Tadej Pogačar's stage 3 victory at the Tour de France and move into the yellow jersey sparked a debate about the dominance of his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad, but Team Manager Mauro Gianetti told Cyclingnews that early success was all part of the master plan for Pogačar to win a fifth Tour in Paris.
Pogačar helped teammate Isaac del Toro win on stage 2 and finished second. On stage 3 over the Pyrenees to Les Angles, Del Toro payed back Pogačar by leading him out, before the Slovenian surged away to win the stage and take the yellow jersey from rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) thanks to better stage placings.
