The Tour de France concluded Sunday with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) scorching familiar roads near his home along the Mediterranean coast and winning the stage 21 time trial from Monaco to Nice. It was an exclamation mark for his third career GC title at the Tour, which included a sweep of victories on the final three days and a total of six stages across the three weeks.
Pogačar extended his lead over second-placed Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the final test of 33.7 kilometres, going 1:03 faster. The final margin between the two was 6:17.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), who won the stage 7 time trial two weeks ago, was only third best on Sunday, finishing 1:14 off the searing pace of Pogačar into Nice, and he lost 11 more seconds to Vingegaard. In his first Tour de France appearance, Evenepoel secured a spot on the GC podium in third, 9:18 back, and also earned the best young rider classification title.
Fourth and fifth places in the overall standings remained the same as well with the spots taken by João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and Mikel Landa (Soudal-Quickstep). Both lost more time after the time trial, Almeida finished 19:03 back and Landa 20:06.
Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)moved into sixth place on stage 20 and held that position in Nice, his total tile 24:07 behind Pogačar. Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) retained seventh place at 25:04.
With a solid time trial performance, Matteo Jorgenson (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) extended his margin ahead of ninth-placed Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech). The US rider finished fourth in Sunday’s time trial, riding just 2:08 behind Pogačar, and ended his Tour 26:34 back, with Gee moving to 27:21 back.
Dropping out the top 10 was Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), who was 36th in the time trial 4:54 off the winning pace. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) used his ninth-placed ITT ride, 2:53 behind the winner, to jump into the GC top 10. The Spaniard finished 29:03 back, which was 39 seconds better than Ciccone.
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Yellow Jersey/Maillot Jaune – The yellow jersey is worn by the overall race leader on the general classification who has completed the stages so far in the lowest accumulated time.
Green Jersey – The green jersey is the points classification. Riders accrue points at one of the two intermediate sprints during stages and also at stage finishes, and the man with the most points leads the ranking.
Polka Dot Jersey – The red and white polka dot jersey is the mountain classification. Points are handed out to the first riders over certain hills and climbs during the Tour de France, with the hardest mountains giving the most points. Once again, the man with the most points leads the ranking.
White jersey – The white jersey is the best young rider classification. It works the same way as the yellow jersey, but only riders aged 25 or under are eligible to win.
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Tour de France 2024 schedule
Date
Stage
Start-finish
Distance
Start/Finish times (CET)
29-Jun
Stage 1
Florence - Rimini
206km
12:00 - 17:34
30-Jun
Stage 2
Cesenatico - Bologna
198.7km
12:15 - 17:06
1-Jul
Stage 3
Piacenza - Turin
230.5km
11:15 - 16:57
2-Jul
Stage 4
Pinerolo - Valloire
139.6km
13:05 - 17:05
3-Jul
Stage 5
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Vulbas Plaine de l'Ain
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