Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia wins the 2026 Tour de France, his fifth victory in the race
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Key Points:
- Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia won his fifth Tour de France on Sunday, finishing the race with a total time of 73 hours, 56 minutes, and 26 seconds.
- The final stage, held on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, was delayed and shortened due to wildfires in southwestern France, which required security personnel to be reassigned.
- Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the final stage in 1 hour, 58 minutes, and 49 seconds, while Pogačar finished nearly six and a half minutes ahead of second-place Remco Evenepoel from Belgium.
- With this victory, Pogačar joins Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Induráin as the joint most successful Tour de France winners with five titles each.
- Lance Armstrong's record of seven Tour de France wins was nullified after he was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
