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Tadej Pagačar made history this Sunday by consecrating champion of the Tour de France 2025, adding his fourth crown in the Grande Boucle after those obtained in 2020, 2021 and 2024. The Slovenian of the UAE Team Emirates continues to enlarge his legend and consolidates himself as one of the most dominant runners of the modern era.
With this victory, Pagačar matches the British Chris Froome in number of titles and is only a consecration of the five top champions in the history of the Tour: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain, all with five victories. At 26, Tadej has plenty of margin to reach them or even overcome them.
The 2025 tour has been considered by many as the most demanding of the last decade. “Every day I hear that it was the most difficult tour in history, but, honestly, this year it was at another level,” said the champion.
Pagačar not only dominated the general classification, but again showed its full profile as a corridor: explosive climber, elite counterrelojist and intelligent strategist. In the mountain he left no doubt, and in the time trial shone to ensure the title against Jonas Vingegaard, which was second.
This fourth title adds to an increasingly impressive list of achievements. Only in 2025, the Slovenian also won the Flanders Tour, the Lieja-Bastoña-Lieja, the Valona Arrow and the Daashiné criterium, confirming that there is no land or format that is resist. In addition, six monument titles already accumulate.
His 2024 campaign was also historic: he won the Giro of Italy, the Tour de France and the World Route Championship in the same season, a triplet that Eddy Merckx (1974) and Stephen Roche (1987) had only achieved. With such deeds, many already place it as one of the greats of all time.
Among its previous achievements, its two titles of the Mountain Classification (2020 and 2021), four best young man, an Olympic bronze in Tokyo 2021 and podiums in other great classics such as Paris-Roubaix (2nd in 2025) and Milan-San Remo (3rd in 2023 and 2024).
“When our power data is seen, it was incredibly hard. Even today we ran thoroughly from beginning to end,” explained the corridor about the intensity of this edition. In spite of everything, he said he enjoyed the process: “I must say that I have enjoyed this tour, because it was in good shape, with good legs.”
On his immediate future, Pagačar left the door open to play the return to Spain: “It will be a difficult decision to make. Of course I would like to be, but every year I do the tour. I would also like to turn around, we will see.” In any case, its 2025 is already unforgettable.
As his career progresses, Pagačar not only adds victories, but also builds a legacy. His mixture of talent, ambition, charisma and versatility place him in the conversation of the best in history. Current cycling has its brightest star … and much remains to see.
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