‘I would swap this victory in an instant for yellow with Tadej in Paris’ – Tim Wellens celebrates Tour de France stage win but says Pogačar GC victory remains his top priority

When it’s not Tadej Pogačar winning for UAE Team Emirates-XRG in this year’s Tour de France, it’s his teammates, with Tim Wellens continuing UAE’s all-conquering run of success this July with a spectacular solo victory in Carcassonne.

For Wellens, triumphing on stage 15 of the Tour de France meant he has now completed his ‘set’ of Grand Tour stage victories after two in the Giro d’Italia in 2016 and 2018, and two in a single year in the Vuelta a España in 2020.