Tadej Pogacar routs rivals in Tour de France time trial

[ASFN Admin]

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar powered to victory in Wednesday's time trial at the Tour de France to assert himself as the odds-on favorite at the three-week race. Pogacar lagged 39 seconds behind leader Mathieu van der Poel at the start of Stage 5 in the western Mayenne region and erased a big chunk of the deficit to move into second place in the general classification. The 22-year-old Slovenian mastered the technical 22.7-kilometer (14-mile) loop from Changé to Laval to gain time on all other main contenders in an impressive display of power and technical skills.

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