Cycling: 4th stage of Paris-Nice !!!

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Tadej Pogacar raised his arms at the top of the Loge des Gardes hill on Wednesday at the end of the 4th stage of Paris-Nice. The Slovenian beat David Gaudu and took the yellow jersey. !! 

After stages for the sprinters, it was the turn of the climbers to show off during the 4th stage of Paris-Nice this Wednesday. Tadej Pogacar crossed the finish line first at the top of the Loge des Gardes hill (6.7 km at 7.1%) which wreaked havoc in the peloton with its passages at 10%, after a duel final with David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ). He took the overall lead. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), 6th at 43 seconds, lost big. !! 

After a calm start to the race, things got hectic when seven riders started a breakaway: Maurice Ballerstedt (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Lilian Calmejane (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Anders Skaarseth (Uno-X Pro), Larry Warbasse ( AG2R Citroën Team), Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech), PascalEenckhorn (Lotto-Dstny) and the wearer of the polka dot jersey, Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X Pro). The gap even increased to 5 minutes after 72 kilometers. !! 

The peloton encountered its first turbulence at kilometer 80 when the Groupama-FDJ team increased its pace sharply. It then split into two groups before reforming. !! 

In the last 60 kilometers, where the difficulties of the route awaited the riders, the attacks multiplied, without success. 6 kilometers from the line and at the bottom of the final climb, the Loge des Gardes (6.7 km at 7.1%), the peloton was grouped together until the attacks of David Gaudu, Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. !! 

Best climber at the start of this 4th stage, the Dane from the Uno-X Pro team, Jonas Gregaard, had the opportunity to increase his lead at the top of the mountain classification and he responded. Member of the breakaway at the start of the race, he was the first to overcome the first difficulty of the route, the Côte du Vernet (2.1 km at 5.8%) before repeating the performance during the ascent of the next, the Cheval Rigon coast (5.7 km at 3.9%). He now totals 14 points ahead of Pogacar, with 12 units. 

On Thursday, the riders will start in Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise for 212.4 km to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux. A 5th stage which should be punctuated by breakaways. !! 

The favorites of this stage were among others:

** Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard

** Magnus Cort, Simon Yates, Neilson Powless

* Ion Izagirre, Jack Haig, David Gaudu, Tim Wellens, Romain Bardet, Aurélien Paret-Peintre

Ranking of the first 10 arrivals!! 

1 – POGAČAR Tadej (UAE Team Emirates) the 165 km in 4:01:17 (40.9 km/h)

2 – GAUDU David (Groupama – FDJ) + 0:01

3 – MÄDER Gino (Bahrain – Victorious) + 0:34

4 – PARET-PAINTER Aurélien (AG2R Citroën Team) + 0:42

5 – VAUQUELIN Kevin (Team Arkéa Samsic) + 0:43

6 – VINGEGAARD ​​Jonas (Jumbo-Visma) m.t

7 – Romain BARDET (Team DSM) + 0:51

8 – MARTÍNEZ Daniel Felipe (INEOS Grenadiers) m.t

9 – YATES Simon (Team Jayco AlUla) m.t

10 – JORGENSON Matteo (Movistar Team) m.t

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) brilliantly completed the fourth stage of Paris-Nice between Saint-Amand Montrond and La loge des Gardes ahead of David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ). The Slovenian scored twice by taking the leader's yellow jersey. !! 

The Slovenian also records many victorious achievements!! 

World Rankings

2021 and 2022 UCI World Ranking

Continental rankings

UCI Europe Tour 2021 and 2022

Championships

MaillotEslovenia.PNG Slovenian Time Trial Champion 2019 and 2020

2 big towers

Leader of the general classification Tour de France 2020 and 2021

6 secondary classifications of grand tours

Ranking of the best young

Leader of the classification of the best young Tour of Spain 2019

Leader of the classification of the best young Tour de France 2020, 2021 and 2022

mountain classification

Leader of the Tour de France 2020 and 2021 mountain classification

Stage races

Tour of California 2019

United Arab Emirates Tour 2021 and 2022

Tirreno-Adriatico 2021 and 2022

Classics

Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2021

Tour of Lombardy 2021 and 2022

Strade Bianche 2022

2022 Montreal Cycling Grand Prix

12 stages of grand tours

Tour of Spain (3 stages)

Tour de France (9 stages)!! 

A specialist in stage races, he began to make a name for himself in 2019 by winning, at the age of twenty, the Tour of the Algarve and the Tour of California, and by finishing third in the Tour of Spain, of which he won three stages. !! 

In 2020, he becomes the first Slovenian winner of the Tour de France and the youngest winner since the 1904 edition, taking the yellow jersey from his compatriot Primož Roglič in the time trial of the penultimate stage at the Board of Beautiful Girls. !! 

In 2021, he won the Tour de France again, the second in two participations, as well as several prestigious races such as Tirreno-Adriatico, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the Tour of Lombardy and the Tour of Slovenia. The following year, he won his third monument at the Tour of Lombardy. He is ranked number 1 in the world at the end of the 2021 and 2022 seasons!!  

Tajed interview at the finish : 

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