Tadej Pogacar continues to look unstoppable.When the reigning Tour de France champion begins his title defence in Lille on Saturday, he will do so as the strong favourite to win cycling's greatest road race for a fourth time at the age of 26.

Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar is pleased to be the man to beat in the Tour de France, which starts in Lille on Saturday, the Slovenian said on Thursday.

His 2025 season has been disrupted too - the Dauphine was his first race since suffering concussion and a broken wrist at Paris-Nice in March - but he looks in much better shape. In 2022 Vingegaard beat Pogacar by two minutes 43 seconds, but in 2023 the winning margin was seven and a half minutes.