{"id":179567,"date":"2020-09-20T17:12:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T17:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=179567"},"modified":"2020-09-21T09:35:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T09:35:47","slug":"tadej-pogacar-wins-the-2020-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2020\/09\/20\/tadej-pogacar-wins-the-2020-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Poga\u010dar Wins the 2020 Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sam Bennett claimed the famed Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es win but it was the 21-year-old Slovenian who seemed to be the happiest man alive.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Emirates) became the second-youngest Tour winner of all-time, second only to Henri Cornet who won in 1922. He proved to be a fantastic climber over the last three weeks but it was the time trial that won him the race. He put a scary 1-56 into Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma) and has beaten everyone, including TT specialists such as Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) and Richie Porte (Trek Segafredo).<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">A stage win on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es to cap off a fantastic Tour in \ud83d\udc9a for \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sammmy_Be?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sammmy_Be<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Victoire d&#39;\u00e9tape en vert pour \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddea <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sammmy_Be?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sammmy_Be<\/a> sur les Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es pour finir ce Tour en apoth\u00e9ose !<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IHdNdQillc\">pic.twitter.com\/IHdNdQillc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de France\u2122 (@LeTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour\/status\/1307728922478555137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>His impressive run up the Planche des Belles Filles was even enough to take the mountains classification ahead of Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers). That means that Tadej Poga\u010dar won the yellow, white and polka-dot jersey, all on his first-ever Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I\u2019m dreaming, I don\u2019t know what to say,\u201d Poga\u010dar said after the finish of stage 20.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t dreaming and he carried the yellow onto the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es and across the finish line with a big smile on his face.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Respect \ud83e\udd1d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rogla?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rogla<\/a> \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddee <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TamauPogi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TamauPogi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mLLljZ0b9F\">pic.twitter.com\/mLLljZ0b9F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de France\u2122 (@LeTour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeTour\/status\/1307354571396853764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 19, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile at Jumbo-Visma, they too must have thought they were dreaming. Only it was a nightmare. Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d didn\u2019t show any weakness in the past three weeks, yet suddenly fell apart on the last hurdle between him and glory in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true I didn\u2019t have the best day, today he was a lot better,\u201d Rogli\u010d said \u201cHe was in a different world to me, he really deserved his win, congrats. For me, I gave everything I had, that was all. For sure I\u2019m disappointed with the result but on the other hand, I can be proud of my second place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truly it is nothing to be ashamed of. And as one of the many fans watching this year\u2019s Tour, I have to say \u201cthank you\u201d. This was one marvellous Tour de France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General classification<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)<br \/>\n2. Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d (Jumbo-Visma) + 59s<br \/>\n3. Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) + 3:30<br \/>\n4. Mikel Landa (Bahrain-McLaren) + 5:58<br \/>\n5. Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) + 6:07<br \/>\n6. Miguel \u00c1ngel L\u00f3pez (Astana) + 6:47<br \/>\n7. Tom Dumoulin (Jumbo-Visma) + 7:48<br \/>\n8. Rigoberto Ur\u00e1n (EF Pro Cycling) + 8:02<br \/>\n9. Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) + 9:25<br \/>\n10. 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