The Slovenian star joins Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain as the only men with five Tour titles to their name.
“I have done a really good Tour. Some of our competitors had bad luck,” the 27-year-old said earlier, after his main rival Jonas Vingegaard crashed out of the race.
Pogacar stormed through stage 19 to Alpe d’Huez, setting a record time of 25 minutes 27 seconds for the final climb.
The final stage had been shortened due to emergency services being diverted to battle wildfires in the southwest of France.
Pogacar has won five stages of this year’s race and 26 overall.
He won the race in 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025, with his rival Vingegaard winning in 2022 and 2023.
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While he ended up in 30th on the final stage on Sunday, Pogacar had the overall title long in hand as he won the Tour de France for the third consecutive year.
He also said after the race: “It’s an incredible day and an incredible atmosphere. I’m happy that it’s over and we won for a fifth time.”
“Every victory is really special and seven Tours already, seven times on the podium, with five wins, it’s something that you wouldn’t even write in a storybook.
“It’s unbelievable for me.”
