⁍ The 22-year-old Slovenian is the youngest Tour winner since Henri Cornet in 1904.


⁍ He is the first debutant to win the race since Laurent Fignon in 1983.


⁍ Pogacar lost key team mates Fabio Aru and Davide Formolo early in the Tour.


– Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar pulled off “one the biggest coups in Tour de France history” when he won the Tour de France as a 22-year-old for the first time yesterday. Pogacar, who celebrates his 22nd birthday today, is the youngest Tour winner since 1904 and the first debutant to win the race since Laurent Fignon in 1983, Reuters reports. Despite early setbacks, Pogacar managed to turn the tables and tear apart his main rival Primoz Roglic’s pre-written script. Recent Tour history, however, shows that pure talent is not always enough. Pogacar lost key team mates Fabio Aru and Davide Formolo early in the Tour while his compatriot Roglic, whom he leapfrogged in a memorable time trial on Saturday, could rely on the support of Jumbo-Visma, arguably the most formidable outfit in the race. The Team UAE Emirates rider, however, took his chances when he could, regaining 40 seconds on the Col de Peyresourde in the Pyrenees with an attack Roglic did not cover. “If I have the legs, I attack,” he said repeatedly, while Roglic rode conservatively, seemingly content with his advantage which had reached 57 seconds before the time trial. The 23-year-old Egan Bernal was also widely tipped as a future Tour de France great but the Colombian appeared way off the pace before pulling out with back pains and he could now fall behind Giro/ d’Italia winner Richard Carapaz in the pecking order at Ineos-Grenadiers.



Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cycling-france-pogacar/pogacar-a-future-tour-de-france-great-maybe-idUSKCN26B0SD