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Tour de France: Pogacar wins stage 6, takes yellow jersey

Van Aert loses overall lead after lengthy breakaway on roads to Longwy

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) took the yellow jersey after winning the uphill sprint in Longwy on stage 6 of the Tour de France , a day that will be long remembered for previous leader Wout van Aert’s sustained but doomed onslaught at the head of the race.

The Jumbo-Visma man ultimately conceded his yellow jersey to Pogačar, but only after repeatedly splitting the field in the opening kilometres and then sparking the three-man break of the day with a little under 150km to go.

Van Aert knew he was playing with fire, of course, and he must have sensed that self-immolation was the most likely outcome. Still he persisted, and he was the last survivor of the three-man break before his move was eventually snuffed out with 11km remaining, when he caught and dropped by the peloton.

As one offensive guttered, another ignited. Pogačar splintered the leading group with an acceleration of his own on the Côte de Pulventeux with 5.5km remaining, and over the other side, his UAE Team Emirates squad set about pegging back late attacker Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies) on the final approach to the line.

Rafal Majka and Brandon McNulty marshalled a reduced front group up the 2km haul to the finish, and although Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) defiantly opened the sprint from distance, Pogačar delivered an emphatic response, careering clear to win the stage comfortably from Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers).

The 10-second time bonus for stage victory sufficed to lift Pogačar ahead of Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) in the overall standings and into the yellow jersey. He leads the American by 4 seconds, with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) now third at 31 seconds. Roglič looked to have weathered the dislocated shoulder he suffered on Wednesday, but he remains some 2:27 adrift of the seemingly untouchable Pogačar.

“Today was so hard from the start, the first two hours was so crazy, because the strongest guy went in the breakaway,” Pogačar said. “Lots of guys were pulling in the peloton, including all our team as well. I was thinking that he would come to the finish, but in the end, the peloton was stronger. When we came to the final climbs, I was still feeling good.”

Powless spent much of the day believing he might inherit yellow if and when Van Aert’s assault fizzled out, and he produced another strong showing to finish in the front group, which featured all of the podium contenders, but there was simply nothing to be done in the face of Pogačar’s final acceleration.

“As soon as we saw Wout in the break, we thought, ‘perfect, we can let him burn himself and try to go for yellow in the end',” Powless said. “But unfortunately, the bonus seconds at the finish took it away.”

Five years ago, the same uphill finish in Longwy produced a Peter Sagan stage victory. This time out, the front group was populated largely by GC riders, but even the fast finishers who survived the cut couldn’t match the ferocity of Pogačar’s sprint, which carried him well clear of Matthews.

“It wasn’t a pure sprint because we rode the last two climbs really hard,” Pogačar said. “It was above our threshold, it was super hard into the final climb, hectic and everything. I guess I had good legs to push at the end.”

How it unfolded

There were suggestions at the start that this might prove something of a transitional day as the peloton recovered from the rigours of the cobblestones the previous afternoon, though Matthews had a word of warning before the race left Binche. “The key point is actually the start, to see who is going in the break,” he said. “I think it’s going to be an unexpected race today.”

Unexpected was one way of putting it. Once the flag dropped, the principal aggressor was the maillot jaune himself. A searingly fast opening phase saw 52.5km covered in the first hour of racing, and that startling speed was due largely to Van Aert’s impetus, with the peloton repeatedly splitting and reforming in his wake.

Van Aert eventually forced his way clear with 148km remaining, bringing Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) and Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech) with him, and the peloton seemingly accepted there was little point in trying to reason with the maillot jaune when he was in this mood.

The offensive bore faint echoes of his rival Mathieu van der Poel’s defence of yellow on the road to Le Creusot at last year’s Tour, but on that occasion, the Dutchman infiltrated a 29-man move. In truth, this all-out assault was perhaps more reminiscent of Eddy Merckx’s aggression on the road to Marseille in 1971.

That afternoon, mind, Merckx’s boundless energy was diverted towards the clear goal of trying to regain the yellow jersey from Luis Ocaña. Van Aert, by contrast, was already in the overall lead and he is part of a team with two riders targeting final overall victory. His attack made no strategic sense, but his decision to race against all logic as well as against the entire peloton made for gripping viewing.

“He’s playing with our balls, isn’t he? I don’t know what to say, really,” said Tom Pidcock (Ineos), who would eventually take fourth on the stage. “He’s taking the piss, isn’t he?”

Not even a slipped chain on the Côte des Mazures and a later bike change could discourage Van Aert, who built a maximum lead of just under four minutes. He later picked up full points at the intermediate sprint, but it was clear that his eyes were on a grand exploit rather than managing his substantial lead in the green jersey standings.

Bora-Hansgrohe, Alpecin-Deceuninck and EF Education-EasyPost combined to lead the chase behind, and out front, Fulgsang sat up with 65km to go, but Van Aert and Simmons maintained a buffer of two minutes as they entered the final 50km. The pace in the bunch picked up thereafter, with German champion Nils Politt particularly effective, but Van Aert refused to be discouraged, and he eased clear of Simmons with 30km remaining.

The terrain grew more rugged from here, yet Van Aert still maintained a 30-second advantage deep into the finale, even as Ineos Grenadiers massed in pursuit. He was eventually recaptured just after the category 4 Côte de Montigny-sur-Chiers with 11km remaining, and the day’s spoils would fall to Pogačar, who inherits yellow in time for the first summit finish at La Planche des Belles Filles.

The two-time winner is already in a commanding position atop the overall standings. Friday’s finale, where he won his first Tour in 2020, offers an obvious chance to land a most telling blow.

“Tomorrow is one of the climbs where you need to go full gas from bottom to top, and there's not much calculation, but you can explode pretty fast because there are super, super steep sections,” he said. “It's good that I know the climb up to the last 1km, and then I hope that I have as good legs as I have had until now.”

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Tour de France: Pogacar win stage six as Vingegaard takes yellow – as it happened

A stunning attack gave Tadej Pogacar the stage win over Jonas Vingegaard, but the Dane took the yellow jersey from Jai Hindley

• 6 Jul 2023 Jeremy Whittle's report
• 6 Jul 2023 Pogacar speaks!
• 6 Jul 2023 General classification standings
• 6 Jul 2023 Pogacar wins stage six! Vingegaard takes the yellow jersey.
• 6 Jul 2023 Pogacar attacks with 2km to go! Wow!
• 6 Jul 2023 And then there were two! Vingegaard v Pogacar
• 6 Jul 2023 Tobias Johannessen first to the top of Tourmalet!
• 6 Jul 2023 Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma attack Pogacar and Hindley!
• 6 Jul 2023 Neilson Powless takes the points atop Col d’Aspin!
• 6 Jul 2023 Bryan Coquard wins the intermediate sprint
• 6 Jul 2023 Powless takes two KOTM points
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Jeremy Whittle's report

What a day that was. If you don’t like that, you don’t like bike racing. Here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report from Cauterets-Cambasque.

Thanks for reading and for your emails. Until next time!

Let’s turn our attention to tomorrow’s stage , one of the flattest of this year’s race. It’s one for the sprinters, with the finish in Bordeaux. Don’t expect there to be any great movement in the GC standings, unless there is heavy wind that could separate the riders.

This represents a brilliant opportunity for Mark Cavendish to get that historic 35th stage win, but expect Mathieu van der Poel and Jasper Philipsen to be challenging.

Interestingly the Eurosport team have just highlighted a incredibly tight corner with 3km to go in Bordeaux, just before they cross the Garonne river to the finish line. It’s an insane right-hand corner, almost a U-turn, and how the sprinters negotiate that could be key in who claims the stage win.

A brutal day for Jai Hindley , who couldn’t follow his efforts of yesterday. Hindley loses the yellow jersey after one day, and the Australian is now 1min34secs off the pace in the GC classification.

Pogacar speaks!

I would not say revenge, but it does feel sweet to take some time back today. Yeah, I was a bit worried yesterday. The display that Jonas showed yesterday was incredible. I was thinking when he was pulling on Tourmalet that it was the same again, and maybe we could pack up our bags and go home. But I hung on. Now I think the gap [to Vingegaard in the GC standings] is perfect. That’s my 10th stage victory. I’m coming for you, Mark [Cavendish]! No, no, I’m joking. He’s a long way ahead.

Pogacar dedicates his victory to his girlfriend and fellow professional cyclist, Urska Zigart, who crashed yesterday in the Giro Donne, the women’s Tour of Italy. “She’s not racing today. I got all of my power from her,” he says.

General classification standings

Still early days of course, but this suddenly feels like a two-horse race. But let’s be wary of drawing too many conclusions. Think of where we were yesterday, and how the race turned on its head today.

Joel Embiid , 2023 MVP in the NBA, approves.

