Tour de France 2024: Pogacar has overtaken Vingegaard in the yellow jerseys

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The battle being fought here Tour de France It is one of the signs of an era, and of today’s Slovenian Tadej Pogacar He came into the first day of the race break as the race leader, leading the Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaardsecond and third respectively.


About sterrato Pogacar He started as the sixth leader as leader, a yellow jersey he kept until the end. This way, Pogacar now has 28 yellow jerseys in his career, more than one Jonas Vingegaardas many Romain Maes and one less than Fabian Cancellara.

Pogacar also achieved 27 leader’s jerseys in Grand Tours in 2024 (20 pink jerseys, 7 yellow jerseys), the eighth highest number in history in a single year. Matches records of Romain Maes (27 yellow jerseys in the 1935 Tour), Freddy Maertens (1977 – 21 leader’s jerseys at La Vuelta, 6 at the Giro) and Bernard Hinault (1982 – 12th in the Tour, 15th in the Giro).

Source: La Verdad

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