Paris, July 20 -- Slovenian sensation Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) became the youngest rider in history to win 21 stages of the Tour de France with a barnstorming performances in mountain time trial at Peyragudes.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) caught the Olympic and world time trial champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) on the steep final ramp on Friday- but still this was not enough to bring him a first win or even come close to derailing the peerless Pogacar's pursuit of perfection.

The 26-year-old triple Tour champion completed the 10.9km race of truth in a time of 23 minutes on the nose - a whopping 36 seconds quicker than his nearest challenger, Vingegaard. It was Pogacar's fourth stage victory of the race, ...