Pogacar seals fifth Tour de France, van der Poel wins last stage

Mathieu van der Poel won a thrilling final stage of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar sealed a record-equalling fifth overall title on the streets of Paris.

Van der Poel and Pogacar attacked on each of the three ascents of the cobbled climb to Montmartre, and the two fought desperately to hold off the peloton over the final 10 gruelling kilometres to the line.

But where Pogacar faded, caught with less than 400 metres to go, Van der Poel powered on to win it by just a bike length as the chasing pack bore down – with his Alpecin-Premier Tech team-mate Jasper Philipsen snatching second.