POGACAR RETAINS TOUR OF SLOVENIA CROWN, MAJKA 2ND AS UAE TEAM EMIRATES FINISHED 1-2.
Tadej Pogacar laid down his Tour de France credentials as he defended his Tour of Slovenia crown with another dominant performance in his home country. UAE Team Emirates completed the double too, with Polish rider Rafal Majka coming in second just 12 seconds behind. Novak Domen completed the overall standings just over two-and-a-half minutes back.
Tadej Pogacar has defended his Tour of Slovenia crown with team-mate Rafal Majka coming in second as UAE Team Emirates completed the one-two.
Pogacar, an overwhelming favourite for the Tour de France, laid down his yellow jersey credentials with a dominant performance, winning the fifth and final stage.
Majka, who finished third in Stage 5 behind Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), took second in the overall standings just 12 seconds behind Pogacar.
Bahrain Victorious rider Novak Domen completed the overall podium with a third-placed finish, 2 minutes and 32 seconds behind.
Pogacar was always favourite to lead the way in his home country and topped the GC from stage three.
He shared the spoils of Stage 4 with Majka, deciding who crossed the finish line first with a game of rock, paper, scissors.
But there were no games on Sunday as he crossed the line three seconds ahead of his team-mate after beating Mohoric in a sprint to the line to clock the stage in 3:42.35 and take the green jersey home.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 19:18:09s
- Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) +0:12s
- Novak Domen (Bahrain-Victorious) +2:32s
- Vincenzo Albanese (EOLO-Kometa) +2:42s
- Vojtech Repa (Equipo Kern Pharma) +3:10s
- Nicola Conci (Gazprom-RusVelo) +3:17s
- Paul Double (Mg.k Vis VPM) +3:32s
- Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +3:40s
- Fernando Barcelo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +3:52s
- Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) +4:23s
