With 4 stages remaining in the 2022 Tour de France, two-time champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has just 500 kilometres to travel to take over two minutes in the yellow jersey Jonas Vingaard (Jumbo-Visma).
The war for a triple lap in France will be fought on 184 km of those roads, adding the end of Thursday’s summit in Hautacam and the last time trial two days later. At the end of level 17 in Peyragudes, Pogačar took 4 moments away from his Danish rival, a bonus time separating first and moment on the total line.
To follow in the footsteps of Bobet, Anquetil, Merckx, Indurain and Froome and win 3 Tour titles in a row, the 23-year-old will have to evoke a comeback even beyond the impressive final results of the race two years ago. . in the Vosges.
At La Planche des Belles Filles, Pogačar overcame a 57-second hole with Primož Roglič of Jumbo-Visma, putting 1:56 in yellow to win his first title. To take a third, you will have to 2h18 in Aubisque, Spandelles, Hautacam, and the occasion of 40. 7 km in Rocamadour.
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