Slovenian two stages away from Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double.
TADEJ POGACAR CLIMBED to a convincing victory on stage 19 of the Tour de France on Friday, extending his overall lead over defending champion Jonas Vingegaard to close on a historic Tour-Giro double.
Pogacar is also two stages away from a Giro d’Italia and Tour de France double, which would be a first in 25 years. Advertisement Previous weak moments for the Team UAE rider have come at altitude and in hot weather as he let slip the Tour de France title to the Dane Vingegaard.There was plenty of altitude on the menu however as the pack first crossed the fan packed Col de la Bonnette, a 23km climb at 7% average gradient to the dizzying altitude of 2800m.
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