Tadej Pogačar withdraws from 2024 Olympics citing fatigue

Tour de France winner Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Olympic Games because of “extreme fatigue”, the Slovenian Olympic Committee has said. Pogacar completed victory in this year’s Tour by taking Sunday’s final stage, which was a time trial, to win the illustrious 3,498km race for a third time. Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz will not be defending his Gold Medal after winning the King of the Mountains category at the Tour this year.

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Tadej Pogačar secures third Tour de France title with time trial triumph

The final day of the 2024 Tour de France bucked the trend with a time trial between Monaco and Nice instead of a processional parade in Paris – but the result was the same, with the relentless Tadej Pogacar wrapping up the overall win with a sixth stage victory. Pogacar beat rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in the race of truth as an emotional Mark Cavendish rode off into the sunset.

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Pogačar edges closer to glory with stage 20 victory – Tour de France

One of the most picturesque days of the 2024 Tour de France saw the riders head up into the South Alps above Nice, but it took until the final climb for the GC tussle to kick off. Remco Evenepoel and Jonas Vingegaard were the initial instigators, but the peerless Tadej Pogacar had the last laugh, soaring across the line for his fifth win of this edition.

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Pogačar storms clear in Alps for stage 19 triumph – Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar – who else? Some thought the Slovenian would suffer in the high-mountain territory of closest GC rival Jonas Vingegaard on Friday’s Stage 19, but it was the total opposite as Pogacar, aided by his UAE Team Emirates team-mates, rode on the front of the main bunch for most of the day before detonating a late attack that left everyone in the dust, to all but secure his third Tour title.

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Victor Campenaerts wins stage 18 from the breakaway – Tour de France

Power, and a bit of play-acting, carried Victor Campenaerts to victory in a three-up sprint from the breakaway on Stage 18 at the Tour de France. Campenaerts immediately shared an emotional video call with his family as the enormity of a maiden stage win at the Tour sunk in, while, back down the road, the GC riders cruised towards the finish as they conserved energy ahead of three tough days.

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