Pogacar closes on Tour de France triumph with stage 19 win
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Isola 2000, France: Tadej Pogacar climbed to a convincing victory on stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, extending his overall lead over defendi...
Isola 2000, France: Tadej Pogacar climbed to a convincing victory on stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, extending his overall lead over defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to close on a historic Tour-Giro double.
With two tough stages remaining, the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion Pogacar leads Vingegaard by 5min 03sec while Remco Evenepoel remains third now at 7min 01sec.
Pogacar is also two stages away from a Giro d'Italia and Tour de France double, which would be a first in 25 years.
A dominant and confident Pogacar promised to attack here on the Queen stage with its massive mountains and came into stage 19 with a 3min 11sec lead over Vingegaard, with Evenepoel at 5min 11sec in third.
Previous weak moments for the Team UAE rider have come at altitude and in hot weather as he let slip the Tour de France title to the Dane Vingegaard.
