Pogacar Poised for Tour Glory After Stunning Roglic

Date: 20 September 2020 - 21:54

News ID: ۸۳۰۰۶

RONCHAMPS, France (Dispatches) -- Slovenia’s Tadej Pogacar pulled off a major upset at the Tour de France by stunning compatriot Primoz Roglic to claim the overall leader’s yellow jersey with a monumental victory in the final individual time trial.
The 21-year-old won the 36.2-km solo effort against the clock as Roglic, who had started the day with a 57-second lead in the general classification, cracked in the uphill section, a 5.9-km climb at an average gradient of 8.5 percent.