VILLARS-SUR-OLLON (AFP)
UAE Team Emirates-XRG's Tadej Pogacar claimed his third stage victory this week as the world champion sealed overall success in the Tour of Switzerland on Sunday after catching French climber Lenny Martinez 800 metres from the line.
After a cat-and-mouse chase up the final climb to Villars-sur-Ollon at the end of a brutal 152km-long mountainous stage, the last of the race, Pogacar gradually ate into the Frenchman's 1min 30sec lead.
For several kilometres, it looked like it would be touch and go, but Pogacar picked up the pace in the last couple of kilometres and with one kilometre left, his victory looked inevitable. Just 200m later, he sauntered past Martinez and came home to win by seven seconds.
Dutchman Bart Lemmen finished third from the breakaway just over a minute and half behind Pogacar, while Ecuador's Richard Carapaz held onto his second place overall as he came home seventh.
Czech Mathias Vacek came home 12th to finish third overall with Norway's Tobias Foss fourth.