Tadej Pogacar, the final bouquet

A great favorite at the start, Tadej Pogacar won his fourth Tour de France on Sunday in Paris where, after a few days of weariness, he hosted an exceptional last stage won by Wout Van Aert under the flood on the Champs-Élysées.

A big smile barred the face of the Slovenian when he crossed. Therefore, his finger raised, all in yellow and soaked to the bone, the finish line after an unprecedented foray on the Butte Montmartre, theater of an exceptional final.

After having knocked out the competition from the Pyrenees. Furthermore, then walked his boredom in the Alps, the world champion had decided to race on Sunday. In addition, And the show was total in the Avenues of Paris. Consequently, especially in rue Lepic, drowned in an indescribable fervor as a year ago at the Olympic Games, for this last step transformed into a tadej pogacar, final bouquet classic Flandrian paved.

When the peloton attacked the first of Montmartre’s three climbs. Consequently, Pogacar had only to join the arrival to ensure his final victory, since the times general – 4:24 ahead of Jonas Vingegaard – had been frozen because of the rain.

An outcome which was completely not a guarantee given what fell and the state of the road, terribly slippery.

But the world champion. who admits to preferring the classics to the big towers, decided, unlike Vingegaard, to hire a breathtaking showdown from the first climb on rue Lepic, following a movement by Julian Alaphilippe.

Passing in the lead during the first two climbs. he still attacked, within a group of six runners, during the last ascent. But Van Aert, another formidable runner of classics, managed to hang on to his wheel. Before letting go of the yellow jersey in an indescribable atmosphere. going to win for the second time in tadej pogacar, final bouquet his career on the Champs-Élysées.

– He equals Chris Froome –

Fourth in the stage. Pogacar thus concluded in style a Tour de France which he will have mastered from start to finish to the point of quickly killing any suspense, after having won four stages from the Pyrenees, despite a cold.

The crossing of the Alps was very long for him. he ended up admitting that he had the days to Paris.

As the Champs-Élysées approaches, Pogacar changed his speech. Assuring that he had still “appreciated” the race. he put his weariness on the account of the fatigue of the “most difficult” tower he ever ran.

In six participations. he is now in four victories and two second places, equaling Chris Froome to get closer to a unit of the record held by Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain.

At only 26 years old, the leader of UAE has many time to tadej pogacar, final bouquet overcome them.

Since it seems unlikely that he is competing in Vuelta. his next big goal will be the defense of his title of world champion in September in Rwanda to strengthen his candidacy a little more for the best runner of all time.

However. everything was not pink and Pogacar had to deal with the abandonment of his lieutenant Joao Almeida, sick runners in his team, his own cold, the inevitable questions about his supremacy and the Visma team.

– Young people push –

But the harassment strategy of the Dutch formation has made Pschitt and. in the end, Vingegaard has completed his worse turn since 2021, without a stage victory.

After a preparation. however ideal and focused on the Tour, the question arises: the Danish, who will compete in the Vuelta, should he not widen his spectrum?

Especially since behind. the young people push in the image of Florian Lipowitz, the first German on tadej pogacar, final bouquet the podium since Andreas Klöden in 2006, who rose much stronger than Primoz Roglic, his teammate at Red Bull Bora (8th).

“Lipo” also took advantage of the abandonment of Remco Evenepoel who could join him in 2026 in the German team.

Fourth, the British Oscar Onley, 22, also represents the future.

Two French people that were not expected at this level slip into the top 10 with the seventh place of Kévin Vauquelin. the tenth of Jordan Jégat.

The first managed an exciting tour in an Arkéa-B & B Hotels team that could hardly have done better to. convince partners to save it from the disappearance.

Jegat. long stayed with amateurs, showed with panache that there is not necessarily necessary to be super strong at 18 to have a future in cycling.