“It’s still three days to go, but it looks good.”The Slovenian 22-year-old, a shock winner in last year’s Tour, is now a sporting phenomenon. As on stage 17, to the dizzying heights of the Portet, the denouement was between the trio vying for the Paris podium, Pogacar, Carapaz and Vingegaard. The next few years will be really tough.”But Pogacar also said that he wanted to continue to enjoy racing. A late flourish from Spain’s Enric Mas only delayed the inevitable and moments later Pogacar sprinted clear to yet another emphatic stage win. Asked yet again about the doubts that hover over cycling, as evidenced by the preliminary investigation into the Bahrain Victorious team, Pogacar described the turn of events as “strange”.

Source: The Guardian July 15, 2021 16:08 UTC