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Tour de France: Champ Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 5
Updated On: 01 July, 2021 08:03 AM IST | Laval (France) | AFP
Van der Poel will likely keep the jersey a few days longer with two flat stages to come. On a day when the spectator who caused a mass crash of riders on stage one was arrested by French police, there were thousands of roadside fans infringing onto the route to cheer Van der Poel on as the tension mounted towards the finish line.
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Slovenia`s Tadej Pogacar wears the best young rider`s white jersey on the podium of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in France. Pic/AFP
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar stormed the Tour de France individual time-trial on Wednesday while Mathieu van der Poel clung on to the overall lead after stage five.
Van der Poel kept hold of his yellow jersey by just eight seconds while Ineos pair Geraint Thomas and Richard Carapaz lost more than a minute on Slovenia`s Pogacar, who is now second in the overall standings. Ahead of the 27.2km run Pogacar described the stage as critical to his chances of defending the title he won in 2020 and the manner in which he raced Wednesday backed up the statement.
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