Bernard Hinault: Tadej Pogačar winning at least six Tours de France ‘is no pipe dream’

Bernard Hinault has said that it is far from impossible that Tadej Pogačar will end up not only becoming the first-ever rider to win six Tours de France, but that the UAE Team Emirates racer may end up pushing the current all-time record even higher.

Himself the winner of five Tours de France – a total that only the Frenchman, Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil and Miguel Indurain have so far achieved in the history of the sport – Hinault made the prediction during a series of celebrations for his 70th birthday.