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VILLARS-SUR-OLLON, Switzerland (AP) – Tadej Pogacar warmed up for next month’s Tour de France with a dominant victory in the Tour de Suisse on Sunday, and the cycling star did so in flamboyant style by winning the fifth and final stage.
Tadej Pogacar wins the Tour de Suisse in style by taking the final stage
VILLARS-SUR-OLLON, Switzerland (AP) - Tadej Pogacar warmed up for next month's Tour de France with a dominant victory in the Tour de Suisse on Sunday, and the cycling star did so in flamboyant style by winning the fifth and final stage.
The 27-year-old Slovenian is in ominous form heading into the July 4-26 Tour, where he'll try to win the showcase race for the fifth time.
Pogacar won the opening stage of the Tour de Suisse, secured a 1-second victory over rival Mathieu van der Poel in the time trial on Saturday and won stage 5 on Sunday.
Pogacar caught Frenchman Lenny Martinez about 800 meters near the end of the final climb of the 151.1-kilometer (94-mile) trek to Villars-sur-Ollon.
Pogacar secured a dominant win at the six-day Tour de Romandie last month, after strong performances in the one-day classics. In April, he clinched a third straight victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège.
Pogačar also won Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders - winning that race for a third time - and was narrowly beaten at Paris-Roubaix by Wout van Aert.
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