“OMG I THOUGHT THE TOUR WAS ENDED YESTERDAY…. Go Pogacar”

OMG J’AI CRU QUE LE TOUR ÉTAIT FINIT HIER…. Allez Pogacar #TDF2023 — Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) July 6, 2023

Everything with Pogacar , from his performance yesterday to his body language this morning, pointed to the Slovenian being a wounded animal. Jumbo-Visma and the rest of his rivals smelled blood. I don’t think anyone, apart from maybe Pogacar himself, saw this coming.

Make it 🔟 stage wins for @TamauPogi with an average speed of 27.6km/h up Cauterets-Cambasque He is the 4th youngest rider to make it to 🔟 @LeTour victories after François Faber, Mark Cavendish and Bernard Hinault 👶 #TDFdata #TDF2023 https://t.co/PdByxfMTsZ — letourdata (@letourdata) July 6, 2023

Absolutely ridiculous . Pogacar looks like he came out of a slingshot.

💥 @TamauPogi ATTACKS! Vingegaard is not in his wheel! 💥 @TamauPogi ATTAQUE ! Vingegaard n'est pas dans sa roue ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/tLG4iLcCdM — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

The top five:

1. Tadej Pogacar 2. Jonas Vingegaard, at 23'’ 3. Tobias Halland Johannessen, at 1’22'’ 4. Ruben Guerreiro 2’06'’ 5. James Shaw, 2’15'’

Pogacar wins stage six! Vingegaard takes the yellow jersey.

The Slovenian puts 23 seconds between himself and his great rival, Vingegaard. And he’ll earn an extra 10 bonus seconds for the stage win, with Vingegaard taking a bonus six points for second.

Vingegaard will be in yellow, but Pogacar has put the frighteners up Jumbo-Visma in the GC classification. Stunning.

1km to go: This is quite the role reversal from yesterday! Seventeen seconds now between Vingegaard and Pogacar. The latter was seen as wounded, especially after the struggles yesterday. Pogacar looked like he was holding on for dear life, but it appears the two-time champion was just biding his time. Amazing.

Pogacar attacks with 2km to go! Wow!

2km to go: Pogacar suddenly takes off, like he found a burst of nitros in his rear wheel. And Vingegaard has no answer! Pogacar opens a gap of 10 seconds over his rival. This is absolutely stunning racing.

3km to go: It’s a waiting game. Pogacar on Vingegaard’s wheel.

And then there were two! Vingegaard v Pogacar

4km to go: Van Aert is finished. He’s absolutely emptied the tank and almost comes to a complete standstill, as fans try to push him up the mountain. Vingegaard attacks! Pogacar is with him, leaving the five others, including Guerreiro and Shaw, in their wake. Johannessen threatens to hold on, but he can’t. It’s down to just two men.

5km to go: Powless can’t hang on. He drops from the leading pack, which is now seven strong.

Remember, he still leads the KoM standings, which look like this after Tourmalet. 1. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), 36 2. Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citröen), 28 3. Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar Team), 23 4. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X), 20 5. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), 19 6. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), 18 7. Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), 17 8. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), 15

6km to go: We’re approaching the steepest part of the climb, with some parts north of 10%. This is where Vingegaard could make his move. How will Pogacar react?

7km to go: For the second consecutive day, Van Aert has been awarded the combativity prize. Shock.

8km to go: The group containing the yellow jersey, Hindley, as well as the Yates brothers, Kuss, Bardet and others, are around 2min30secs adrift of the leaders.

9km to go: Fans swarm onto the road to push their heroes up the mountain and around the hairpin bends. Powless threatens to fall off the back of the leaders, but finds some energy and regains his position.

10km to go: This is insane from Van Aert. How does he have the legs for this?

12km to go: So who do you fancy? Vingegaard or Pogacar. They are flying up the final climb of the day, an average of 5% at 30-40km/hr. Expect Vingegaard to attack when things get a little steeper in the final kilometres.

15km to go: No change at the tête de la course. Jumbo-Visma’s Van Aert and Vingegaard lead the breakaway group, who have started the ascent to Cauterets-Cambasque.

To put Vingegaard’s climb at the Tourmalet into context, he took two minutes from David Gauda’s record:

When @JumboVismaRoad up the ante... Jonas Vingegaard shaves 2 minutes from @DavidGaudu 's @Strava KOM on the ascent of Col du Tourmalet ⛰️ #TDFdata #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/COMHPWOijY — letourdata (@letourdata) July 6, 2023

17km to go: The leaders are actually putting time into the peloton, and have stretched their lead to around 2min38secs. It doesn’t appear that the peloton will challenge at the finish line.

19km to go: Britain’s James Shaw is getting a lot of encouragement from his EF Education-EasyPost radio. “You have some of the best legs in the world. You are in this”.

22km to go: So we expect Van Aert to lead out and set the pace for the leaders, which Jumbo-Visma will hope lay the foundations for Vingegaard to pip Pogacar. After yesterday’s toil for the Slovenian, it will be very interesting what is in his legs. Pogacar will wait for the attack, and react when he can.

26km to go: Vingegaard, Pogacar and Van Aert catch the leaders. The group is now eight strong and they have a lead of two minutes over the peloton. With the descent now finished, there is a brief period of riding on the flat before the last ascent to Cauterets-Cambasque, the first altitude finish of this year’s race. It is nowhere near as severe as Tourmalet, but could still spark some separation.

⛰ One last climb, and it's the first altitude finish of the #TDF2023 : Cauterets-Cambasque coming soon! ⛰ Une dernière ascension qui nous amène à la première arrivée en altitude du #TDF2023 : Cauterets-Cambasque ! pic.twitter.com/Ni27qeRgmm — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

32km to go: Vingegaard and Pogacar are closing on the leaders, who are now just four after Van Aert dropped back. This is the current state of play, courtesy of the Tour De France website.

In the lead Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) Seven seconds behind Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) At 2 minutes Jai Hindley, Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), Carlos Rodriguez, Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), Romain Bardet (dsm-firmenich), Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citröen)

38km to go: An email from Alex Whitney.

While I think there’s an element of testing Pogacar to take advantage before he grows into better form, it seems to me that Vingegaard is a much different rider than last year and I suspect much of that comes down to confidence. He seems much more willing to approach his limits climbing, rather than playing it safe as he did much of last year’s Tour until Roglic broke Pogacar on the Col du Granon.

I would agree with that. Vingegaard is the aggressor here.

40km: Behind the leaders, Vingegaard and Pogacar follow, around 30 seconds behind. Around two minutes behind the GC contenders come the peloton, with Hindley and Yates among them. That distance means that Vingegaard is now the virtual holder of the yellow jersey. Big, big moves.

Tobias Johannessen first to the top of Tourmalet!

47km to go: Elbows at the summit! Johannessen gets a barge from Movistar’s Ruben Guerreiro, but it is the Norwegian who is the first of the five to cross the line at the Tourmalet. Five remain in the breakaway group: Johannessen, Guerreiro, Kwiatkowski, Shaw and Van Aert fly down the descent, underneath chair lifts and through the barren mountain-top terrain. They are doing 80km/hr down the hill.

47km: Meanwhile, in the breakaway, Van Aert is pushing hard to reach the summit. The leaders are losing time on Vingegaard and Pogacar, but they should reach the summit first. The crowd are going absolutely crazy, with French president Emmanual Macron also there to take in the party.

48km: Vingegaard goes again! A big right-hand hairpin and the Dane sprints up the last 2km of the Tourmalet. It’s one-on-one as Kuss drops off: Vingegaard versus Pogacar, who is just about hanging on as they zoom towards the leading back, now just a minute back from the breakaway. Vingegaard and Pogacar whistle past Alaphilippe, who is dropping back from the leaders. This is real racing.

🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard attacks! But this time, @TamauPogi stays in his wheel! 🇩🇰 Jonas Vingegaard attaque ! Cette fois, @TamauPogi reste dans sa roue ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/8G3QfVXBBl — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

49km: Pogacar holds on, he’s able to track Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss! But Yates and Hindley can’t hold on!

Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma attack Pogacar and Hindley!

50km to go: Here we go! This is the attack we were waiting for. The peloton are into the last few km of the Tourmalet climb, and Vingegaard leads off the attack, with Pogacar and Hindley desperately trying to hand onto the Dane’s wheel.

51km to go: Jumbo-Visma also lead the peloton. It seems they are trying to put the boot into Pogacar, who struggled yesterday.

Meanwhile, at the head of the course four kilometres before the summit, Michael Woods (who is in GC contention) and Julian Alaphilippe gets dropped.

52km to go: Van Aert is doing an awful lot of work at the head of the breakaway group. You wonder how long he can keep this up for. We’re into the hardest part of the Tourmalet climb now, around 6km from the summit. The leading group is 10 strong, around 3min41secs ahead of the peloton.

