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Tadej Pogacar wins the Tour de France for the third time thanks to his swashbuckling, take-no-prisoner approach
The 25-year-old Slovenian rider became the first cyclist to secure the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year since the late Marco Pantani in 1998. Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark was second overall. He also finished the …