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Tadej Pogacar caused a sensation in a showdown for the history books!
On the 20th stage, the Slovenian surprisingly grabbed the yellow jersey of his compatriot Primoz Roglic and thus stole the Tour de France victory that was believed safe.
The 21-year-old, who won the thrilling mountain time trial, is now the overall leader on the 21st and final stage. (Tour de France: all stages of the SPORT1-LIVETICKER)
Since the leader traditionally is no longer attacked in the final section, Pogacar can hope to win the Tour if he reaches the Champs Elysees without an accident. (The general classification of the Tour de France)
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Tour de France: Roglic gives up a clear lead
Pogacar, who will turn 22 on Monday, would go down in history as the first Slovenian victor and the youngest Tour de France champion in 116 years.
For Roglic, who started the brutal time trial at the Planche des Belles Filles 57 seconds ahead, the mountain time trial turned into a great drama. On what was probably the darkest day of his career, he didn’t have much to offer his compatriot, especially in the second half of the stage, and was only fifth, 1:56 minutes behind.
In the general classification, the Slovenians are now 59 seconds apart.
Roglic’s Dutch teammate Tom Dumoulin was second of the day. Pogacar also took the lead in the mountain jersey (the Tour de France mountain classification) and defended the white jersey as the best young rider.
Pogacar: “I think I’m dreaming”
After the race, Pogacar struggled with the words: “I think I’m dreaming. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know when I’ll get it. My dream was to really drive, now I’m here. I’m very proud of the team. It’s a great achievement to win. the yellow jersey on the last day. A great dream, but we made it. “
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Roglic was the last off the ramp at 5:14 pm The starting position was very good for the strong time trial with 57 seconds ahead of Pogacar. The man in yellow started on the incredibly selective course – first level, then noticeably uphill and the last six kilometers as a steep ramp – dosed, he was only fifth and 13 seconds behind Pogacar in the first half time.
Until the ascent of the last climb, Roglic lost more seconds at Pogacar. They both changed their bikes at the foot of the ramp and went from time trial to mountain bike. When Roglic reached the four kilometer mark, his lead was gone. The unleashed Pogacar continued to accelerate, Roglic had nothing to add and lost second after second.
Tour de France: Chessman on the best German stage
The debutant of the Pogacar Tour will be crowned on the Champs Elysees on Sunday. In the history of the Grande Boucle, the young man had only one winner: in 1904, 19-year-old Henri Cornet triumphed.
The tough time trial in the “Plank of the beautiful daughters” ensured large gaps, and not just at the top. “It is an extremely difficult time trial. The executioner is La Planche de Belle Filles, the climb is extremely difficult, very bumpy,” said Tony Martin.
The four-time world time trial champion had time to watch the course without much effort and was about seven minutes behind. In the end, he watched in awe as his jumbo teammate Roglic gave up the big win.
The best German was Max Schachmann in 17th place. “I did not feel so fit in the last days, today I drove according to my feelings, and in the end it was not so bad”, said the professional from Bora: “I was already there it hurt there But the atmosphere was great. “
Roger Kluge started last at 1pm in the general classification and was therefore first. The German veteran of the Lotto Soudal racing team was left with the red lantern and will probably be the first German to keep it in Paris in 1935 after Willy Kutschbach. His gap with the front runner, more than six hours behind Pogacar, is the largest of the worst since 1955.
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With sports information service
