Jonas Vingegaard won his second successive Tour de France today after Jordi Meeus claimed the final stage honours on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
JONAS VINGEGAARD WON his second successive Tour de France on Sunday after Jordi Meeus claimed the final stage honours on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
Denmark’s Vingegaard crossed the finish line after the 21-day race around seven minutes ahead of Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar, also a two-time champion.Vingegaard’s winning margin was the largest since 2014 when Italian Vincenzo Nibali took the fabled champion’s yellow jersey by 7min 39sec.The world’s greatest bike race provided tense drama with spectacular backdrops as Vingegaard and Pogacar remained separated by seconds until the Dane edged ahead with a sensational individual time trial.
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