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Cycling: Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France 2020

21-year-old cyclist becomes 1st Slovenian, 2nd youngest champion in history

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09:07 - 21/09/2020 Monday
Update: 09:10 - 21/09/2020 Monday
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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Elysees - France - September 20, 2020. Overall winner UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the yellow jersey, second-placed Team Jumbo-Visma rider Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and third-placed Trek-Segafredo rider Richie Porte of Australia celebrate on the podium. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Elysees - France - September 20, 2020. Overall winner UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the yellow jersey, second-placed Team Jumbo-Visma rider Primoz Roglic of Slovenia and third-placed Trek-Segafredo rider Richie Porte of Australia celebrate on the podium. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France 2020 while the 107th edition of the competition ended on Sunday.

The 21-year-old cyclist became the second youngest and the first-ever Slovenian champion in history.

Pogacar, riding for UAE Team Emirates, claimed the yellow jersey on his debut competition, and he was the first cyclist to achieve this since 1983.

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