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After the Tour de France 2020, Tadej Pogačar will also win the Tour of France in 2021
Photo: Pete Goding / dpa
Tadej Pogačar won the 108th Tour de France. The 22-year-old Slovene from Team Emirates brought the overall leader's yellow jersey safely over the 108.4 kilometers from Chatou to Paris on the Champs-Élysées and became the youngest double winner in tour history after his success last year. The dotted jersey of the best climber and the white jersey of the best young professional also went to Pogačar. The non-aggression pact common to the Tour of France prevailed between the class riders on the last stage, the Belgian Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) secured the day's victory in the mass sprint.
The Frenchman Franck Bonnamour was named the most combative driver of the tour.
Bahrain Victorious won the team competition.
The racing team hit the headlines during the week because of a doping raid in the team hotel.
In terms of sport, the tour was shaped by the dominance of Pogacar: the previous year's winner attacked early on in the Alps, after his solo ride over the Col du Romme in record time, he no longer gave the yellow jersey here.
The second spring of Mark Cavendish caused a sensation among the sprinters: The Briton serving the Deceuninck-Quickstep team won the green jersey of the best sprinter, won four stages and set Eddy Merckx's career record with 34 stage wins.
Nils Politt ensured the only German win of the day as an outlier.
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