UAE Team Emirates-XRG: Pogačar clinches fourth Tour de France title

Tadej Pogačar won his fourth Tour de France title finishing fourth on the final stage into Paris, leading the UAE Team Emirates-XRG to its fourth Tour victory in six years.

The Slovenian rider secured the overall win with a total time of 76:00:32, finishing 4 minutes 24 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) and 11 minutes ahead of Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe).

From stages 1 through 20, Pogačar didn’t lose a single second to any of the other top five riders in the general classification — a feat matched only once before, by Maurice Garin in 1903. He won four stages and also claimed the King of the Mountains classification for the third time in his career.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG took five stage wins overall, with Tim Wellens adding a solo victory on Stage 15. The team supported Pogačar from the opening stage in Lille through the Alps and Pyrenees to Paris, despite losing a rider before the first rest day.

Jonas Vingegaard, winner in 2022 and 2023, mounted a serious challenge, especially with an all-in attack on Stage 18, but couldn’t close the gap. He finished second overall. Lipowitz completed the podium in third.

This is Pogačar’s fourth Tour win, putting him alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Induráin, all of whom have five. At 26, Pogačar is on track to challenge that record.