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ALPE D\u2019HUEZ, France (AP) \u2014 Tadej Pogacar launched a stunning solo attack from the foot of the iconic Alpe d\u2019Huez to win the 19th stage of the Tour de France and extend his overall lead on Friday.<\/p>\n

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Even by the four-time Tour champion\u2019s lofty standards, it was up there with his best wins as he was more than three minutes behind with 12 kilometers (about 7.5 miles) remaining. <\/p>\n

Riding without a teammate for the last section, he caught Ecuadorian rider Richard Carapaz and Frenchman Lenny Martinez with 1.5 kilometers left and then surged ahead for his fifth stage win of this year\u2019s race and 26th overall.<\/p>\n

Martinez finished six seconds behind and Carapaz \u2014 who won Thursday\u2019s 18th stage with a brilliant breakaway win of his own \u2014 was nine seconds back. American Sepp Kuss, who faded in the closing stages, was 1 minute, 14 seconds adrift.<\/p>\n

With a lead of 7 minutes, 11 seconds over Remco Evenepoel in the overall standings, and two stages remaining, Pogacar is on the brink of joining Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault as the only men to win five Tours.<\/p>\n

Barring mishap or accident, the Slovenian star will be crowned when the race ends on Sunday on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris. <\/p>\n

Rated as an HC mountain pass, the hardest category in the race, Alpe d\u2019Huez is arguably the most famed climb in cycling and has near-mythical status on the Tour. Swarms of fans, many camping overnight and carrying flags of several nations, screamed encouragement on each of the 21 hairpins.<\/p>\n

Pogacar kept his focus as the public got perilously close to his face and, at one stage, he had limited visibility due to smoke from flares being lit by spectators.<\/p>\n

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But as impressive as Pogacar\u2019s win was, it also came about because Carapaz, Kuss and Martinez did not work together properly to distance Pogacar when he was lower down.<\/p>\n

Perhaps thinking he could benefit from others\u2019 fading and get the stage win, Martinez kept sitting on Carapaz\u2019s wheel, which was very much to Carapaz\u2019s annoyance and meant the veteran had too much work to do alone. <\/p>\n

He kept trying to accelerate while Martinez \u2014 10 years his junior \u2014 did less work and a tired-looking Kuss generally sat back too much before drifting away.<\/p>\n

With 900 meters left Carapaz was showing phenomenal stamina to stay with Pogacar, but he was finally undone by a brutal acceleration and could not follow as the yellow jersey rolled past him.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s mammoth 171-kilometer Alpine stage could be epic.<\/p>\n

It features three HC climbs \u2014 Col de la Croix de Fer, Col du Galibier and Col de Sarenne \u2014 and one Category 1 climb up Col du T\u00e9l\u00e9graphe before a hilly finish to Alpe d\u2019Huez.<\/p>\n

Pogacar does not need to go for victory and can safely hang back and protect his lead. <\/p>\n

But will he?<\/p>\n

There are 66 kilometers of pure climbing and that may be too much for him to resist.<\/p>\n

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___<\/p>\n

AP sports: https:\/\/apnews.com\/sports<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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