Tour de France, 21st stage: even in the time trial, Tadej Pogacar humiliates his opponents, sealing his third Tour

Tadej Pogacar a été surpuissant dans le chrono final du Tour de France. EPA – GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

l'essentiel Tadej Pogacar a réglé le chrono final d’une main de maître, signant sa 6e victoire personnelle sur le Tour. Le Slovène de 25 ans remporte sa troisième Grande Boucle après 2020 et 2021.

No micro-crumbs for others. Tadej Pogacar was merciless on this 2024 Tour de France. With his so-called direct competitors in the general classification and the rest of the peloton. The 25-year-old Slovenian once again distinguished himself on the unprecedented finish in Nice, a hilly 33-kilometer race. A demonstration on a final stage that we thought was intended for the specialist in the discipline, Remco Evenepoel.

But no, he is incorrigible, attracting even more suspicious looks to him. And he doesn’t care. He wants to win. And he won his sixth success in this Tour de France, the fifth with the yellow jersey on his shoulders. Nothing and no one will have managed to compete with the one who wins his third Grande Boucle, after 2020 and 2021. He also takes his revenge on Vingegaard, the outgoing double winner.

According to Strava, Tadej Pogacar reached a max speed of 35.4 km/h during his brutal attack on Pla d'Adet and he climbed for 1 minute at 27 km/h on a 9% gradient. 🚀 Insane acceleration, nobody has an answer to that. #TDF2024 pic.twitter.com/mBWUKEhlRh

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The chrono podium on the final podium

"Pogi" wins the time trial with more than a minute ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel, quite simply the podium of this Tour.

On the French side, Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ), despite a disappointing Tour, has long had the reference time. Before the best take him off the podium.