So it took Tadej Pogacar just two days to claim the yellow leader’s jersey at this year’s Tour de France. With a searing attack over the top of the final climb into Bologna on Sunday, the big pre-race favourite opened up a 30-second gap over the rest of the GC group as if they were standing still.
The 111th edition of the Tour de France is underway. The race is one of the three grand tours – the others being the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España – that form the backbone around which the cycling season is structured.
Tadej Pogacar threw down the gauntlet to Jonas Vingegaard in Bologna as Kévin Vauquelin made it two French stage winners from two
Pogacar, a little over a month removed from his dominant victory in the Giro d’Italia, ignited his bid to double up in the Grand Tours.