PARIS (Reuters) -Factbox on Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, who won his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday:

Born: Sept. 21, 1998

Age: 26

Grand Tour titles (5)

Tour de France (4): 2020, 2021, 2024 and 2025

Giro d'Italia (1): 2024

STATISTICS

* Pogacar is the sixth rider to win four Tour de France titles after Chris Froome (4), Bernard Hinault (5), Jacques Anquetil (5), Eddy Merckx (5) and Miguel Indurain (5)

* En route to his 2025 win, Pogacar set the record for the fastest ascent of the Mont Ventoux during Stage 16, riding up in 54 minutes and 41 seconds - one minute 10 seconds faster than the previous best mark set by Spain's Iban Mayo in 2004

* In 2024, he became the first rider to achieve a Giro-Tour double since Pantani (1998)

* In 2024, Pogacar claimed the Giro, Tour and World Championship Road Race in the same season, an achievement shared only with Eddy Merckx in 1974 and Stephen Roche in 1987

* In 2020, Pogacar became the youngest rider to win the Tour de France since Henri Cornet in 1904, the second youngest ever.

EARLY CAREER

* Coached by former world road race bronze medallist and fellow Slovenian Andrej Hauptman

* In 2016, he took third place in the European championships' road race

* 2018 was Pogacar's breakthrough year. He won the Tour de l'Avenir, a stage race for young riders often seen as a springboard for the Tour de France. He also won the mountains classification in that race.

(Compiled by Shifa Jahan and Julien Pretot; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne)