A fourth yellow jersey for the Slovenian world champion who joins Chris Froome, a third jersey with polka dot too, he left only green in Jonny Milan and made the last stage, Sunday, July 27, in Paris.
Here, this time it is done, the past line, bibs and roadbooks thrown, or archived according to the degree of faith, row bikes, at least for a few hours, the 2025 tour is finished, long live the 2026 Tour…
Surprise winner in 2020, quiet in 2021, insolent in 2024, Tadej Pogacar won, this summer, his fourth Tour de France without ever knowing doubt. He took time to his only challenger, Jonas Vingegaard each time he wanted, using only one of the three massifs offered to create a ruthless gap. In Peyragudes, at the end of the chrono in the coast, a rare exercise on the event, as he had prepared and even decided, the Slovenian could only be joined on serious accident. He traveled the Alps because it was necessary, because it was on the program, not yielding a meter to La Plagne where he let his “friend” finish first … behind Arensman. Not quite humiliating, a little anyway …
Tired, but in the head
It is necessary to reread and re -listen to reports after the abandonment of Almeida where scholars specialists predicted the worst for the UAEs, presumed beheaded in the mountains by the fall of the Portuguese. Narvaez, Adam Yates, Soler, Sivakov and Wellens (author of a nice number in Carcassonne, this is the first time that a Pogi team member has been a step), have assured the essentials, Politt often hoisting herself much higher than expected.
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Deprived of the white jersey because of his “great age” (he still stacked four in his youth, as much as yellows today), he also brought back to Monaco a third polka dot jersey (after 2020 and 2021) and could have, by insisting a little and at Merckx, to adorn himself with the green he left to Jonathanmilan, the very satisfactory Italian rookie.
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“Pogi” seemed a little tired after these three weeks, at least in his head. He found the Alps longer than Hautes and we have not seen anything in the major announced meetings of the Col de la Lose and La Plagne. A little more in the Ventoux where the rather unexpected but oh so deserved triumph of Valentin Paretrere, Famenic Jockey of the peaks forever entered the legend has delighted all France.
The five club next summer?
With the exception of Chris Froome at the end of the trajectory broken by a serious fall, all the runners having triumphed four times in July all reached the five victories (consecutive for indurain). Lance Armstrong has done better of course, but also very badly and only seven empty boxes remain from its golden lead years. In a year, same day, same time, you should be able to read how Komenda’s Lutin joined Jacques Anquetil (1957-1961-1962-1963-1964), Eddy Merckx (1969-1970-1971-1974), Bernard Hinault (1978-1979-1981-1985) and Miguel Indurain (1991-1992-1993-1994-1995). It may have, by then, added a first Vuelta (for the moment he prefers not to think about it too much) and, who knows, a second giro to an already prodigious record (a world title, two laps of Flanders, three Liège-Bastogne-Liège, four towers of Lombardy in addition to his five big towers).
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The indisputable winner of this 112e Edition has tired the followers, suffocated his opponents but keeps with the public and in particular young people, an incredible popularity. Today, and even more after his Parisian show, let’s not be afraid to applaud him without restraint …