‘You don’t just give away stages to your competition’ – No surprises and no gifts from Tadej Pogačar at Tour de France

Was there ever any doubt? The Tour de France was already won, but that didn’t mean Tadej Pogačar was done winning at the Tour de France.

When Pogačar approached the summit of the Col de la Couillole in the company of Jonas Vingegaard, it was tempting to wonder if the yellow jersey would quietly cede victory on stage 20 to his closest rival, to a man who had made such a speedy return from horrific injury to contest this Tour.