Renowned Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar clinches his third Tour de France victory with an outstanding performance in the final time trial departing from Monaco and ending in Nice.
Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates secured his third overall victory in the Tour de France with an impressive performance in the final stage’s Individual Time Trial (ITT) from Monaco to Nice. The Slovenian cyclist completed the 33.7km course with one minute and three seconds lead over his nearest rival, Jonas Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike.
Pogacar’s victory marked his sixth stage win in the 2024 Tour, where he showed his skills on the climbs to La Turbie and Col d’Èze. In the General Classification (GC), Pogacar finished the Tour six minutes and 17 seconds ahead of Vingegaard.
With this feat, Pogacar has won the Tour de France three times, adding to his victories in 2020 and 2021.
Other milestones
Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel of Soudal-Quick Step finished third in the final stage and overall GC, trailing Pogacar by nine minutes and 18 seconds. Pogacar ‘s teammate Joao Almeida of UAE Team Emirates and Mikel Landa of Soudal-Quick Step rounded out the GC top five.
British Mark Cavendish concluded his final Tour de France, marking the end of a storied career with a record 35 stage victories.
A notable achievement came from Biniam Girmay of Intermarche-Wanty, who finished the Tour in the green jersey and became the first African rider to win a ranking. Another first was achieved by Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost, who claimed the Mountain classification, a first for Ecuador.
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