At the end of the 21st stage of the 2020 edition of the Tour de France, Sunday, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar was crowned the final winner on the Champs-Elysées.
Sam Bennett won the day's stage in the sprint.
We knew it on Saturday, it's now official.
Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won the 2020 Tour de France on Sunday and at the same time created a sensation.
He becomes the first Slovenian to win on the Great Loop and the youngest winner since 1904. He will be 22 on Monday.
Primoz Roglic, his compatriot, finished second after having believed until the last moment in the final victory.
Pogacar equals Eddy Merckx
Present even impressive in the mountain stages, Tadej Pogacar reversed the situation during the penultimate stage on Saturday, a time trial between Lure and the Planche des Belles filles.
Starting with almost 1 minute behind in the yellow Primoz Roglic jersey, he finished 59 seconds ahead at the end of the stage and delighted the precious tunic at the same time.
Tunic that he kept during the traditional last stage of the Tour, Sunday on the Champs-Elysées, which is more like a parade than a stage, after three weeks of racing.
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And Tadej Pogacar did not only claim the yellow jersey, he also won the polka dot jersey for the best climber and the white jersey for the best youngster.
He is the first to take three jerseys on the same edition of the Tour de France since 1972 and the performance of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx.
On the Champs-Elysées, Sunday, it was Sam Bennett who won the stage in the sprint.
The green jersey of the best sprinter of this 107th edition of the Tour is his.