🏁55 km 1️⃣0️⃣🚴‍♂️< 4'15" < 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚗 🇫🇷 @alafpolak1 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert 🇵🇹 @Rguerreiro94 🇳🇴 @TobiasJohannes1 🇩🇰 @jonasgregaard 🇪🇸 Gorka Izagirre 🇵🇱 @kwiato 🇫🇷 @LouvelMatis 🇺🇸 @NPowless 🇬🇧 @JamesthingyShaw #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/jp1DmKvf8i — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

56km to go: Mathieu van der Poel is dropped, he failed to keep pace with that little burst from Alaphilippe and Shaw. The leading group is 13 riders strong, and they hold about a 4min30sec lead over the peloton, where Vingegaard lurks. The Dane looks very comfortable, Will he make a move today, or keep his powder dry?

57km: Ah. Nope. With the gradient at 9%, Van Aert and co catch Alaphilippe and Shaw, who humbly shuffle back into the leading group.

57km to go: Alaphilippe breaks away from the leaders! Britain’s James Shaw follows but it’s still very early for there to be a genuine attack. Around 10km to the top of the Tourmalet, and that’s a lot of kilometres. But the duo have got a little gap, let’s see if they can maintain or grow it!

58km to go: A near miss for overall leader Jai Hindley! His Bora-hansgrohe collected a water bottle, tried to pass it to the yellow jersey rider but dropped it! The bottle bounced on the tarmac and thankfully slid right between the wheels of Hindlay, and surely could have unseated the Australian in the peloton. That could have been disastrous, but Hindlay just shakes his head in relief and continues up the ascent.

62km to go: And so, the 17km climb begins, at an average gradient of 7.3%, although the maximum gradient is a ridiculous 18%. Altitude is definitely a factor. They started their climb at 880m, and the summit is at 2,115m, before a 47km run to the finish line, descending the Tourmalet and then back up to Cauterets-Cambasque.

65km to go: The breakaway have stretched their lead in the descent, up to around 4min20secs. They now have started their ascent up the Tourmalet, the most visited mountain on the Tour.

Here is the virtual KOM classification after Col d’Aspin: 1. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), 30 2. Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citröen), 28 3. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), 19 4. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), 18 5. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), 15

Here’s how Powless did it at the top.

⛰ He had to sprint against @Rguerreiro94 , but @NPowless crests the Col d'Aspin first. He is back in the lead of the KOM classification. ⛰ Il a du sprinter face à @Rguerreiro94 , mais @NPowless passe le Col d'Aspin en tête. Il est de nouveau @maillotapois virtuel. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/PIM6K2Lde6 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

72km to go: The Tour has just reached the 1,000km mark across these five and half stages. The peloton has also reached the top of the Col d’Aspin, around 3min25secs back. Both breakaway and peloton make their descent before the big one: the Tourmalet.

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Tour de france stage 6: tadej pogačar bounces back, jonas vingegaard snatches yellow, jai hindley fades, the mighty tourmalet puts an end to hindley's yellow jersey and pogačar turns tables on vingegaard in another wild ride..

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The Tour de France is the two-horse race between Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) just as everyone expected, with the Slovenian hitting back a day after struggling.

A determined Pogačar bounced back in thrilling fashion Thursday with a stage-winning jump just under 3km to return the favor to Vingegaard in another wild stage across the Pyrénées.

The searing acceleration quickly put the defending champion on the limit, and the two-time winner won stage 6 to turn the tables.

Pogačar gapped Vingegaard by 24 seconds at the line , but the Dane slipped into the maillot jaune in what was another surprising turn at the Tour.

“I would not say revenge, but it is sweet to win today and take some time back. I feel a little bit relieved and I feel much better now,” Pogačar said. “The display Jonas showed yesterday was incredible. I was thinking when they started pulling on Tourmalet that if the shit is going to happen like yesterday, then we can pack our bags and go home.

“But luckily I had good legs today and could follow on the Tourmalet quite comfortable. Then when I felt it was the right moment at the end I attacked and it was a big relief.”

After the time bonuses wash out, Vingegaard is 25 seconds ahead of Pogačar in yellow, with Jai Hindley defending a podium spot in third at 1:34 back.

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Overnight leader Hindley and his run in the yellow jersey ended on the Tourmalet midway through the stage, opening the door for defending champion Vingegaard to reclaim the yellow tunic.

The Australian couldn’t match the turbos when Sepp Kuss set a blistering pace to set up Vingegaard. Only Pogačar packed the firepower as they powered away from the GC group on the upper flanks of the legendary climb.

“What can I say? It was just an epic day riding around it the yellow jersey doing some mythical climbs,” Hindley said at the line. “To be honest I got my arse handed to me, but really enjoyed it. I knew I just wanted to ride my own race, and if I could hang on to the two big favorites then I would do my best and I did. I just got spat at the top of the climb there with four K to go. It was pretty much lights out from then on. But I gave it a real old crack. That’s all I can do.”

The leading pair linked up breakaway riders, including Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), and dropped everyone again with 4.5km to go on the Cat. 1 finishing climb to Cauterets-Cambasque high in the French Pyrénées.

Powless regained the King of the Mountains jersey with the effort.

Pogačar dropped Vingegaard with about 2.8km to go to win the stage, and pump new energy into the 2023 Tour.

How it played out: Another big break

Stage 6 of the Tour de France was another big day in the mountains, with the legendary Col du Tourmalet (km. 98, hors categorie ) sandwiched in between the first cat climbs of the Col d’Aspin (km. 68) and Cauterets-Cambasque (km 144.9), the first big summit finish of this year’s Tour.

The stage from Tarbes was visited by the French president Emmanuel Macron, who picked a day filled with dazzling action and stunning Pyrenean scenery.

Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) went clear right after the start, with that duo being joined by eight others soon afterwards. They were James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain-Victorious), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar), Tobias Halland Johhanessen (Uno-X) and Chris Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AlUla).

Michał Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Matis Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic) and Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech) subsequently bridged, then did the American King of the Mountains contender Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step), Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), Oliver Naesen (AG2R Citroën) and Anthony Perez (Cofidis).

Powless took the two points atop the early climb, the third category Côte de Capvern-les-Bains (km. 29.5), reducing slightly his ten point deficit to overnight KOM leader Felix Gall (Ag2r Citroën).

Coquard’s presence in the break enabled him to take the full 20 points for the intermediate sprint at Sarrancolin (km 49). Van Aert, Van der Poel, Gregaard and Perez were the others in the top five there.

The group raced up on and over the top of the Col d’Aspin, with race leader Jai Hindley’s Bora-Hansgrohe team leading the peloton behind. Van Aert led the break up the climb, with Powless beating Guerrero to the summit and retaking the virtual lead in the KOM competition.

Vingegaard cracks Hindley on the Tourmalet

The break raced onto the foothills of the Tourmalet, where an impatient Alaphilippe attacked with just under 59km remaining and dragged Shaw clear. However Van Aert remained composed, continued riding steadily and hauled them back, with Alaphilippe sliding to the back and beginning to suffer. The former world champion would crack several kilometers later.

Van Aert continued to tap away at a metronomic pace at the front of the break, while back in the peloton his Jumbo-Visma teammates were busy turning the screw. Riders such as Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) were put into trouble, with more riders then going into the red when the Dutch team accelerated closer to the summit.

Race leader Hindley was staying close but then dramatically cracked 4km from the top, with only Sepp Kuss, Vingegaard and Pogačar left of the top contenders. This group was 2’30 behind the leaders with 49km to go out front, and continued to make inroads.

Vingegaard surged hard but was immediately marked by Pogačar. In contrast to stage five, the Slovenian was able to remain with his big rival and went over the summit glued to his wheel.

Johannessen had beaten Guerreiro to the top of the Tourmalet approximately half a minute earlier and they, Van Aert and Shaw plunged down the descent.

Powless was picked up by Vingegaard and Pogačar just after the summit, while Van Aert sat up and waited for Vingegaard, Pogačar and Powless, bringing them up to those out front and resulting in an eight-man leading group.

Pogačar was seen stretching his wrist out, the fracture sustained in Liège-Bastogne-Liège making things uncomfortable for him. However he was otherwise faring better than on stage 5 and tried to conserve as much energy as possible in advance of the final climb.

Pogačar turns tables on Vingegaard

Hindley’s group had slipped back to almost three minutes behind but was two and a half minutes back with just under 10km to go. Powless began to struggle soon afterwards but clawed his way back on to the Van Aert express.

The Belgian continued tapping away at the front and brought the move onto the tougher final part of the climb, trying both to soften up Pogačar and also to stop Hindley’s group being able to narrow the two and a half minute deficit.

