Tadej Pogačar storms to stage victory on stage five of Tour de France with Van der Poel keeping yellow

The defending champion shocked some of the best time trial riders on the planet to stage victory

Tadej Pogačar shocks everyone as he powers to victory on stage five of the Tour de France 2021
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Tadej Pogačar powered to a shock victory on stage five of the Tour de France 2021 with an amazing time trial beating some of the world's best time trial specialists.

Defending champion, Pogačar, started strongly and continued to hammer the pace around the course to beat European champion, Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) to the stage win.

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