Tadej Pogacar wins Tour of Slovenia, Rafal Majka second as UAE Team Emirates complete one-two

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. Ad/> Majka, who finished third in Stage 5 behind Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), took second in the overall standings just 12 seconds behind Pogacar.

/> Tour of Slovenia'Phenomenal!' — Pogacar wins thrilling Stage 5 finish as chasing group suffer falls3 HOURS AGO 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.

Sagan withdraws from Tour de Suisse after testing positive for Covid-19 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 1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 19:18:09s 2.

Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) +0:12s 3. Novak Domen (Bahrain-Victorious) +2:32s 4. Vincenzo Albanese (EOLO-Kometa) +2:42s 5.

Vojtech Repa (Equipo Kern Pharma) +3:10s 6. Nicola Conci (Gazprom-RusVelo) +3:17s 7. Paul Double (Mg.k Vis VPM) +3:32s 8.

Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +3:40s 9. Fernando Barcelo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) +3:52s 10. Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) +4:23s --- Stream the 2022 Tour de France and the rest of the cycling season live and on