(CNN) — Tadej Pogačar underlined his status as one of cycling’s greats by winning his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday, leaving him just one shy of tying the overall record.

Following a thrilling final stage of the three-week-long race, Pogačar safely rolled over the line on the Champs-Élysées in Paris to ensure that he would win the yellow jersey for the second consecutive year.

He even tried to win the final stage and made it into the decisive move of the day but ultimately Belgium’s Wout van Aert proved too strong and rode away from him on the steep, cobbled slopes of Montmartre.

In the general classification, Pogačar eventually finished four minutes and 24 seconds ahead of his great rival Jonas Vingegaard, himself a two-time Tour de France winner who attacked and attacke

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