UAE Team Emirates team’s Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar celebrates on the podium with the overall leader’s yellow jersey after the 2nd stage of the 111th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 199 km between Cesenatico and Bologna, in Italy, on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Marco BERTORELLO / AFP)
Former champion Tadej Pogacar took the overall lead of the Tour de France on Sunday on a sweltering run to Bologna won by French rider Kevin Vauquelin.
Pogacar, who won the 2020 and 2021 Tours, attacked from the closing peloton on a steep hill near the finish line of the second stage as he, Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel all gained time on the day.
“I was so close to taking the yellow jersey last year but then I cracked,” said the 25-year-old Slovenian.
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