Tadej Pogacar opened his Tour de France account for the year with victory in an uphill sprint on stage four, defeating yellow jersey Mathieu van der Poel and his biggest rival for the overall title, Jonas Vingegaard, in an uphill sprint.
It was a 100th career win for the all-conquering Slovenian, and he did it in his world champion’s rainbow jersey after deliberately jettisoning the polka-dot jersey yesterday, handing that over to teammate Tim Wellens.
