Paris (dpa) – Bicycle owner Florian Lipowitz crossed the end line on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday night, waving to the gang as he celebrated a sensational third-place end within the Tour de France. He stood on the rostrum behind Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar and Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard. The previous biathlete and latecomer to skilled biking grew to become the primary German since 2006 to achieve the Tour podium.
“It’s all the time been my dream. I by no means thought it will come true. To make it onto the rostrum in my first Tour – it’s actually superb,” stated Lipowitz. The 24-year-old additionally grew to become the primary German since Jan Ullrich in 1998 to win the white jersey because the Tour’s greatest younger rider.
Tour winner Pogacar just lately praised Lipowitz in glowing phrases: “I feel we’ll be seeing much more of him within the coming days and years,” stated the highest bike owner after the German’s robust displaying within the Pyrenees.
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