UAE wins Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar youngest post WWII champion

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Tour de France winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122 kilometers (75.8 miles), from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Image Credit: AP

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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates next to his two other jersey's, the best climber's dotted jersey and the best young rider's white jersey, on the podium after the twenty-first and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 122 kilometers (75.8 miles), from Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris, France, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Image Credit: AP

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The Burj Khalifa lights up to commemorate the UAE Team's Tour de France victory. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office

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The victorious UAE Team with Tadej Pogacar in yellow. Image Credit: Dubai Media Office

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Team UAE Emirates rider Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides on the Champs Elysees avenue with the Arc de Triomphe in the background during the 21st and last stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 122 km between Mantes-la-Jolie and Champs Elysees Paris, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Image Credit: AFP

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Saturday's race: In an incredible climax to the Tour de France, UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar crushed fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in the last stage Saturday before the finish in Paris, all but guaranteeing that he'll win the title at cycling's greatest race Image Credit: AP

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He is the youngest post-World War II champion. Pogacar flew on the penultimate stage, an uphill time trial, devouring the 57-second lead that had made Roglic look impregnable before the showdown Image Credit: REUTERS

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Team UAE Emirates rider Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides on the Champs Elysees avenue during the 21st and last stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 122 km between Mantes-la-Jolie and Champs Elysees Paris, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP) Image Credit: AFP

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TOPSHOT - Team UAE Emirates rider Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar (1st-L) wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides in the pack in front of the Louvre pyramid and museum during the 21st and last stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 122 km between Mantes-la-Jolie and Champs Elysees Paris, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by CHRISTIAN HARTMANN / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION Image Credit: AFP

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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Elysees - France - September 20, 2020. UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, in action. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Image Credit: REUTERS

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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Elysees - France - September 20, 2020. UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, in action in the peloton. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Image Credit: REUTERS

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Team UAE Emirates rider Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides on the Champs Elysees avenue during the 21st and last stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 122 km between Mantes-la-Jolie and Champs Elysees Paris, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by Marco Bertorello / AFP) Image Credit: AFP

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Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 21 - Mantes-la-Jolie to Paris Champs-Elysees - France - September 20, 2020. UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, passes the Arc de Triomphe in the peloton. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe Image Credit: REUTERS

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