Umunya-Slovenia Tadej Pogačar, usiganwa mu ikipe ya UAE Team Emirates-XRG, yongeye kwerekana ubuhanga budasanzwe nyuma yo kwegukana irushanwa rikomeye rya Tour de France 2026, aba umwe mu bakinnyi bake cyane barigeze baryegukana inshuro eshanu.
Uyu mukinnyi yahise yisanga mu cyiciro cy’ibihangange byanditse amateka muri uyu mukino, aho anganyije umubare w’intsinzi na Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault ndetse na Miguel Indurain, bose bari basanzwe bafite iri zina rikomeye mu mateka ya Tour de France.
Pogačar yagaragaje urwego rwo hejuru kuva irushanwa ritangiye kugeza rirangiye, akomeza kwitwara neza mu byiciro bitandukanye birimo kuzamuka imisozi, gusiganwa ku isaha ndetse no kugenzura abo bahanganye. Uwo musaruro wamuhesheje kugumana umwambaro w’umuhondo kugeza ku munsi wa nyuma, ibintu byamuhesheje kongera kwandika amateka.
Agace ka nyuma kasorejwe mu mihanda ya Paris kari karimo isiganwa rikomeye hagati y’abakinnyi bashakaga gutsindira umunsi wa nyuma. Umunya-Netherlands Mathieu Van der Poel ukinira Alpecin-Premier Tech ni we wegukanye ako gace, nyuma yo gukora ibishoboka byose mu birometero bya nyuma akabasha gusiga gato itsinda ry’abasiganwa ryari rimukurikiye, mbere yo kwinjira ku murongo wa nyuma.
Nubwo Van der Poel yishimiye intsinzi y’agace ka nyuma, amaso ya benshi yari yibanze kuri Pogačar wari umaze kwemeza intsinzi rusange y’irushanwa. Kwegukana Tour de France ku nshuro ya gatanu ni indi ntambwe ikomeye mu rugendo rwe, kandi bikomeza kumushyira mu bakinnyi b’ibihe byose bazahora bibukwa mu mukino wo gusiganwa ku magare.
