His victory had been expected, but the achievement is still extraordinary: Tadej Pogačar claimed his fifth Tour de France title in Paris on Sunday, winning the overall classification by 6 min 26 sec ahead of Belgian Remco Evenepoel.
His UAE Team Emirates XRG team-mate, 22-year-old Mexican Isaac del Toro, took third place in what was his very first Tour de France.
Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won the final stage after a breathtaking last lap of the circuit on the Champs-Élysées. His team-mate, Belgian Jasper Philipsen, and the Dane Mads Pedersen completed the podium.
Pogačar thus joins legends Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only other five-time winners of the Tour de France.
The 26-year-old Slovenian crowns an outstanding season, marked in particular by his victories in the Tours of Switzerland and Romandie as well as several major one-day classics, confirming his status as the dominant force in the world peloton.