Vingegaard attacked with 4.6km remaining, but Pogačar marked him immediately and looked composed. Kwiatkowski was able to get back up to the duo, this suggesting that Vingegaard may not be as strong as one day earlier.

Pogačar launched a huge attack with 2.7km to go and dropped Vingegaard. He quickly got five seconds and this gap continued to grow, soaring to 17″ under the kite and 23″ by the line.

Factor in the bonus seconds and Pogačar showed he is still very much in the fight for the final yellow jersey in this Tour. Vingegaard took over the tunic for today, though, some consolation after a blow to his morale.

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• Date: 06 July 2023
• Start time: 13:25
• Avg. speed winner: 37.083 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 144.9 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
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• ProfileScore: 310
• Vert. meters: 3894
• Departure: Tarbes
• Arrival: Cauterets-Cambasque
• Race ranking: 1
• Startlist quality score: 1584
• Won how: 2.7 km solo
• Avg. temperature: 21 °C

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Tour de France Stage 6 Preview: The Col du Tourmalet Awaits

A second day in the Pyrenees for the peloton after Jonas Vingegaard blew up the race during Stage 5. Can Pogačar respond?

Stage 6 - Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque (144.9km) - Thursday, July 6

The stage begins in Tarbes, which hosts the Tour for the fifteenth time. If Stage 5 is any indicator, there will be an intense race to join the breakaway with stage hunters, polka dot jersey hopefuls, and perhaps a few domestiques from the GC contenders’ teams all hoping to get up the road and gain as big of an advantage as possible. And they’ll need it with a heavy dose of Pyrenean summits crammed into the second two-thirds of the stage.

The climbing starts quickly, with the Category 3 Côte de Capvern-les-Bains, followed about 20km later by the intermediate sprint in Sarrancolin. The riders should cover these in the first hour, before settling in for the three ascents that define the stage: the Category 1 Col d’Aspin, the Hors Categorie Col du Tourmalet, and the Category 1 climb to the finish in Cauterets.

Of these, the Tourmalet is the most challenging. Starting about 80km into the stage, the riders will climb it from the east, which means they face 17.1km of climbing with an average gradient of 7.3%. The second half of the ascent is the toughest, with several kilometers of pitches hovering between 9 and 10%. As a bit of added incentive, the Souvenir Jacques Goddet prize will be awarded to the first rider over the Tourmalet’s 2,115m summit, which sits 47km from the end of the stage.

A long descent takes the racers from the top of the Tourmalet back down to the valley floor, where they’ll have a few minutes to catch their breath, grab bottle, and scarf down a gel or two before the day’s final obstacle: the 16km Category 1 climb to Cauterets-Cambasque.

This is the only second time that a Tour stage has finished beyond the village of Cauterets, taking the riders another 10km up to the Plateau du Cambasque. This turns the traditional “uphill finish” in Cauterets into a true Category 1 climb. The climb’s average gradient is just 5.4%, but with pitches near the top approaching an 11% gradient, it’s going to do some damage.

Australia’s Jai Hindley (BORA-hansgrohe) enters the day in the yellow jersey after winning Stage 5. The 27-year-old and his team will immediately be put to the test, as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) wants to put more time into Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who cracked on the Col du Marie Blanque at the end of Stage 5 and lost over a minute to his Danish rival. How well Hindley handles the attacks from Vingegaard and his team will go a long way toward determining whether or not he’s a true podium contender. (Hint: We think he is.) And as we saw last year, Pogačar won’t go down without a fight. If he feels he’s recovered from Stage 5, he’ll launch an assault of his own.

Riders to watch

After an intense day of racing on Stage 5, the Tour’s GC contenders might be happy to let another breakaway head up the road–albeit with fewer GC threats. Look for four teams to try and jam at least one but probably two riders in the move to maximize their chances of taking the stage: INEOS-Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Israel-PremierTech, and EF Education-EasyPost. These teams each have several talented climbers who are far enough down the Tour’s General Classification that they’ll be allowed to go hunt for a stage win.

When to Watch

We’ll start watching at about 9:30 a.m. EDT, as the riders hit the base of the Tourmalet. But it’s work week, and you might have other plans. In that case, tune-in around 10:35 a.m. EDT to see the action on the final climb to the finish above Cauterets.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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Tour de France stage 6 result LIVE: Tadej Pogacar wins in Longwy and grabs hold of yellow jersey

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Stage six of the Tour de France is the longest of the entire Tour and offers up opportunities for a breakaway and anyone with the legs for a hilly finish at the end of a hard 220km route.

The peloton begins in Binche, Belgium and travels south-east along the border with France before finishing in Longwy. The general classification contenders are unlikely to get into a scrap on such a day, given the Tour’s first summit finish arrives on Friday where there could be fireworks. That means a breakaway of riders outside the GC mix could be allowed to run free and make a move stick all the way to the finish.

Wout van Aert begins the day in the yellow jersey, despite crashing on stage 5 and then waiting up to help his team leader Jonas Vingegaard who had suffered a puncture. Fabio Jakobsen continues in green only because the points leader Van Aert is already wearing yellow, reigning champion Tadej Pogacar stays in the best young rider’s white jersey, while Magnus Cort still holds the polka dots of the King of the Mountains.

Follow all the latest updates from stage 6 of the 2022 Tour de France below:

Tour de France Stage 6

Today’s route sees riders race 220km from Belgium to France

Australian veteran Simon Clarke edges sprint finish among breakawayers in Stage 5

Wout van Aert retained Yellow Jersey but Tadej Pogacar cuts gap

Pogacar storms clear to win stage and grab Yellow Jersey

Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 6!

15:49 , Michael Jones

🏆 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi wins in Longwy! 🏆🇸🇮 @TamauPogi intouchable à @Villedelongwy ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/tUNVJCXQ0K — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

15:48 , Michael Jones

Who’s going to take the yellow jersey will it Neilson Powless or will it be Pogacar?

The bonus seconds he’s earned by finishing first may be enough for the reigning champion to swap out white for yellow tomorrow.

15:47 , Michael Jones

15:45 , Michael Jones

What a finish!

Primoz Roglic went for it from around 200m out but Tadej Pogacar catches him and blasts away from the Jumbo-Visma man in a sprint to the line to claim victory in stage 6.

15:44 , Michael Jones

500m to go now. Primoz Roglic, with his shoulder problems, is up there. Dylan Teuns is also in contention. Don’t rule out Tadej Pogacar either.

15:42 , Michael Jones

The rise to the finish line is on!

Alexis Vuillermoz of TotalEnergie has the lead with just over a kilometre and a half to go. Pogacar, Pidcock, Thomas and others are just waiting behind him.

They’re trying to time their sprints to the line.

15:37 , Michael Jones

At the steepest part of the climb up Cote de Pulventeux Alexis Vuillermoz makes his move to strike out ahead of the pack. Tadej Pogacar leads the next attack too.

The Ineos team, including Geraint Thomas, have to respond.

Less than 5km to go.

15:34 , Michael Jones

Tadej Pogacar is now sitting pretty close to the front of the peloton. He’s got to be the favourite to take the yellow jersey and potentially the stage after a few of the sprinters have fallen away.

Aleksandr Vlasov crashes on the curve with Pogacar one of the riders just behind him but the Slovenian manages to avoid the pile up.

15:31 , Michael Jones

There was a crash in the middle of the peloton just before they caught Wout van Aert. Janse van Rensburg, Madouas, and Kuss all involved causing a slight split in the peloton.

In the descent, 🇿🇦 @ReinvanRensburg and 🇧🇪 @KobeGoossens are involved in a fall! En pleine descente, 🇿🇦 @ReinvanRensburg et 🇧🇪 @KobeGoossens sont victimes d'une lourde chute ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/o8BmLFTvJx — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

15:30 , Michael Jones

Mathieu van der Poel gets dropped from the back of the peloton with Mads Pedersen, Dylan Groenewegen, and Caleb Ewan also falling away.

Wout van Aert gets reeled in by the pack and is out of gas, his fine ride comes to an end and he lets the bunch pass him by. There’ll be a new yellow jersey leader at the end of the day.

15:25 , Michael Jones

The peloton can now see Van Aert just ahead of them. He reaches the peak of the climb and collects another KOM point.

Inside the final 15km now as Van Aert glides down the descent to preserve some energy.

15:22 , Michael Jones

Wout van Aert hits the base of Cote de Motigny-Sur-Chiers. It’s a 1.6km climb with a 4.4% slope.

15:19 , Michael Jones

A trio of Brits in Tom Pidcock, Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates are prominent for the Ineos Grenadiers team, as Filippo Ganna, their foremost man in the peloton for the last few kilometres drops away having done his stint as leader.

