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Matt Majendie

Tour de France 2024: Tadej Pogacar looks a class apart in quest to pull off historic double

Not since Marco Pantani in 1998 has a rider won both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in the same year, but Tadej Pogacar is an overwhelming favourite to pull off that feat.

The Slovenian won the Giro by some 10 minutes, while his closest rival, Jonas Vingegaard, suffered a horror crash in April which left him with a punctured lung and fractured ribs.

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