TOUR’24 Final Stage 21: Complete Tadej!

Tour de France Stage Report: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Workforce Emirates) acknowledged he would profit from the closing time trial stage to Good from his dwelling metropolis of Monaco, nonetheless he celebrated in the easiest means by profitable the stage and by 1 minute over Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike). Anticipated stage winner, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step), was third at 11 seconds to the Dane. Clearly Pogačar has gained the 2024 Tour de France.

Stage 21 finale

After the Giro d’Italia, Tadej Pogačar moreover gained the 2024 Tour de France. A novel double we’ve not seen for over 30 years. Inside the closing time trial of merely over 33 kilometres from Monaco to Good, there was no strain on the excessive of the final standings. The battle for the stage victory between the best 3, Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel may be fascinating. In the long term, Pogačar left nothing to likelihood. With good vitality, the Slovenian took his sixth stage victory of this Tour.

Final stage and shutting whole for Tadej Pogačar

Christian Prudhomme, Tour de France widespread director: “All people remembers the ultimate occasion the Tour accomplished with a time trial, when Greg LeMond stripped the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Élysées in 1989, by merely eight seconds. Thirty-five years on, we’ll nonetheless dream of the identical duel, involving two or three riders, an real athletic confrontation whose consequence would determine the final word podium of the 111th model, and the first to finish faraway from its acquainted Parisian setting, the ultimate phrase finale destined for Place Masséna, just a few pedal-strokes from the Promenade des Anglais.”

Stage 21 profile

The Tour winner with champagne, the best group and the jersey winners all posing for images after which the final word sprint on the Champs-Élysées, not this 12 months throughout the Tour de France. In 2024 a time trial will shut the French behemoth on the road between Monaco and Good, all because of the Olympic Video video games start just some days later in Paris. There are two climbs on the final word day time trial of 34 Kilometres. The first comes after 4 flat kilometres by means of the streets of Monaco. The riders climb to La Turbie (8.1km at 5.6%) on the D53. The climb is stead and by no means technical. From the best there’s a fast descent to the start of the Col d’Éze (1.6km at 8.1%), which is temporary and steep and the final word climb of the 2024 Tour de France. From the summit, the route descends to the Promenade des Anglais in Good and the tip subsequent to the Mediterranean. The route goes earlier the tip in course of the airport for a U-turn that brings them once more to the city centre. The top line is on Avenue Jean Médecin on Place Masséna.

Albert II of Monaco was on the start ramp to see the first man start the final word stage – Davide Ballerini

The F1 avenue out of Monaco

On the course unveiling, of us hoped for a battle like in 1989, when Greg LeMond who took the Tour from Laurent Fignon by 8 seconds. Nonetheless that wasn’t going to happen instantly, as Tadej Pogacar was heading for a historic double. After profitable the Giro d’Italia earlier this 12 months, he had a lead of 5:14 over Jonas Vingegaard and eight:04 on Remco Evenepoel.

Mark Cavendish ending his last Tour de France stage

Components opponents winner Biniam Girmay

At 2.40pm Davide Ballerini was the first to begin out, adopted by teammate and historic previous maker Mark Cavendish, for whom it was his last stage ever throughout the Tour de France. We would have liked to attend until after 4p.m. for the first extreme objective cases on the tip. The best-10 riders didn’t start until after 6:30pm, making it an prolonged wait for everyone.

Early chief – Lenny Martinez (Groupama-FDJ)

No TT bike for sprinter Jasper Philipsen

Lenny Martinez’s closing time of 48:24 was an precise objective, because of Kévin Vauquelin and Victor Campenaerts couldn’t get near that time. Harold Tejada (48:14, widespread 41.9 kph) surprisingly went faster by 9 seconds, nonetheless wouldn’t matter later. Wout van Aert took it easy each week sooner than the Olympic time trial and conceded better than 5 minutes to the quickest cases.

Mathieu van der Poel moreover on a avenue bike

Victor Campenaerts caught the particular person in entrance of him and set a superb time, nonetheless not fast adequate

Many expert riders used the time trial to Good to say goodbye to the Tour de France and the French public. This chrono was the ultimate Tour stage of their careers for Simon Geschke and stage winner and yellow jersey wearer Romain Bardet.

Native to Monaco – Michael Matthews

The top in Good – A nice sight for lots of

In the long term, all eyes have been on the best of the GC. On account of big variations throughout the rankings, it was questionable whether or not or not Evenepoel, Vingegaard and Pogačar would all take risks. Extra on throughout the excessive 10, every second was fought for: Carlos Rodriguez was only one second behind Adam Yates in sixth place, and there was decrease than 2 minutes between eighth place, Matteo Jorgenson and eleventh place, Santiago Buitrago. Derek Gee and Giulio Ciccone have been moreover amongst them.