With 18km to go the average pace of today’s race has finally dipped under 50km/h.

It’s now 49.9km/h.

15:17 , Michael Jones

20km to go.

Wout van Aert is 46 seconds ahead of the peloton. It’s only going to be a matter or time before he’s reigned in but it’s been a fantastic ride from the 27-year-old.

15:13 , Michael Jones

On Stage 4, Wout van Aert took advantage of the final climb with the help of his Jumbo-Visma teammates before sprinting home from 10km out to win the stage.

It was a remarkable performance from the Belgian but if he can pull off a victory today this one will eclipse it.

The gap is one minute, two seconds with the next climb about 8km away.

15:10 , Michael Jones

This is it then. 27km to go and Wout van Aert has jettisoned Quinn Simmons who is quickly scooped back into the peloton.

It’s now Van Aert versus the rest.

He’s extended his lead to one minute, 10 seconds.

15:08 , Michael Jones

The peloton flies by the Meuse river as they continue to chip away at time gap which stands just over a minute.

Van Aert will surely bomb away on his own at some stage. He’s committed to seeing it through to the end now.

Nils Politt, the German rider for Bora–Hansgrohe, has put a huge shift in at the front of the chasing pack and drops back. It’s not been an easy day for the domestiques, pulling them along like an engine.

15:01 , Michael Jones

Quinn Simmons looks like he’s feeling the pace of the breakaway now, there are a few heavy breaths coming from the American. Wout van Aert meanwhile looks fine. The Belgian really is a machine.

The gap is now just over a minute, the peloton will catch these two just before the roller coaster, hilly finish to stage 6.

14:57 , Michael Jones

Despite the desire from Simmons and Van Aert to keep themselves in the breakaway their lead has once again been cut to one minute, 37 seconds.

37km to go. UAE Team Emirates are taking control of the peloton.

14:48 , Michael Jones

47km left to go today and the peloton is nicely positioned in the race.

They’re holding firmly about two minutes behind the breakaway pair but that isn’t the most difficult time to chase if the teams decide to reel them in.

Van Aert and Simmons are flying at just a tick over 50km/h.

14:37 , Michael Jones

14:30 , Michael Jones

Less than 60 km to go in Stage 6. It’s a fairly flat run until the final 15km or so where the final two category climbs are.

Van Aert and Simmons have just upped the tempo a touch. They’re trying to extend their lead. It’s up to one minute, 55 seconds.

🇩🇰 @jakob_fuglsang lets up! Now only 2 remain in the lead! 🇩🇰 @jakob_fuglsang se relève ! Ils ne sont désormais plus que 2 en tête ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/aRrxyaEZr2 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

14:25 , Michael Jones

Jakob Fuglsang stopped for a comfort break before dropping back into the peloton. The breakaway is now only Wout van Aert and Quinn Simmons.

The gap is one minute, 42 seconds and falling. It won’t be too long before they are reeled in as well.

14:23 , Michael Jones

Here are the full results of intermediate sprint at Carignan:

1. Wout van Aert, 20 pts

2. Jakob Fuglsang, 17 pts

3. Quinn Simmons, 15 pts

4. Jasper Philipsen, 13 pts

5. Fabio Jakobsen, 11 pts

6. Christophe Laporte, 10 pts

7. Michael Morkov, 9 pts

8. Adrien Petit, 8 pts

9. Nils Politt, 7 pts

10. Jonas Rutsch, 6 pts

11. Vegard Stake Laengen, 5 pts

12. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, 4 pts

13. Andrea Pasqualon, 3 pts

14. Mikkel Bjerg, 2 pts

15. Brandon McNulty, 1 pt

14:19 , Michael Jones

67km to go in the day. Two more category climbs and a potential sprint finish if the peloton can reel in the breakaway.

Their gap it only two minutes now.

14:13 , Michael Jones

Wout Van Aert wins the sprint with a nod of thanks to Jakob Fuglsang and Quinn Simmons who don’t bother to challenge him. He adds 20 points to the green jersey classification.

A couple of minutes behind Fabio Jakobsen and Jasper Philipsen both compete to clean up the rest of the points on offer with Philipsen nicking fourth place right on the line.

14:10 , Michael Jones

Wout van Aert and his two companions in the breakaway are taking on the fluids they got hold of in the feed zone.

There’s a bit of chat between them, whether that’s about the amount of time they need to lead by or if they’re coming to an agreement over the intermediate sprint.

Van Aert leads the way. The trio are two minutes 45 seconds in front.

14:01 , Michael Jones

137km into Stage 6 and the average pace is still up at 50km/h.

10km to go for the leading trio until the intermediate sprint.

13:56 , Michael Jones

The teams in the peloton won’t let Wout Van Aert, Quinn Simmons, and Jakob Fuglsang get that far ahead. There’s 85km left to go in Stage 6 and the chase is on.

The big teams are taking turns leading the chase with the gap between them and the breakaway already under three minutes.

13:51 , Michael Jones

A very decent effort from the eight or nine stragglers who were dropped by the peloton during that speedy opening 85km. They were around five minutes behind at one stage but have just rejoined the main group after a tough recovery ride.

🤝 The riders distanced at the start have come together to rejoin the peloton. 🤝 En unissant leurs forces, les coureurs distancés en début d'étape sont rentrés dans le peloton. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/GO8OlF7wpW — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

13:46 , Michael Jones

Luxemburg’s Alex Kirsch (Trek-Segafredo) has called it a day. He was stuck all alone at the back and pulls out of the race.

Meanwhile, Van Aert, Simmons and Fuglsang have 3’45’’ lead with 100km to go.

13:37 , Michael Jones

Quinn Simmons spoke to reporters this morning who asked him what he hopes to achieve this year and what successes would constitute a good tour for the American. He replied:

“A good Tour… I mean just to be here already is a goal achieved, so now obviously you want to make it to Paris, but for me I hope to hunt for a stage.

“There’s a few objectives that I picked out at the start, but you never know. At the end of the day, if you go for the break, the peloton decides if you make it, so all we can do is fight to be there.

“I guess we’ll see in a few hours!”

13:33 , Michael Jones

Wout van Aert has been the man of the first 100km, ably helped by young American Quinn Simmons who may fancy his chances for a stage win today.

Van Aert is also on a new bike now, having changed at 111km to go, just after the halfway stage.

13:22 , Michael Jones

⏱The leading trio now have a lead of 3'44" with 121km to go ⏱ À 121 km de l'arrivée, l'échappée creuse l'écart avec le peloton ! Les hommes de tête ont maintenant 3'44" d'avance. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/nCPHfV6yvT — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

13:18 , Michael Jones

A group of eight riders including George Bennett, Gianni Moscon and Mathieu Burgeaudeau fell away from the peloton a few kilometres back but is slowly gaining on the bunch after they slowed down.

Up ahead Alpecin now leads the peloton with Guillaume Van Keirsbulck setting the pace.

13:12 , Michael Jones

The next part of the stage is the intermediate sprint at Carignan with 75km to go.

The leading trio are three minutes, 28 seconds in front with 123km of Stage 6 left. There’s a bit of a lull as the peloton calms down although there are a few moves happening as the teams position themselves near the front.

It took 80-85km for the breakaway to develop properly and the teams will be a little nervous of another attacking happening quite soon.

13:08 , Michael Jones

13:01 , Michael Jones

Quinn Simmons takes the point! He crosses the Cote des Mazures finish line first and gets his King of the Mountains campaign underway, drawing level with Wout van Aert in second place.

The peloton have started to take a breather. They’re letting the breakaway go, the leaders are two minutes 23 seconds ahead now.

12:57 , Michael Jones

The Cote des Mazures is a category-three climb of 2km with a gradient of 7.6%.

Wout van Aert has managed to recover and catch up to Simmons and Fuglsang. This trio are now 90 seconds out in front and have around 700m of the climb to go.

12:55 , Michael Jones

Wout Van Aert, Quinn Simmons, and Jakob Fuglsang have opened up a lead of over a minute now as the pace of this race starts to hit the rest of the peloton.

135km to go, three kms until Cote des Mazures.

Van Aert gets a mechanical failure just as the leaders hit the base of the climb!

12:52 , Michael Jones

As the breakaway hits 30 seconds French champion Florian Sénéchal forms a counter-attack from the peloton and sets off after them.

There’s just 6km to go until the first category-four climb and the next part of Stage 6. Who’ll be out in front when they hit it?

12:49 , Michael Jones

Wout Van Aert, Quinn Simmons, and Jakob Fuglsang have set off on a breakaway. This could be an interesting one if the yellow jersey holder fancies himself to open up a big lead.

They’re 22 seconds in front of the peloton.

