Tadej Pogacar won his 3rd Tour de France on Sunday July 21, 2024, crushing the competition.
Pogacar and the others. This edition of the Tour de France has been a lone rider for the Slovenian, now a triple winner of the Tour de France. The UAE rider crushed the competition, leaving only crumbs for the other riders, winning 6 times including the last time trial in Nice on Sunday July 21 where he stuck more than a minute to Jonas Vingegaard to push him back to 6.17” overall.“I’m really happy to win the Tour de France again after two difficult years. This time, everything went perfectly. It’s the first Grand Tour where I was confident every day. I had a bad day at the Giro but I won’t say which one,” Pogacar explained. “In every sport, in every life situation, if someone wins, there is always jealousy, there are always haters. If you don’t have haters, you are not successful. There will always be doubts, because cycling has been very damaged in the past, before my generation” also explained the runner in the face of doubts from observers.
Visma rider Jonas Vingegaard has not had a good preparation for this Tour de France after his serious injury at the start of the season on the Tour of the Basque Country. He even held his own against Tadej Pogacar by winning the sprint ahead of the Slovenian during the 11th stage.If you had told me I was going to finish second four months ago, I would have said it was a defeat, but after everything I’ve been through, it’s a bit like a victory for me. Coming second in the Tour de France and winning a stage is much more than I had hoped for. I’ve suffered these last three weeks, but with the strength of my family and a great team, I’ve also had a great Tour de France.” launched the Dane.
For Evenepoel, this first Tour de France is a success with his third place. If he measures the path he still has to win the Grande Boucle, the Belgian saw that he was capable of following these two monsters at certain moments.3rd in my first Tour de France, white jersey, stage win, I think I can only be satisfied. The level was very very high, Tadej Pogacar was in another world and then with Jonas there was not such a big gap between us” explained the Belgian.
This Tour de France was also a success for Biniam Girmay. A triple stage winner, the rider made history by becoming the first African to win a stage in a sprint and, above all, the first wearer of the green jersey on this continent. The sprints also allowed Mark Cavendish to become the one and only holder of victories with 35 successes on the Tour de France. Finally, among the French, the final clap was wonderful for Romain Bardet, winner of the first stage and Yellow Jersey for his last Tour de France. Anthony Turgis and Kevin Vauquelin, also winners, contributed to the great performance of the French, even if we regret the absence of a Frenchman in the top 10.
Discover the final general classification of this Tour de France 2024 with the very impressive success of the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar ahead of Vingegaard and Evenepoel.