The defending champion proved he was a class above the rest with a dominant 12km solo win on the Hautacam climb

There was no stopping Tadej Pogacar during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. The Slovenian rider from UAE Emirates-XRG immediately attacked at the foot of the Hautacam and saw that no one could follow.

The manager of UAE, who discovered the Slovenian, talks with EL MUNDO before facing the last week of the Tour, with Mont Ventoux (today) and the Alps as challenges. "It's not won, we have experienced fatal days and we don't forget them".

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XRG stormed up the “Bald Mountain,” initiated by rival Jonas Vingegaard’s attack, and still managed to sprint two seconds clear of the Dane at the summit. With this blistering climb, Pogacar smashed the long-standing record of Iban Mayo.