Chupinazo de Tadej Pogacar, success and leadership in the Tour de France

It is a matter of knowing where and how, until the sixth day Tadej Pogacar decided to take the first step to the real front, agreeing with everyone who saw him one point above the others to achieve the first victory in 109th edition of the Tour de France. The end of the sixth stage, the longest in this edition, at 219.9 kilometers, suits this young 23-year-old runner like a glove, a unique rider who has already made history in 2020 by proclaiming himself as The youngest champion in the gala round to embrace. Paris glory at 21.

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The stage began with trepidation, with a series of attacks, finally bringing together the leader of the race, Wout Van Aert, that among the Danes Fuglsang and the North American Simmonswanted to honor the yellow he wore for five days with an escape that would surely fail, but allowed him to wear yellow for 170 kilometers, the last of them alone, after first being lifted by Fuglsang and then Simmons who knew their idle effort, especially in the first high finish this Friday, in La Planche des Belles Filles, happy memories for pokecar, since this ascent in 2020 was when he kidnapped the yellow from Roglic in 2020 at the gates of Paris.

The difference of the three escaped and the ultimate of Van Aert It is never excessive, concerned for the peloton, which step by step, pedal stroke by pedal stroke, reduces the difference, without emphasizing, knowing that the adventure of the Belgian rider is numbered kilometers.

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Van Aert he was caught 14 kilometers from the finish line, reached at full speed by the team runners, UAE, coming down the tail of the group, knew that at the finish line he would give the lead in the race. There are several candidates for victory on stage and the Tour leadership is also at stake. Ahead, there are still two levels, the Cote de Pulventeux and the COte of the Religiousa difficult and short final climb with ramps up to 11%, one of those climbs where the tire sticks to the asphalt and it is difficult to progress.

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At the penultimate ascent of the sun, the French Vuillermoz attack and reach a few meters. The peloton was broken, with runners like Yates, Pidcock, Roglic, Mas, Vlasov, Vingegaard or Quintana very well placed. The UAE acted, leaving Vuillermoz aside and heading for the last train of the day, trying to give victory to Pogacar. Who said that Tadej does not have a good team, whose performance is less than Jumbo-Visma? Without making much noise formation of the United Arab Emirates already taken control of the race. McNulty made the final relay, Pogacar took advantage of the launch ramp and headed straight for victory, with a surprising primoz roglic wanted to discuss it, 24 hours after he put on his own shoulder that had fallen, enduring the pain he described as unbearable.

‘Handsome’ it did what I wanted in the end. He launched 300 meters from the finish line, hitting his cleats at speeds that reached 49 km/h, achieving what was his 7th victory of the season and his 41st as a professional. In 2020, the year of his first Tour, Pogacar led the 20th round; in 2021 on the 8th, leadership that he will not abandon until Paris; and this year on the 6th. Each year Tadej advance his reign on the Tour a little more. Pogacar is scary.