So here he is sitting down with the giants. But who really doubted that he would take his long-reserved place alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain? The very last shortened stage – from 133 to 89 km to free up the security services mobilized on the fire front – was won by Mathieu van der Poel, but it was Solvène Tadej Pogacar who, as expected, won his fifth Tour de France.
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