Tadej Pogačar won his fifth Tour de France title on Sunday, drawing level with the race record and securing a third straight yellow jersey for UAE Team Emirates-XRG.
The Slovenian finished six minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel after 21 stages from Barcelona to Paris. His teammate Isaac del Toro placed third, nine minutes and 42 seconds behind, and won the white jersey as the race’s best young rider.
Del Toro, 22, also became the first Mexican rider to finish on the Tour de France podium.
Pogačar’s latest victory places him alongside Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, the only other riders to have won the Tour five times.
The 27-year-old has taken the title in 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026. Only Jonas Vingegaard, the winner in 2022 and 2023, has interrupted that run.
teammate Isaac del Toro placed third
As Yalla Sports reported earlier in the race, Pogačar reclaimed the yellow jersey with his win on Stage 6 in the Pyrenees. He extended his lead again with victory on Bastille Day and carried an advantage of more than four minutes into the final week.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG finished the Tour with six stage wins. Del Toro took the team’s first on Stage 2 in Barcelona, crossing the line alongside Pogačar after the pair broke clear of their rivals on Montjuïc.
Pogačar followed with victory at Les Angles the next day. It was the first of his five stage wins during the race.
His main gains came in the mountains. The Stage 6 victory at Gavarnie-Gèdre returned him to the race lead, while his attack on Stage 14 ended with Del Toro taking second place behind him.
Pogačar then won at Alpe d’Huez on Stage 19. UAE Team Emirates-XRG recorded his ascent at 35 minutes and 26 seconds, the fastest time reported on the climb. The result gave him his fifth stage win and pushed his overall advantage beyond seven minutes.
His path became clearer when Vingegaard, his main expected challenger, withdrew after crashing on Stage 15. Evenepoel remained second but could not seriously threaten Pogačar’s lead during the final week.
Pogačar still raced aggressively on the final day in Paris. He attacked with Mathieu van der Poel on the last ascent of Montmartre and stayed clear until the closing kilometres.
Van der Poel held on to win the shortened stage in a photo finish. Pogačar crossed the line safely to confirm the fifth Tour title of his career.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG left Paris with the yellow and white jerseys, two riders on the final podium and six stage victories.
