Mathieu van der Poel
Djokovic is the best athlete on the planet!
In the past year, Djokovic played in the finals of all four Grand Slams and won three - the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the US Open.
With that, he became the tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles in history - 24.
In addition, he won the Masters in Cincinnati and Paris, and the Final Masters in Turin, and he started the year with a triumph in Adelaide.
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Pidcock wins world mountain bike gold
Olympic champion Tom Pidcock won the world championship cross country mountain bike marathon on Aug. 12 as a crash ended Mathieu van der Poel's dream of a unique treble.
It was a first world title in the mountain bike event for Britain's Pidcock, who raised a Yorkshire flag with a white rose above his head as he crossed the line after breaking away with two laps left.
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Pogačar wins world road race bronze
Tadej Pogačar won bronze for Slovenia in the road race at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow on 6 August in what he described as a "sprint of the living dead".
Despite crashing while leading the race, Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel managed to remount his bike and pull away to win the rainbow jersey, finishing 37 seconds clear of Belgian Wout van Aert in second.
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Pogačar wins Flanders for Monuments glory
Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won the Tour of Flanders on 2 April, his fourth victory at long one-day races known as Monuments.
The two-time Tour de France winner won the race with a solo attack in the last twenty kilometres on the 274-kilometre race to finish 17 seconds ahead of last year's winner Mathieu van der Poel.
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Van der Poel emulates grandfather with Milan-San Remo win
Mathieu van der Poel won Milan-San Remo on March 18 to claim the first 'Monument' of the season and the race his grandfather Raymond Poulidor took 62 years ago.
Slovenia’s Mohorič wins 7th stage of Tour de France
Chalon sur Saone – Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) won stage 7 of the Tour de France from La Vierzon to Le Creusot on Friday and took the polka dot jersey for the best climber. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) lost some ground.
Pogačar wins stage five of Tour de France
Rennes – Slovenian cycling star Tadej Pogačar won stage five of the Tour de France race on Wednesday. Last year’s winner of the Tour was 19 seconds faster than Stefan Küng from Switzerland in the 27.2-kilometre individual time trial between Changé and Laval Espace Mayenne. Slovenia’s other star, Primož Roglič, was 44 seconds behind, finishing seventh.
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