Vingegaard

When Tadej Pogačar fell during the final leg of yesterday's race, it provided the Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard the perfect opporunity to secure victory ...

In a dramatic turn of events, the Danish cyclist did not choose to take advantage of his rival’s fall but immediately slowed down until he caught up. “The win meant Jonas Vingegaard opened up a further gap between him and his rivals,” explained Nygaard after yesterday’s race. “He has a good chance of winning the title if he can play properly in the next races.”

HAUTACAM, France (AP) — Barring a crash, Jonas Vingegaard is likely to be wearing the yellow jersey when the Tour de France ends in Paris on Sunday.

He misjudged a curve and went down in the gravel on the side of the road. Standing up on his pedals, Pogacar tried in vain to drop Vingegaard with another sharp attack closer to the summit before Geraint Thomas accelerated. Vingegaard then waited for Pogacar and both men shook hands before their final showdown. The duo was later joined by Vingegaard domestique Sepp Kuss, who positioned himself at the front to guide his leader. Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team managed to put the powerful and versatile Belgian Wout Van Aert in the day’s breakaway. I told my girlfriend and daughter this morning that I wanted to win the stage for them.

The pace set by Vingegaard's outstanding team-mate Wout Van Aert proved too much for Pogacar in the last four kilometres of the Tour's final mountain stage, ...

He then needed a bike change after a puncture, but took fourth on the day to strengthen his grip on third overall. “I was going through highs and lows today,” the Welshman said. It’s me who wanted to go fast on the descent, but I pushed it too far and crashed – can’t blame anyone for that.” “I said this morning to my girlfriend and my daughter I wanted to win for them and I did. “There couldn’t be a better way to lose the Tour de France than this,” the 23-year-old said. With his tyres in the gravel, Pogacar slipped and went down.