Pogacar and Reusser clinch Tour de Suisse titles

The Tour of the Basque Country is the historic week-long stage race Tadej Pogacar (left) was yet to win while Marlen Reusser retained the women's title

Tadej Pogacar. Marlen Reusser secured the Tour de Suisse titles as each won the final stage of their respective races on Sunday.

World champion Pogacar was competing in the men's race for the first time. led Ecuador's Richard Carapaz by more than four minutes heading into the fifth and final stage.

The Slovenian battled it out with Lenny Martinez at the end of a brutal 151km mountainous route. caught the French climber 800 metres from the line to claim his third stage win of the week.

"We tried but he was just too strong in the end," said Martinez. "Tadej wins a lot of races and he keeps wanting to keep winning, so it's difficult. I knew he wasn't going to let me win."

Pogacar. 27, has now won six of the seven most historic week-long stage races having triumphed on his Tour de Romandie bow this year.

He has 13 wins from just 16 race days this year, adding the Milan-San Remo to his palmares in March,. will aim for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France victory next month.

Swiss rider Reusser won the women's race for the second consecutive year -. third time in four years - by claiming her second straight stage win.

The 34-year-old won Saturday's individual time trial to gain the overall lead. was 10 seconds ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini going into the 100km mountain stage on day five.

The Italian tested Reusser during the early stages but she broke clear before dropping Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney. Cedrine Kerbaol in the final 800 metres to clinch victory, while Longo Borghini crossed the line nearly 10 minutes later to finish ninth overall.

Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG) 4hrs 12mins 24secs

Lenny Martinez (Fra/Bahrain Victorious) +7secs

Bart Lemmen (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 33secs

Jarno Widar (Bel/Lotto Intermarche) +1min 53secs

Matthew Riccitello (US/Decathlon CMA CGM) +1min 55secs

Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG) 15hrs 8mins 43secs

Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +6mins 32secs

Mathias Vacek (Cze/Lidl-Trek) +6:53secs

Tobias Foss (Nor/Netcompany Ineos) +7mins 34secs

Ilan van Wilder (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +7mins 51secs

Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar) 3hrs 7mins 20secs

Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +7secs

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram) Same time

Kimberley le Court (Mri/AG Insurance-Soudal) +37secs

Femke de Vries (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 1sec

Marlen Reusser (Swi/Movistar) 11hrs 58mins 35secs

Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +1min 31secs

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram) 2mins 2secs

Kimberley le Court (Mri/AG Insurance-Soudal) +2mins 48secs

Femke de Vries (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +2min 54secs

Backstedt sprints to Tour de Suisse Femmes stage win