Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 9 - Pau to Laruns - France - September 6, 2020. UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia wins the stage. Pool via REUTERS/Thibault Camus
LA ROCHELLE, France (Reuters) - Tadej Pogacar has lit up the Tour de France in the first two mountain stages over the weekend, leading the charge of a fearless new generation ready to complete a takeover on the grand tours.
While 30-year-old Primoz Roglic leads the Tour after the first bloc of racing and remains the odds-on favourite to prevail in Paris, defending champion Egan Bernal, 23, and Pogacar, 21, are just behind.
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