"The fifth Tour and the Mexican's third": Gazzetta certifies the supremacy of UAE and the Mexican is sincere in his gratitude towards his captain, highlighted by Ciro Scognamiglio. On Corriere, Marco Bonarrigo wants to joke about it: "Five hours of good sentiments, too much. Give us back the ruthless Pogacar who wants to win even the Cobram Cup, take back that goodhearted one seen yesterday at a slow trot". How human Tadej is.

Wait, though: let's give Carapaz what belongs to Carapaz: Repubblica takes care of it and Cosimo Cito rightly highlights it: "Richard Carapaz chose the journey before the destination, the hardest road to take the polka dot jersey and also the stage, the last mountain stage of the Tour de France, the most epic, the most incredible of the years of Pogacar's dominance".

The story of the "locomotive" must be retraced with the words of Pier Augusto Stagi (Il Giornale); "call him 'Cara-pois'". It's not to be ruled out that this evening he could also receive the award for most combative rider of the race. The story of this Ecuadorian boy, a real celebrity in his country, winner of the 2019 Giro d'Italia and Olympic gold in Tokyo, begins in absolute poverty".

L'Equipe is almost granting some rest to its plethora of correspondents. Alexandre Roos has once again, in his own way, played on strong contrasts: "There was an abyss between these two consecutive ascents of Alpe d'Huez: the 21 hairpins on Friday against the Sarenne climb yesterday. On one side the legend, on the other the lesser-known route, tackled for the first time at the Tour". From the realm of marmots to the Eiffel Tower in an instant.

GAZZETTA DELLO SPORT
POGACAR, THE CELEBRATION IS DOUBLE
That boy from Komenda, Slovenia, blessed with uncommon talent and capable of transforming every pedal stroke into gold, wins even when he doesn't win. At the top of Alpe d'Huez-bis, Richard Carapaz has already passed, arms raised; second, Remco Evenepoel; and third, Sepp Kuss. But after 65 seconds, he arrives, Tadej Pogacar, parading with his teammate and friend Isaac Del Toro. They smile, embrace, mime the gesture of horns, that of the Mexican's fans. It's a celebration for two: after 5 hours "at the office", and 5450 meters of elevation gain between Croix de Fer, Télégraphe, Galibier, Col de Sarenne before the grand finale, Pogi has sealed his fifth Tour that he will win today in Paris. (Ciro Scognamiglio)

CORRIERE DELLA SERA
POGACAR DOMESTIQUE, ASSIST FOR DEL TORO AND STAGE TO CARAPAZ
Five hours of good sentiments, too much. Give us back the ruthless Pogacar who wants to win even the Cobram Cup, take back that goodhearted one seen yesterday at a slow trot among places sacred to cycling like Croix de Fer, Télégraphe, Galibier and Lautaret. Pogi yesterday was destined to win overwhelmingly with his customary long-range attack, saying goodbye to everyone on the slopes of Galibier as he had done Friday on Alpe d'Huez and before that on the Pyrenees and Vosges. We would have celebrated his sixth triumph, his 27th overall, record gaps, spatial climbing power. And instead in the big alpine stage Tadej was only the ruthless blocker of every action that would destabilize the third place of his heir Isaac Del Toro, reduced to the role of an adolescent too grown up that mom and dad don't want to make his own way. (Marco Bonarrigo)

REPUBBLICA
CARAPAZ'S FEAT,
THE KING OF CLIMBS IN POGACAR'S TOUR
Croix de Fer, Télégraphe, Galibier, Col de Sarenne, Alpe d'Huez. On a day that meant everything, Richard Carapaz chose the journey before the destination, the hardest road to take the polka dot jersey and also the stage, the last mountain stage of the Tour de France, the most epic, the most incredible of the years of Pogacar's dominance. Precisely on the day that crowns Tadej, today in Paris, Carapaz will also climb the podium to receive the best climber award. He climbed it yesterday too, with legs still worn from the effort and an ancient, pre-Columbian face. "What happened here was beautiful, I can't even explain it. I had gone on the attack for the polka dot jersey, but on the second climb I also thought I could win the stage". Fate also played its part, benevolent to those who had spent 92 km facing the wind of the Alps. Kuss, launched in turn towards a feat, fell twice. The last one on the descent that led to the final ramp, to Alpe d'Huez. "I found myself ahead without knowing it and pushed to the finish, the last 4 km never seemed to end". (Cosimo Cito)

IL GIORNALE
"CARA-POIS", THE ECUADORIAN OF THE MOUNTAINS
Another climb of Alpe d'Huez, but from an unprecedented side for the Tour. Three days to settle his accounts, enriched by two stage victories, an 8th place in the general classification and the "polka dot" jersey as best climber: call him "Cara-pois". It's not to be ruled out that this evening he could also receive the award for most combative rider of the race. The story of this Ecuadorian boy, a real celebrity in his country, winner of the 2019 Giro d'Italia and Olympic gold in Tokyo, begins in absolute poverty and his vocation for cycling begins with a broken-down little bicycle: from scrap metal. Summer of 2003, Antonio Carapaz, father of the "Locomotive of Carchi". (Pier Augusto Stagi)
 
L'EQUIPE
DIABOLICAL
There was an abyss between these two consecutive ascents of Alpe d'Huez: the 21 hairpins on Friday against the Sarenne climb yesterday. On one side the legend, on the other the lesser-known route, tackled for the first time at the Tour. On one side the crowd in delirium, on the other the protected and deserted area, with few gendarmes on duty and hikers indifferent to the Tour spectacle unfolding right there, in the final kilometers; the deafening roar of the first arrival contrasted with yesterday's natural quiet, where the only sounds were the chirping of insects—a noise one had not been accustomed to hearing after three weeks spent in the noisy bubble of the race—immersed in a beauty that starkly contrasted with the cement-bordered hairpins and proved incredibly regenerating. (Alexandre Roos)