Pogačar vs Vingegaard: The Modern Tour de France Rivalry

Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard have finished first and second at the Tour de France year after year. Here’s the rivalry, Tour by Tour.

By Jonathan Ciaccio November 10, 2026 1 min read

Cyclist in the olive and lilac Contour topographic jersey climbing a mountain road above a lake.

For most of the 2020s, the Tour de France has come down to two riders: Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia and Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark.

Tour by Tour

2020: Pogačar won his first Tour, 59 seconds ahead of Primož Roglič.
2021: Pogačar won, with Vingegaard second at 5:20.
2022: Vingegaard won, with Pogačar second at 2:43.
2023: Vingegaard won again, with Pogačar second at 7:29.
2024: Pogačar won, with Vingegaard second at 6:17.
2025: Pogačar won, with Vingegaard second at 4:24.
2026: Pogačar won again, his fifth Tour.

Rider on a stone-walled mountain road in the Corbah Contour jersey.

Why it matters

From 2021 to 2025, the two shared the top two places at every Tour. Watching them makes you want to ride the big climbs yourself, like the Tourmalet and Mont Ventoux.

Ride like it matters

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Written by Jonathan Ciaccio at Corbah

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