There’s also a group featuring George Bennett that has been dropped by the peloton and are over three minutes behind. That’s a problem for them.

12:38 , Michael Jones

The riders have already notched up 70km in an hour and 20 minutes. There’s only 150km left in the stage as the riders leave Belgium and cross into France.

How long this pace can keep going in anyone’s guess. It’s hard work for the cyclists and they haven’t even reached the climbs in this stage.

🔚 End of the breakaway, with almost 70 km already ridden. 🔚 Fin de l'échappée alors que près de 70 km ont déjà été parcourus. #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/zHfnQ8HXOQ — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

12:33 , Michael Jones

The peloton reels in the 10 riders in the breakaway and Philippe Gilbert makes his way to the front of the pack.

Gilbert is the veteran of the Tour at 40 years and 2 days old. He won the 2016 Belgian championship for road racing, beating in a two-man sprint Tim Wellens who is his team-mate at Lotto-Soudal for this Tour de France.

12:29 , Michael Jones

160km to go. A response from the peloton sees the time between them and the breakaway down to just 13 seconds. This leading pack want to get further in front but the pace of the race is mindboggling.

Stage 5 winner Simon Clarke has been dropped by the peloton. Several other riders can’t keep up with the high pace including Mathieu van der Poel.

12:22 , Michael Jones

The leading riders have covered 52.5km in the first hour!

Absolutely insane pace. In comparison the other long stages of this year’s Tour have seen breakaway riders setting a pace of around 40-43km/h.

They’re almost 10km/h quicker today and the terrain hasn’t been the easiest with lots of undulations.

There are 10 riders in the leading pack: Vegard Stake Laengen, Christophe Laporte, Stan De Wulf, Kasper Asgreen, Simon Geschke, Andreas Leknessund, Georg Zimmermann, Magnus Cort, Conor Swift, and Mads Pedersen.

163km to go.

12:14 , Michael Jones

Here we go again.

Just like every other day of the Tour de France so far Magnus Cort Nielsen leads a breakaway attempt and there are some decent riders following him. Stan De Wulf, Mads Pedersen, Georg Zimmermann, Andreas Leknessund and Connor Swift are all involved.

They’re slowly increasing the gap on the peloton. It’s up to 15 seconds.

12:09 , Michael Jones

12:03 , Michael Jones

A leading group from the peloton featuring Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar catches the breakaway three and reels them back in.

Who’s at the front now?

It’s Wout van Aert of course with 179km to go.

11:58 , Michael Jones

Filippo Ganna speeds up at the head of the peloton and reels in the two breakaway pursuers Tim Wellens and Amund Grøndahl Jansen.

Under Ganna’s power the peloton cuts the gap to 45 seconds behind the leading trio after 34km.

Wout van Aert now takes over. He’s back out at the front of the peloton and increasing the pace.

11:51 , Michael Jones

Wellens’ pursuit of the breakaway has slackened and he’s dropped back alongside Grøndahl Jansen. If they help each other out they will be better suited to join the breakaway but they’re currently 49 seconds behind.

Back in the peloton, Wout van Aert continues to launch attacks from the front, looking for the ideal moment to leave the bunch behind.

188km left.

11:47 , Michael Jones

Amund Grøndahl Jansen of BikeExchange–Jayco has set off ahead of the peloton but is a long way behind the breakaway group. He’s going to have a tough time of things to catch them which seems to be his plan.

193km to go. The breakaway has a lead of over a minute now. Tim Wellens is just under 500m behind them and gaining, he could join the leaders fairly soon if he can keep up the pace.

11:43 , Michael Jones

A few attacks have been led by Wout van Aert this morning but the trio of Benoit Cosnefroy, Taco van der Hoorn and Toms Skujins have managed to increases their gap.

Tim Wellens is chasing them down, he’s trying to catch the leaders who are 30 seconds ahead of the peloton.

💛 After a day at the back, 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert would enjoy a day at the front! 💛 Après une journée à l'arrière, 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert voudrait bien vivre une journée à l'avant ! #TDF2022 pic.twitter.com/oU5A835tmK — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 7, 2022

11:39 , Michael Jones

Just behind the leading trio is Kevin Vermaerke who’s attempting to bridge the gap which is now under 10 seconds.

Peter Sagan is riding on the wheel of Wout van Aert who continues to set a ferocious pace at the front of the peloton in pursuit of the breakaway three.

200km to go.

11:35 , Michael Jones

Benoit Cosnefroy, Taco van der Hoorn and Toms Skujins have opened up a 12 second gap on the rest of the peloton but there’s a response from Wout van Aert to catch them.

The yellow jersey leader seems determined to get himself into this breakaway.

11:31 , Michael Jones

The leading riders are flying. They’re travelling at 61mph and a little split is opening up between them and the peloton. Wout van Aert was leading the charge at one point but he’s fallen back.

Tadej Pogacar is also hovering at the back of the attempted breakaway which is starting to slow down.

They didn’t manage to get away from the peloton. 205km to go.

11:26 , Michael Jones

Wout van Aert has moved himself up to third place as the peloton reigns in the riders attempting to breakaway.

There are a lot of teams trying to get themselves out in front but the peloton isn’t going to let them.

9km down already, Mathieu van der Poel and Guillaume Martin are getting dropped from the bunch.

11:22 , Michael Jones

Mathieu Burgaudeau of TotalEnergies has crashed at the 3km and hits the deck quite heavily. He’s okay though and is quickly back on the bike.

There’s another attempt to breakaway at the front as four riders squeeze ahead of the front of the peloton. They haven’t been able to open up a proper gap yet but the desire is there.

Burgaudeau is already 18 seconds behind the rest after a brief stop at the medical car for some bandages.

11:19 , Michael Jones

After a 5km warm-up ride to the start proper, Stage 6 gets underway.

A blistering start was expected at the départ réel and it doesn’t disappoint. There’s a number of teams trying to get themselves into the breakaway.

Pierre Rolland is up there but Alexis Vuillermoz sets the early pace.

2km down and no-one has been able to shake the peloton.

11:12 , Michael Jones

Wout van Aert is wearing the yellow jersey as the leader of the Tour de France. It’s his fourth consecutive day at the top after taking the jersey off Yves Lampaert on Stage 2.

Van Aert alos leads the points classification with 178 so second placed Fabio Jakobsen (126) wears the green jersey typically held by the sprinters.

In the King of the Mountains polka dot jersey is Magnus Cort Nielsen who has 11 of the 12 available classification points with Van Aert second having taken the final point of Stage 4.

Tadej Pogacar is in the white jersey as the best young rider with an advantage of 30’’ over Tom Pidcock.

11:10 , Michael Jones

After the excitement and treachery of the cobbles yesterday, today’s long stage should be a more sedate affair.

Any breakaway riders could potentially be allowed to lead all the way until the finish as the GC contenders try to safely navigate the stage.

Tour de France Stage 6: Meaning of the coloured jerseys

11:07 , Michael Jones

The 2022 Tour de France sees 176 riders compete for the famous yellow jersey or maillot jaune which rewards the overall winner of the race.

While the yellow jersey, won in 2020 and 2021 by Slovenian prodigy Tadej Pogacar , is the most famous and prestigious of them all, there are three other colours to look out for in the peloton taking on this year’s Tour de France route.

The green, polka dot, and white jerseys all have their own meanings, histories and significance for their respective holders.

If you’re new to the Tour de France, here’s a look at the different coloured jerseys and what they represent:

The meaning behind each Tour de France coloured jersey

Tadej Pogacar: The invisible champion out to win historic third Tour de France

11:02 , Michael Jones

Here’s an interview with that man Pogacar before the Tour:

In Monaco, Tadej Pogacar blends into the city. He walks invisibly through the streets and potters freely around his local supermarket. Even in his favourite bike shop, the best cyclist in the world queues among the muggles without being disturbed. “I like to go inside and see what’s new, and of course I don’t mind if there’s customers in front of me, it’s normal,” he says.

By all measures a double Tour de France champion should be one of the most recognisable athletes on the planet, a bonafide global superstar unable to walk through a hotel lobby without dark glasses and an entourage, but somehow Pogacar has not yet transcended the sport. One suspects if he was from cycling’s European heartlands or the US with a name that rolled off the tongue, his profile might be a little different. His “TP” brand with an eagle motif and a “never give up” tagline is yet to take off quite like Roger Federer or Tiger Woods.

But understated and low-key is how Pogacar approaches life and cycling, just riding for the joy of it, an ethos which has brought rich rewards so far. After winning back-to-back Tours de France, an historic third next month would set him firmly on course to becoming one of cycling’s all-time greats, and what makes it all possible is just how little he is driven by his own sporting legacy. “For me that’s not something that I would enjoy after [my career] too much and brag about it. I work hard to win a lot of races, but for me the priority is just to be a good friend to my friends and have good relations with the people I want in my life.”

