024
Tadej Pogacar inched closer to securing his third Tour de France title after outwitting his main rival, defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, to win the penultimate stage on July 20.
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The Slovenian claimed his fifth stage win of the 2024 edition by outsprinting Vingegaard in the final metres of the 132.8km mountain trek from Nice after the Dane had run out of steam while looking to cement his second place overall in the last stretch.
There was no mercy from UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar, who stayed in Vingegaard's slipstream towards the end, and put the hammer down 250m from the line.
Overall, Pogacar, who won the Tour in 2020 and 2021 before being toppled by Vingegaard in the last two editions, leads the Dane by 5min 14sec with Belgian Remco Evenepoel in third place, a further 2:50 behind.
This story is from the July 21, 2024 edition of The Straits Times.
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