Cycling: Tadej Pogacar has achieved a milestone towards the second tour victory. The Slovenian didn't give the competition a chance in the time trial of the fifth stage. He won the fight against the clock ahead of the Swiss Stefan Küng. Mathieu van der Poel was able to just barely defend the yellow jersey.
Tadej Pogacar dominates the time trial
It will take the competition a while to get that bang from Tadej pogacar (UAE) to digest. The Slovenian tour winner from last year confidently clinched the day's victory in the 27,2-kilometer time trial from Changé to Laval. He left the Swiss Stefan Kung (Groupama – FDJ), the Danes jonas vingegaard (Jumbo – Visma) and the Belgian wout van aert (Jumbo – Visma) confidently behind. With that he sets a full exclamation point in the direction of defending the title. His biggest competitor and compatriot Primois Roglic (Jumbo – Visma) is now more than a minute behind. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and wilco kelderman (Bora – hansgrohe) lost almost two minutes. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Fenix) narrowly defended his yellow jersey. He is now 8 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar.
Küng held the best time at the finish for a long time
A total of 177 drivers started today. At 12:15 the Norwegian opened Amund Grondahl Jansen (BikeExchange) the time trial. The Dane set the first serious benchmark time Mikkel Bjerg (UAE). After crossing the finish line, it started to rain for several hours. Accordingly, for a long time nobody managed to set an even better time on the asphalt. First the Italian Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) and later the Swiss Stefan Kung (Groupama – FDJ) were able to beat the best time before the top riders from the current rankings took to the track. Interesting: while Mikkel Bjerg set his best time, his teammate was sitting Tadej pogacar (UAE) in the escort vehicle to take another look at the course. In retrospect, one could say: the right decision!
That's Van der Poel until the finish!
Hij heeft knokkt, is rood aangelopen, maar behoudt on the nippertje de gele trui🟡
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