"Happier than when I win a stage" - Tadej Pogacar over the moon with Tim Wellens' Tour de France triumph
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Tadej Pogacar managed to experience a relatively calm day today at the Tour de France. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG rider rode through the finish in Carcassonne calmly inside the peloton and maintains his lead over Jonas Vingegaard into the final week whilst also celebrating the victory of teammate and right-hand man Tim Wellens.
Pogacar himself was quite active early in the day, covering moves on the first climbs as the breakaway was being formed. Specifically, he several times followed the wheel of Matteo Jorgenson who had attempted to be in front, although the Visma rider is no longer part of the overall classification fight. After the group went there were no difficulties to tackle in the peloton.
In a post-race interview, he praised his Belgian teammate, who has been very important in the support to Pogacar on the daily this Tour. “It was great to hear him continue to push forward in the final kilometers; I was really surprised by his strength today. He deserves it. I'm so happy for Tim, even happier than when I win a stage".
"Tim works hard to help me keep the yellow jersey. He's one of the best teammates I've ever had. He sacrifices a lot throughout the year, in the Classics. He always does everything for the team's goals. Today he had his chance and he took it. He proved he's a champion," the yellow jersey concluded.
The team could celebrate yet another victory in this Tour, the fifth already (one third out of all stages). Team DS Mauro Gianetti also praised the Belgian for a strong solo win: “It's incredible, I'm so happy for Tim. He's a champion, but he's also the best teammate you could have. And if anyone deserves the win here, it's him. He rode exceptionally intelligently in the finale, taking a fantastic victory.”
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- exactly, he had an amazing season, but with these overstatements they don‘t do him good.Ketterechts08-11-2026
- More to the point, it isn't his remaining goal.Renz08-11-2026
- lol yeahmij08-11-2026
- I know, their headlines can be so misleading. Pidcock had a great season with 5 wins. and some solid 2nds. no reason to take away from that with a fake headline.mij08-11-2026
- You can clearly see the the posture change from slightly sitting to again out of the saddle while changing of gears in the video of the sprintabstractengineer08-11-2026
- He has already beaten Pogi twice in the TDF. the achievement is over. He cannot beat Pogi now and he only has a few years left at the top. Win Giro and compete in the TDF, maximise palmares.abstractengineer08-11-2026
- Just looked again at the photo. Yeah I stand by that. If MS had fallen over in Brands direction I don’t even think she would have hit her. You must be a UCI race commissioner. I’ll be sure to check my sock height should I ever see you on a ride. Looks like everyone else on here sees what I see.mij08-11-2026
- I said looking at the photo it doesn’t appear she deviated. Chill out, not stating my word is the final judgement. Just commenting that based on the photo I don’t see it. And BTW the Dutch coach even said she didn’t impede her.mij08-11-2026
- Blah Blah Blah !frieders308-11-2026
- MS said she was changing gears so that caused her slight deviation. Nothing was intentional.frieders308-11-2026
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