After the Giro, Pogacar additionally gained the Tour

For the primary time within the historical past of the Tour, it ended not in or round Paris, however with a 33.7 kilometer particular person time trial between Monaco and Good. After 1989, the ultimate stage of the Tour once more had particular person beginning numbers.

The bikes confronted the monitor with an increase of 650-meters getting one after the other from the streets identified from Formulation 1. On the technical, winding monitor, the riders have been anticipated to combat for the primary place. Earlier than the time trial, the Slovenian Pogacar was 5 minutes and 14 seconds forward of Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, who had gained the earlier two occasions, and a great eight minutes forward of Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel, who had gained the primary. hour. check, so no adjustments have been anticipated wherever originally of the entire.

On the first time, on the prime of the climb 8.1 kilometers lengthy with a gradient of 5.6 p.c, Pogacar had the very best time, Vingegaard was seven seconds behind, Evenepoel was 26 seconds behind him. In the midst of the space, which included a brief descent after which a steep climb, the variations elevated: Vingegaard’s drawback was 24 seconds, Evenepoelé’s was 51 seconds behind the yellow jersey. By the third level after the slope, Pogacar had considerably elevated his lead, one minute and 4 seconds forward of Vingegaard and nearly a minute and a half forward of Evenepoel. The order on the remaining flat half didn’t change till the end line: Pogacar, who was celebrating within the final meters, gained the final three levels, and Sunday was the t -his sixth victory at Tour stage this yr and the seventeenth of his profession. Earlier than that, solely the Frenchman Bernard Hinault (1979) and the British Mark Cavendish (2009) might win a minimum of six levels in the identical French tour. This yr, he was additionally capable of have a good time six occasions on the Giro, so he gained 12 levels on this yr’s Grand Tour.

Pogacar, who completed third on the 2017 Tour de Hongrie, gained this yr’s Tour after the Giro. This feat was final achieved 26 years in the past, in 1998 – the yr of his delivery – by the legendary Marco Pantani, and Pogacar is the eighth rider total to win the double.

In second place behind Pogacar, who has now gained thrice, was Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the final two tournaments, who suffered a critical damage in a fall on the Basque Tour in early April, and in third place was Belgian Tour rookie Remco Evenepoel, the latter of whom gained the white jersey as the very best teen.

Biniam Girmay of Eritrea gained the inexperienced jersey of the factors race, and Richard Carapaz of Ecuador gained the polka dot jersey for first place within the mountain factors race, the latter being essentially the most aggressive bike on the Tour. UAE, working for Pogacar, gained the crew championship including three riders to the highest six total.

Cavendish, who accomplished the ultimate spherical of his profession in France, took his thirty fifth Tour victory by profitable the fifth stage, changing into essentially the most profitable rider within the competitors. on this regard, particularly on the awards ceremony. The British sprinter, who gained on the end line of this yr’s Tour de Hongrie in Kazincbarcika, completed the final stage freely, and likewise caught some spectators within the course of. He completed the competitors in final place, 141st total.

Tour de France 2024

twenty first stage (remaining), Monaco-Good, 33.7 km, particular person time trial:

• 1. Tadej Pogacar (Szloven, UAE) 45:24 perc
• 2. Jonas Vingegaard (right here, Visma-Lease a Bike) 1:03 perc hatrány
• 3. Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Soudal – Fast-Step) 1:14 p h.

The ultimate results of the meeting:

• 1. Pocacar 83:38:56 hours
• 2. Vingegaard 6:17 perc h.
• 3. Night 9:18 p h.
• 4. Joao Almeida (Portuguese, UAE) 19:03 p h.
• 5. Mikel Landa (Spain, Soudal – Fast-Step) 20:06 p h.