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by Gianluca Luceri
September 20, 2020In Paris is the coronation day for Tadej Pogacar from Komenda, Slovenia, the youngest winner in the history of the Tour de France at 22 years old, who will celebrate tomorrow with a gift ...
On the Champs-Elysées, the terminus of a race that gave great emotions in the queue, the proscenium is everything for him, a professional since 2019, a simple but indomitable boy who turned the world upside down in the time trial of La Planche des Belles Filles, incinerating his friend - compatriot-rival Primoz Roglic (who arrived 1'56 "late) and taking off his yellow leader's jersey at the very last breath.
A feat, that of Pogacar, which will remain engraved in the pages of the Grande Boucle and launches the young Slovenian into the elite of cycling, who has won three stages in this 107th edition (in Laruns, Grand Colombier and La Planche) demonstrating perseverance, character and pure talent in any condition: uphill, downhill, flat, as a cronoman.
A well-deserved triumph, even if obtained at the 'photo finish'.
At his feet, on the final podium of the competition, the disappointed Primoz Roglic and the Australian Richie Porte.
Tenth place overall for an excellent Damiano Caruso, the only one who tried to keep our colors high in an edition that saw Italy dry with success.
Then there is the story of the twenty-first and final stage, the shortest of the Tour (122 km), a traditional final walkway that can no longer change the games and that takes the caravan from Mantes la Jolie to Paris: 67 kilometers at a picnic pace , then off to the route in the French capital to be covered eight times with the inevitable final sprint.
The Irishman Sam Bennett (his green jersey in the points standings) wins, who burns the Danish Mads Pedersen and the Slovak Peter Sagan.
Fourth Kristoff, then Elia Viviani, Van Aert and Ewan.