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Leaving Everyone Behind TDF21-121
Everyone had been trying to figure out how to attack the Maillot Jaune of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). He did not have to do much of anything on this stage, he has five and a half minutes on those in the distance behind him. But clearly, racing is in his DNA. Much has been said of Mark Cavendish tying the win totals of Eddy Merckx, but this is the guy about to do something Merckx never did. If he stays on his bike until Paris, he will win the Maillot Jaune, the Maillot Blanc, and with this move, the Maillot a Pois for the second year in a row. Merckx never won the Maillot Blanc, I don't think he was young enough to win it when it debut in 1968. But he did win the Maillot Vert (sprinter) the Maillot Jaune and the Maillot a Pois (climber) in one year, 1969.