After three grueling weeks of bike racing, spanning 3,500km, battling the elements and navigating all manner of terrain – including the brutal French mountains – the Tour de France peloton enjoyed a comparatively gentle cycle on Sunday. On Saturday, Slovenia's Primoz Roglic, riding for the Jumbo Visma squad, lost his overall leader's yellow jersey to Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar. Pogacar in winning was the youngest rider to win the overall title in the Tour de France since 1903. The winner of the final Yellow Jersey turns 22 today, a day after his victory. What a birthday! He also won the young riders jersey, which is white, awarded for the overall winner under 24. Because Saturday's time trial was up the side of a mountain, and because he won that stage, he also won the white jersey with the red polka dots, which is awarded to the rider winning the "King of the Mountain's" title. Winning three titles in the Tour de France is well nigh impossible, but it was done by this young 21 years old on Sunday. Happy Birthday to you today, Tadej! Slovenian Primosz Roglic, who had lead the Tour de France overall for several days, saw the championship Yellow Jersey slip away during the time trial on Saturday. While he finished a respectable fifth on Saturday, he lost the overall lead by 59 seconds. Roglic is a former ski jumper, well known to readers of this space. Normally, it would be astounding that a Slovenian like Roglic would finish the Tour so highly ranked, but Sunday he finished second overall. The top two spots were, then, taken by Sloveninans. Na zdravje! Sunday's stage was the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France. It was a 122 kilometers (75.8 miles) celebratory lap, from Mantes-La-Jolie to Paris, France. The only title strictly speaking still on offer Sunday was the Sprinter's Jersey, the coveted green jersey won so often by Slovakian Peter Sagan. Sagan had graciously conceded the jersey on Saturday to Ireland's Sam Bennett, but the final victory was still anyone's game. Bennett took the final stage victory. Still ahead are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana, as well as other races, which will be run in the Fall this year. Best of luck to all the cyclists! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/1956006241.4404714.1600708380674%40mail.yahoo.com.
