Tadej Pogacar Wins Second Successive Tour De France

Tadej Pogacar won a second successive Tour de France on Sunday as Wout van Aert claimed the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Pogacar stole in at the 11th hour to win the 2020 edition, but this year he stamped his authority in the first week and will pull on the yellow jersey beneath the Arc de Triomphe as the undisputed champion aged just 22. Jumbo's Belgian rider Van Aert went past Briton Mark Cavendish to take the 21st stage after also winning a time-trial at Saint-Emilion and a mountain stage at Mont Ventoux.

Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo was a surprising second, while Ineos' Richard Carapaz was third to follow his 2019 triumph on the Giro d'Italia.

Marking the end of the old era 36-year-old Cavendish narrowly missed out on a fifth win on this edition -- and a record 35th ever on the Tour de France -- after squeezing onto the roster at the last minute and winning four of the six stages that ended in a mass bunch sprint.