Tadej Pogačar won a final award and was on the front page of L'Équipe for a final time in 2025 on Monday, with the influential French sports newspaper crowning him the 'Champion des Champions Monde' along with Canadian swimming revelation Summer McIntosh.
Pogačar is only the second cyclist to win the award after Greg LeMond in 1989. He has now won the Tour de France four times and so much else, sparking a debate that we perhaps saw 'peak Pogačar' in 2025. However, he told L'Équipe he is still motivated to do even better.
