Vandegaard has a big lead, Pogačar is extra than 7 minutes behind!

Danish bike owner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) took a massive step towards defending his name on the Tour de France through surpassing his predominant competitor, the Slovenian, in the royal, seventeenth level Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates) by means of nearly six minutes and increased the overall gain to greater than seven and a half of mins.

Photo: STEPHANE MAHE

The 25-year-antique Austrian performed his first degree victory at the Grand Tour races Felix Gall (AG2R-Citroen), who became inside the organization of cyclists that decided to break away and confirmed the most power on the remaining alpine segment of one hundred sixty five.7 km, among Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc and Courchevel, where the key become 28.1 km long ascent to the Col de la Loze, which, at 2304 m above sea stage, is the very best factor of this 12 months’s Tour de France.

British Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) completed second, 34 seconds at the back of, and Spanish Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) came third, crossing the end line one minute and 38 seconds at the back of the winner.

The Dane with the assist to the benefit

Jonas Vingegaard (+1:52) handed the fourth end line, however for him it turned into identical to victory. It turned into at the last climb, about sixteen km before the finish line, that Tadej Pogačar, -time winner of the Tour de France and runner-up from ultimate yr’s version, started to lose contact with the organization that covered Vingegaard. The Dane felt that his huge rival turned into in problem and with the assist of his teammate Sepp Kuss, he commenced looking for as large a difference as feasible. The Slovenian champion did now not have the power to respond and ended up falling in the back of Vingegaard by means of nearly six mins (five:forty five).

The Dane now has a lead of seven minutes and 35 seconds over Pogačar, and simplest an harm can stop him on his manner to a second consecutive winner’s title at the arena’s biggest race. Including the day before today’s awesome overall performance on the time trial, Vingegaard in two stages made more than seven minutes in advance of the Slovenian, who couldn't hold up with the nicely-organized Danish driver.

On Thursday, cyclists face an simpler challenge on the 184.Nine km phase from Moutiers to Bourg-en-Bresse with two climbs of the fourth category.