New chief with a time of 48:14.53 – Harold Tejada

journey variety Wout van Aert, nonetheless not ‘full gas’

At La Turbie (intermediate stage after 11.2km), Derek Gee was the first to dip beneath Lenny Martinez’s excessive time, nonetheless that was nothing as compared with the cases of the big hitters. Evenepoel clocked 20:36 on the primary intermediate stage, nonetheless Vingegaard had ridden a robust climb and was already 19 seconds faster than the Flemish rider. After which Pogačar nonetheless wanted to return. The yellow jersey set a time of 20:10, making it 7 seconds faster than Vingegaard and 26 seconds faster than Evenepoel.

Geraint Thomas’ last Tour?

Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich-PostNL) attempting once more on his last Tour

After a fast descent, the Col d’Èze adopted (intermediate stage after 17.1km) and there Pogačar confirmed his dominance. Although Evenepoel was 46 seconds faster than Derek Gee, Vingegaard was 26 seconds under Evenepoel’s time on the excessive. Nonetheless, they proved to be no match for the yellow jersey, who recorded 28:39 and elevated his lead over Vingegaard to 24 seconds. Evenepoel adopted inside 51 seconds.

Richard Carapaz blissful to finish in his KOM jersey

The stage win wasn’t to be Remco Evenepoel’s

On the ultimate intermediate timing stage when entering into Good (after 28.6km), after the short and technical descent, Vingegaard and Pogačar confirmed that they’ve been nonetheless on the limit, nonetheless every didn’t crash. The Slovenian was even extra ahead of the rest, after which there was solely 5 flat kilometres to the tip. Nothing stood in one of the best ways of a sixth stage victory for Pogačar.

Jonas Vingegaard beat Evenepoel, nonetheless…

It was not for Remco Evenepoel, who lastly misplaced better than a minute to the final chief and wanted to simply accept third place on the stage outcomes. Vingegaard was nonetheless faster than the Belgian, nonetheless as quickly as as soon as extra wanted to acknowledge the prevalence of a merciless Tadej Pogačar. It’s his third whole victory throughout the Tour de France after his victories in 2020 and 2021.

Tadej Pogačar doing what he does most interesting – Profitable

Stage winner and shutting whole Tour winner, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Workforce Emirates): “I’m super blissful. I can’t describe how blissful I’m after two arduous years throughout the Tour de France, by which we always made some errors that value us the race. This 12 months, each little factor went to perfection. I’m super blissful, it’s unbelievable. That’s the major Grand Tour on which I’ve been utterly assured each day. Even on the ultimate Giro I had one harmful day – I gained’t say which one. This Tour de France has been very good. I’ve liked it from day one until instantly. At current I started with a superb vibe. It was lovely to begin out from the F1 grid of the easiest F1 circuit ever! I was solely listening to my cases as compared with Remco. I was feeling super good extreme of the first climb. In my head, I had my girlfriend Urska’s phrases – that she hated me because of I always did this avenue on teaching. However it absolutely was not wasted time, as a result of it was useful instantly. These last few years now we’ve been listening to that that’s the easiest interval of biking. If I was not competing, I’d say the equivalent. This kind of opponents with Remco, Jonas, Primoz… is just unbelievable. And loads of youthful guys are coming, more and more. Now we’ve to take pleasure in this beautiful interval of biking. Subsequent up… I do know that Mathieu seems to be like good throughout the rainbow jersey, nonetheless I have to take it from him.”

The UAE group have been able to have enjoyable

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Tour de France Stage 21 Consequence:
1. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Workforce Emirates in 45:24
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma | Lease a Bike at 1:03
3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal-Quick-Step at 1:14
4. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma | Lease a Bike at 2:08
5. João Almeida (Por) UAE Workforce Emirates at 2:18
6. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech at 2:31
7. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step at 2:41
8. Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue Astana Qazaqstan at 2:50
9. Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious at 2:53
10. Adam Yates (GB) UAE Workforce Emirates at 2:56.

Tour de France Final Normal Consequence:
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Workforce Emirates in 83:38:56
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Visma | Lease a Bike at 6:17
3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Soudal Quick-Step at 9:18
4. João Almeida (Por) UAE Workforce Emirates at 19:03
5. Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Soudal Quick-Step at 20:06
6. Adam Yates (GB) UAE Workforce Emirates at 24:07
7. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa) INEOS Grenadiers at 25:04
8. Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma | Lease a Bike at 26:34
9. Derek Gee (Can) Israel-Premier Tech at 27:21
10. Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious at 29:03.