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Pogačar looks set to hold onto yellow
Pogačar looks set to hold onto yellow
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Is there anywhere Pogačar might lose time?

Is the race for the yellow jersey really already over in the 2021 Tour de France? It seems a ridiculous thing to say after just one week of the race, but Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) was so superior to the rest of the field during the week that there is already an air of inevitably about him taking it all the way to Paris. 

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Stephen Puddicombe is a freelance journalist for Cycling Weekly, who regularly contributes to our World Tour racing coverage with race reports, news stories, interviews and features. Outside of cycling, he also enjoys writing about film and TV - but you won't find much of that content embedded into his CW articles.