Impressive in the streets of Paris, Wout Van Aert dropped Tadej Pogacar in Montmartre before spinning solo towards the victory on the Champs-Elysées as part of the last stage of the Tour de France.
This Sunday, the last stage of the Tour de France between Mantes-la-Ville and the Champs-Elysées plunged the Parisian public into the magic atmosphere of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, in particular borrowing the Côte de la Butte Montmartre three times. Beyond this route worthy of the most beautiful classics and the incredible atmosphere on the side of the road, the rain brought an additional dramaturgy to this unforgettable race.
Who would have imagined seeing the yellow jersey attack the last day of the tour Under these almost dantesque conditions?
The first to try to energize the race is not surprisingly Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor). The attack on French has done damage within the peloton. But the most surprising was to see tAdej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) in person leading the pursuit in the rise. Then during the second visit to rue Lepic, the Slovenian distant many competitors, only Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike), Matteo Trentin (Tudor), Davide Ballerinini (Astana) and Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) hooked the yellow jers
Fourth Crown for Pogacar on the Tour, Vauquelin 7th
Faced with candidates of this caliber, Tadej Pogacar climbed the Côte de la Butte Montmartre at a pace of hell during the final passage in order to distance them. However, against all odds,
Wout van aert aute and distant! Then in the descent, despite the extremely slippery road, the Belgian accentuated his advance up to twenty seconds. Sufficient to complete the remaining six kilometers alone in mind and triumph for the second time in his career after 2021 on the most beautiful avenue in the world. Davide Ballerini (+19S) dominated the sprint of the pursuers in front of Matej Mohoric and Tadej Pogacar.
Although he has clearly targeted a prestige victory to conclude in apotheosis His fourth coronation on the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar celebrated his passage on the line. Without rival, the title holder distant more than four minutes Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) thanks in particular to his four stage victories combined with his five places of honor on the podium of other stages. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora) raised himself on the third step in the general classification in front of Oscar Onley (Pïcnic Postnl) and Felix Gall (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale).
On the French side, Kévin Vauquelin finished 8th on the Champs-Elysées (+1’14 “). The first tricolor of the day is also general where he ranked 7th (+22’35 ”) before Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora). This year, France can boast of two representatives in the top 10 with also Jordan Jegat (Totalenergies), able to supplant Ben O’Connor (Jayco Alula) thanks to his presence in the victorious escape from the day before in Pontarlier. However in the stage of the stage victories, only Valentin Paret-Peintre (Sudal Quick-Step) was able to take success. And what a victory! The small format climber beaten Ben Healy (EF Education-Easypost) at the top of Mont Ventoux.
