Tadej Pogacar's win all but guarantees the 21-year-old will become the youngest victor in more than a century, while Tasmanian Richie Porte is poised to come third.
In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar crushed his fellow Slovenian, Primoz Roglic, in the last stage before the finish in Paris.Fellow Slovenian Roglic had started with a 57 second leadPogacar is now poised to win the Tour de France after claiming the overall leader's yellow jersey after clocking 55 minutes 55 seconds in the time-trial stage.
The Tasmanian, who was sitting in fourth place, leapfrogged Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez into third place overall by finishing the 20th stage in third spot.Pogacar's win all but guarantees the 21-year-old will become the youngest victor in more than 100 years, since Henri Cornet in 1904. Pogacar won the solo effort against the clock as Roglic, who had started the day with a 57-second lead in the general classification, cracked in the uphill section, a 5.9-kilometre climb at an average gradient of 8.5 per cent.
"Getting the yellow jersey on the final day, we were dreaming of it since the start. I knew every corner on the road, thanks to the work of my team."A raw talent who holds no fear, Pogacar, who celebrates his 22nd birthday on Monday, now holds three distinctive jerseys — the yellow, the white jersey for the best under-25 rider and the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification.
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