Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) equalled the record for the most Tour de France yellow jerseys by winning his fifth overall title, arriving safely to the line on stage 21 after putting on an epic show on the final day in Paris as Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) won an absolute thriller at the 2026 edition.
Only four all-time greats had achieved the feat of winning five Tours before the Slovenian joined them today: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain; Pogačar is the first to match them in the 21st century. But that wasn't the only piece of history he was chasing.