Tour de France Stage 6: Route map and profile of 220km route from Binche to Longwy today

10:57 , Michael Jones

Stage five of the 2022 Tour de France was the most brutal yet as the cobblestones of northern France took plenty of prisoners, dishing out dents in the yellow jersey ambitions of several contenders including Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic , but there is little respite on stage six as the peloton faces the longest route of the race.

Stage six begins in Binche before winding south-east along the border to Longwy. The general classification contenders are unlikely to want a dust up on a stage like this one, particularly with this Tour’s first summit finish to come on Friday where the gloves will be off. That means any breakaway made up of riders outside the GC mix could be allowed to run free and make a move stick all the way to the finish.

Stage 6 preview: Tour de France visits Belgium on longest route perfect for puncheurs

Tour de France Stage 6: Overall standings (top 10)

10:51 , Michael Jones

1. Wout van Aert, Belgium, Jumbo-Visma, 16:17:22.

2. Neilson Powless, United States, EF Education-EasyPost, +13 secs

3. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, TotalEnergies, +14 secs

4. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates, +19 secs

6. Yves Lampaert, Belgium, QuickStep-AlphaVinyl, +25 secs

7. Mads Pedersen, Denmark, Trek-Segafredo, +36 secs

8. Adam Yates, Great Britian, Ineos Grenadiers, +48 secs

9. Thomas Pidcock, Great Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, +49 secs

10. Geraint Thomas, Great Britain, Ineos Grenadiers, +50 secs

Tour de France Stage 6: Stage-by-stage guide, route maps and profiles

10:45 , Michael Jones

The 2022 Tour de France begins in Copenhagen on Friday 1 July and finishes in Paris on Sunday 24 July, where Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogacar hopes to be wearing yellow and be crowned champion for the third year in a row.

Standing in his way is the sheer strength and depth of Dutch team Jumbo-Visma , who carry multiple threats including Pogacar’s national teammate Primoz Roglic and last year’s Tour runner-up, Jonas Vingegaard. Ineos Grenadiers are without their leading light Egan Bernal, the 2019 champion who is still recovering from injury, but they do have the in-form Geraint Thomas fresh from winning the Tour de Suisse, as well as potential stage winners Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock.

Here is a stage-by-stage look at this year’s route.

Tour de France 2022 stage-by-stage guide

Tadej Pogacar takes time from Jumbo-Visma rivals on cobbles of chaotic stage 5

10:39 , Michael Jones

The 2022 Tour de France exploded to life on the bone-shuddering cobbles of northern France, and when the dust clouds finally settled on a chaotic stage five, won by Australia’s Simon Clarke, reigning champion Tadej Pogacar was the day’s great beneficiary in the fight for the yellow jersey.

Pogacar’s key rivals, the all-powerful Team Jumbo-Visma, suffered disastrous luck which dented the ambitions of 2021 runner-up Jonas Vingegaard and all but destroyed the hopes of 2020 runner-up Primoz Roglic .

There must have been terse words in the Jumbo-Visma team car as first Vingegaard suffered a puncture which left him briefly, comically riding a bike far too big as he sought to recover, before Roglic was taken out by a rogue hay bale lying in the road – it was later confirmed he suffered a dislocated shoulder which had to be popped back in. The only solace for the Belgian team was that Wout van Aert retained the yellow jersey despite selflessly slowing to help Vingegaard rejoin the chasing pack.

Tour de France Stage 6: How to watch on TV and online

10:33 , Michael Jones

Tour de France coverage can be found this year on ITV4, Eurosport, Discovery+ and GCN+ (Global Cycling Network).

Live racing each day will be shown on ITV4 before highlights typically at 7pm each day. ITV’s website lists timings here .

Eurosport and GCN+ will show every minute of every stage. More on Eurosport’s coverage here and the GCN+ coverage here .

It is also being shown on Eurosport’s Discovery+ streaming service, with broadcast info here .

10:25 , Michael Jones

The general classification contenders are unlikely to want a dust up on a stage like this one, particularly with this Tour’s first summit finish to come on Friday where the gloves will be off.

That means any breakaway made up of riders outside the GC mix could be allowed to run free and make a move all the way to the finish.

The stage features four climbs and three descents which lie before the finish like hurdles. First is the category four Cote de Montigny-sur-Chiers, before an uncategorised climb, and then the much more gruelling Cote de Pulventeux which, at an average 12 per cent gradient, has enough about it to thin the crowd should someone attack here.

Once over the top and down the other side, the stage winner faces a final slow drag up the Cote des Religieuses to the line.

10:19 , Michael Jones

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s coverage of the Tour de France. Yesterday saw a lot of excitement on the cobbles as crashes, punctures and sprints all contributed to a shake up in the leaderboard.

Australia’s Simon Clarke won the stage in a sprint finish and reigning champion Tadej Pogacar managed to close the gap on Yellow Jersey holder Wout van Aert.

Jumbo-Visma contender Jonas Vinegegaard had to be helped back into the chasing pack following a puncture and teammate Primoz Roglic’s hopes are all but over after he crashed into a haybale.

Today sees Stage 6 start in Binche, Belgium, before winding south-east along the border to Longwy, France. It is 220km and is longest stage of this year’s Tour de France.

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Stage 6 of the Tour de France features the tour's first “Hors catégorie” mountain. The entire route is full of mountains that could be the perfect opportunity for climbers to take the spotlight. 

2023 Tour de France

Two-time stage winner, Jasper Philipsen rides into stage 6 with the green jersey. The sprinter snatched the position from Adam Yates on stage 3 of the Tour de France.  

A lot is in store for the competitors coming into stage 6 of the Tour de France, here is what you need to know.

Tour de France Stage 6 Route

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It starts off flat and the first climb, Cote de Capervern-les-Bains appears 18 miles in. The real challenge appears in the final stages of the route, the Col du Tourmalet. The 10-mile long climb is one of the the most difficult climbs of the Tour de France. It’s classified as “Hors catégorie” (HC) which means it is “beyond classification. 

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Tour de France stage 6 as it happened: Jonas Vingegaard yellow jersey as Tadej Pogačar wins

The second mountain stage of the Tour de France is a chance to challenge Jonas Vingegaard and yellow jersey Jai Hindley

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After the fireworks of yesterday the race looks very different from the day before.

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) is now in the yellow jersey and has a quite commanding lead, while Tadej Pogačar (UAE Emirates) lost a minute to his presumed big rival Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).

It's anyone's guess what will happen on today's stage which features three mountains including the fearsome Col du Tourmalet .

I, Vern Pitt , will bring you all the action as it happens today. Send me any comments on Twitter , or email [email protected]

Stage start: 12:10 BST

Estimated finish: 16:20 BST

Today's parcours

It's another mountain test for the GC men today with Col du Tourmalet tackled from the harder side plus a cat one mountain top finish at Cauterets-Cambasque.

Today's timings

Start: 12:10

Summit of the Col d'Aspin: 14:15

Summit Col du Tourmalet: 15:04

Finish: 16:20

All times are British Summer Time and, obviously, estimates.

Recapping a classic mountain raid

Yesterday's stage was truly one for the ages with Jai Hindley soaring into yellow thanks to a good old mountain raid whereby he got in the break and kicked on from there on the final climb to put himself 47 seconds to the good.

At the finish he said "it was an accident" . However, its noteworthy that he recced these stages months ago. It was no accident that he knew what he was doing, made the right moves at the right times and maximised what he could get from the day.

The other winner was J onas Vingegaard, who put Tadej Pogačar to the test and found him wanting to the tune of 1-04 in fact.

Can the Slovenian hit back today? Can Bora-Hansgrohe do an effective job of defending the jersey? Will Vingegaard show them all who's boss? 

Welcome to the second day in the Pyrenees.

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The result is a highly insightful feature with sotires you won't have read anywhere else . It ran in our Tour de France preview magazine but we've put it online this monring.

I encourage you all to go and read it .

How tough is the Col du Tourmalet?

Pretty tough with the steepest ramps towards the top.

This is its 85th appearance in the Tour. 

The first over the summit will be given the  Souvenir Jacques Goddet, a cash prize of €5,000, given in honour of the long-standing Tour organiser who died in 2000.  

What is today's finish like?

Word in the peloton is that its harder than it looks on paper. In theory this is lesser beast than the Tourmalet, indeed the race organsier has only given it a first category rating, but I've been told its deceptive and there could well be time gaps on this climb.

Much like the Tourmalet the steepest sections are towards the top and tired legs could pay a price there.

