Tadej Pogacar has the Tour de France firmly in his grasp. The world champion has proven to be the strongest, most resilient, and most astute, capable of attacking, defending, and responding to his rivals' provocations. Yesterday, Pogacar finished 32nd on the twentieth stage, and today in Paris he will celebrate his fourth victory in the Grand Boucle. "Do I feel the victory is within reach? More or less. I don't want to say anything yet, I want to stay focused on what will happen tomorrow. One day remains, and I want to cross the finish line in Paris with the entire team".

Today's stage passing through Montmartre is the final stage of the yellow race and will celebrate the 2024 Olympics, where Remco Evenepoel won. Pogacar doesn't seem too interested in winning on the Tour's final stage, convinced that there are other riders in his team who deserve to cross the finish line on this last day of racing.

"What will I do tomorrow? It's true we have a good team, but it won't be like a classic. The stage will be quite short and quite challenging. We have Nils, Tim, Jhonatan Narvaez, and then there's me. We're all good enough to try something in this stage. We'll see how we feel tomorrow and how the first circuit goes".

Every year, at the end of the Tour de France, there's a tendency to compare it with the previous year, but this time Pogacar doesn't want to hear such comparisons.
"We can't say every year that this is the most difficult Tour ever or that this is the hardest race we've ever done. Honestly, I know this year's Tour was something different. I think maybe we only went slow for one day. If you look at the files from the entire Tour, you can see it was truly incredible and truly hard. Now we're almost at the end, and I can say we all went full out from start to finish, and I must say this was one of the toughest Tours I've ever done. I enjoyed it because I was in good form and had good legs, and now I can't wait for tomorrow".

Just as happened in La Plagne on Friday, yesterday in Pontarlier the world champion was very cold, and his press conference was really brief. Now, wearing the Tour de France yellow jersey, he's thinking only about crossing the finish line in Paris and taking a vacation, after which he'll decide if he'll be at the start of the Vuelta a España.

"Now I'm thinking about when I'll return home: if I'm well in the next few days, I'll pedal a bit and then stop for a long coffee along the way and enjoy the summer at home".

During the Tour de France, the case of Ineos Slovenian masseur David Rozman emerged, who was removed due to involvement in the Aderlass investigation, but Pogacar said he has never spoken with him and doesn't know him.
"I know nothing about this case. I've read and heard something, but nothing more. It's not nice to hear these things, but I don't know him. I know he was with Sky and Ineos for quite some time, but I don't know much about this situation, so I can't say more".

Regarding the Vuelta a España, Pogacar would like to participate because if he wins, at 26 years old, he would have won all three Grand Tours, bringing home two Grand Tours in the same season twice.

"I haven't said I'll participate this year. Perhaps we'll decide a couple of days after the Tour, when everything is calm and heads are clear, and then we can make decisions about upcoming races. I think it will be difficult to decide. Of course, I'd like to go to the Vuelta because I do the Tour every year, and I'd also like to participate in the Vuelta one day, so... we'll see in the next few days".