Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for the 3rd time and in style with a victory at time trial
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Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader’s yellow jersey, rides during the twenty-first stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time trial over 33.7 kilometers (20.9 miles) with start in Monaco and finish, Sunday in Nice, France.
NICE, France — Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the third time and celebrated in style with a victory in Sunday’s final stage — a time trial ending in Nice.
The 25-year-old Slovenian rider became the first cyclist to secure the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year since the late Marco Pantani in 1998.
Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark was second overall. He also finished the stage in second place.
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