2023-07-06 18:50:30
Double Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar won the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, ahead of Jonas Vingegaard, who nevertheless remains 25 seconds ahead of the Slovenian in the general classification.
Published on: 06/07/2023 – 18:50
This is his tenth stage victory on the Grande Boucle. Tadej Pogacar won the sixth stage of the Tour de France 2023 on Thursday July 6, dropping Jonas Vingegaard on the last climb to take 28 seconds from him in the general classification.
After giving up 1 minute and 4 seconds the day before during the first of the two Pyrenean stages, Pogacar took a resounding revenge on his Danish rival, who consoled himself by taking the yellow jersey from the Australian Jai Hindley.
Pogacar celebrated his victory under the eyes of President Emmanuel Macron, curtsying as he crossed the line.
He had lost ground the day before in Marie Blanque but responded on Thursday in a superb mountain stage, turning to the long-awaited mano a mano.
Despite the lack of support from his UAE team, the Slovenian attacked 2.7 km from the finish to finish 24 seconds ahead of his rival and pocket 4 bonus seconds as a bonus.
“Relief”
In the general classification, Vingegaard is only ahead of Pogacar by 25 seconds. “I wouldn’t say it’s a rematch, I’m happy to have won today. It’s good to win and to take some time off, it’s a bit of a relief,” said the winner of the sixth stage.
Jai Hindley, who only wore the yellow jersey for one day, completes the podium but is now 1 min 34 sec behind the new Tour leader.
Vingegaard and Pogacar took off in the Tourmalet, the penultimate climb of the day, where the Danish defending champion’s Jumbo-Visma team blew up all the other cadors.
On the descent to Luz-Saint-Sauveur, they found the survivors of the morning breakaway, which once again featured Wout Van Aert, Vingegaard’s teammate.
The Belgian towed a small group of eight riders until two-thirds of the last climb, the moment of the royal explanation between Vingegaard and Pogacar.
And, while we thought that the Dane had the advantage, it was the Slovenian who proved to be the strongest to relaunch the Tour with panache.
With AFP
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