Australia celebrates Jai Hindley's yellow jersey coup

Although, unsurprisingly, cricket dominates the coverage, the Australian press have begun to get excited about the potential for a second yellow jersey winner in Jai Hindley.

Marine Vinall, writes in her profile of the rising star in The Age : "after  Hindley stood on the Tour’s podium for the first time after his stage five victory  and claimed the yellow jersey with a 46-second lead over Vingegaard, he has announced himself as a serious contender."

News.co.au reports that Hindley has "thrust himself into contention" to win the yellow jersey after his "epic win" yesterday.

While Sophie Smith (full disclosure: who is formerly of this parish and is currently travelling with Cycling Weekly on the race) reports for ABC : "Pundits at the Tour remain focused on defending champion Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), and Yates' teammate Tadej Pogačar, the two-time winner and Slovenian prodigy who lost time on stage five, as the two big yellow jersey favourites.

"But Hindley believes that the general classification is "wide open" and it's very clear he's arrived thoroughly prepared.

"'Stage six, I think this final climb is really tough, actually a lot tougher than what it says on paper, so I think there we can expect some gaps," he said of Thursday's summit finish."

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5km to start: The stage is underway currently rolling through the neutral zone.

4km to start: Alexander Kristoff has to change a wheel. No real issues with the race at this pace.

144km to go: We're off and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) attacks straight away! 

He's got a small group with him, including Julian Alaphilippe. Will Bora-Hansgrohe be happy with him going up the road?

Jersey wearers recap

Yellow - Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe)

White - Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) 

Green - Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Polka-dot - Felix Gall (AG2R Citroen)

142km to go: The van Aert group has quite a big gap. Alaphilippe driving the pace there's c.10-15 of them with others coming across.

James Shaw seems to be there.

139km to go: The only have a gap of eight seconds and Alaphilippe tries to push the group on.

138km to go: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is among the escapees as is Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers).

133km to go: The peloton seems to have locked the front down so these are the break of 15 riders.

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Matteo Trentin (UAE Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal - Qucik-Step), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroen), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Decuninck), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Kristis Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech), Christophe Juul-Jenson (Jayco-AlUla), Matis Louvel (Arkea Samsic), Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X), Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X)

They have a gap of 55 seconds now, but there are five further riders coming across.

132km to go: The five trying to bridge are 35 seconds behind.

131km to go: It is in fact six riders coming across and they includ Neilson Powless , who had the polka-dot jersey until yesterday. He's on a mission to get it back I suspect.

126km to go: The chasers aren't making much progress as the break powers on. The gap from the from to the peloton is now 2-30 but the chasers are still 35 second behind the break.

124km to go: They're making progress now just 12 seconds to go.

124km to go: And they've made it the break is now 20 riders strong. Bora-Hansgrohe are doing the work in the front of the peloton.

119km to go: Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) is pictured off the back of the peloton while Mathieu van der Poel dros back from the break to speak to his DS in the team car behind.

The race is on the third category climb that comes before the intermediate sprint.

The break's lead is a little under 3 minutes.

117km to go: We're hearing the descent off the Tourmalet may be a bit wet. It'll be a while before we get there.

116km to go: Kasper Asgreen (Soudal - Qucik-Step) is driving the break on. 

There's a lot of chat around the race that UAE with their, shall we say, enthusiastic approach to the race have paid the price yesterday with Pogačar losing time. 

Now maybe they have made tactical errors there but it's made for much more entertaining racing so I for one would rather they continue with their devil-may-care approach to the Toru de France. Rather that than be boring.

What do you think? Let me know on Twitter or [email protected]

Further to my last update here's Adam Yates's take.

Adam Yates on criticism of UAE‘s tactics yesterday: ‘We’re not racing a bunch of farmers.’ July 6, 2023

110km to go: The gap to the break is over 3 minutes now. The main GC teams are amassed around their guys in the peloton.

Jai Hindley tells GCN he was initially thinking of the GC battle yesterday, not the stage,  but there's a long way to go in this race.

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105km to go: EF Education sports director Andreas Klier tells the TV that Neilson Powless might want to win the stage but that'll be up to the likes of Bora, Jumbo and UAE and how hard they chase.

100km to go: It's all quiet as it's about 5km to the intermediate sprint.

97km to go: Bryan Coquard, MAthieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert seem to shape up for the sprint.

95km to go: They just roll through with Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) taking the maximum 20 points. Wout van Aert rolls through second.

93km to go: At the other end of the race Mark Cavendish (Astan Qazaqstan) is among those riders dropped from the peloton.

93km to go: Wout van Aert's 17 points at that intermediate sprint move him up to third in the green jersey competition.

However, both he and Coquard are some distance behind Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). The green jersey holder has 150, Coquard has 104 and van Aert 92.

Col d'Aspin

We're coming to the bottom of the first major ascent of the day, Col d'Aspin. It's not the worst of the day but it is a first category climb.

88km to go: It's 11km to the top of the Aspin and Kasper Asgreen is pushing the pace in the break. The breaks advantage is 3-22.

86km to go: Jumbo have challenged Bora's position at the head of the peloton.

85km to go: Maxim van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) has to stop to get a front wheel puncture changed in the peloton.

Bora have re-established control of the pace.

It's worth noting that there's 3,700m of climbing on today's stage and the vast majority is packed into this 80km or so.

From now until the finish the riders are mostly either going up or down, rarely flat.

82km to go: Asgreen is still at the front of the break. Bit of pressure on Alaphilippe this I'd say.

Mark Cavendish is with lead-out man Cees Bol, not sure where the rest of the sprinters are. He doesn't look like he's having a great time, unsurprisingly.

81km to go: Jonathan Vaughters, the EF Education boss who is workign for TV this week, tells us he thinks that Mark Cavendish will win in the back end of the race if he wins at all. 

That is, as Vaughters points out, what he did in the Giro d'Italia . 

80km to go: Jai Hindley loses one wing-man as Jordi Meeus goes out of the back of the peloton. As the teams designated sprinter he wasnt' goign to be a whole heap of help for the rest of the day so that's not really a big loss for the Australian.

80km to go: There are 3km left to the top of the Col d'Aspin and, well, Asgreen continues to lead the break up the mountain.

80km to go: Jumbo-Visma come to the front of the peloton and wrestle control away from Bora-Hansgrohe.

Meanwhile, up front Wout van Aert now comes to the front of the break in a move that seems to make no obvious sense. 

Sagan goes out the back of the bunch.

79km to go: Coquard and others are beginning to be dropped from the break.

79km to go: Agreen has been dropped to. His work for Alaphilippe done for the day. Nikias Arndy (Bahrain Victorious) and Matteo Trentin (UAE Emirates) also fall out the back of the break.

Jumbo seem to be plotting something here but its not terribly clear what it is.

78km to go: Presumably Jumbo want a higher pace in the peloton to put pressure on Jai Hindley, Pogacar and co, but they don't want to catch the break just yet and so have told van Aert to up the pace there too.

I imagine they'd like to catch van Aert on the final climb or perhaps at the top of the Tourmalet.

Some of the descent of the Tourmalet is quite shallow as is the opening slopes of the last climb so an engine like van Aert would be very useful there.

76km to go: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) powers out of second wheel to take the maximum KOM points at the top of the climb.

He's in the virtual polka-dot jersey now.

74km to go: In the peloton, the pace set by Jumbo continues to dispatch riders out the back as they approach the top of the Col d'Aspin.

73km to go: It's worth a time check to remind ourselves the break has 3-18 on the peloton as they descend.

It's nice and dry on the road and Mathieu van der Poel is railing the corners, with van Aert struggling a touch to keep up.

71km to go: Van der Poel flicks the elbow for van Aert to come through but the Jumbo rider shakes his head. It looks like the Dutchman is trying to split things up here but to what end it's not really clear.

It's all settled down again now.

70km to go: The fierce pace up the Col d'Aspin has reduced the break's number to closer to 15 riders.

64km to go: There has been some reforming out front and the break now stands at 16 riders.

Bora are leading the descent in the peloton.

Annemiek van Vleuten wins another Giro Donne stage

Dutchwoman Annemiek van Vleuten won yet another Giro Donne stage today.

The pink jersey wearer has a nigh on unassailable lead in the pink jersey of 3-56 over her closest challenger Juliet Labous (DSM-firmenich).

The Movistar leader has won three stages of this race so far, and you wouldn't bet against her winning more. There's three left to go.

60km to go: Bora are back in charge at the front of the peloton as the race begins to climb again.

59km to go: Jai Hindley drops a bidon as a team-mate hands it to him thankfully it doesn't get caught in a wheel or cause him any trouble.

That could have been nasty.

58km to go: Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal - Quick-Step) attacks in the break with over 11km to go to the summit of the Tourmalet. James Shaw (Ef Education-EasyPost) is on his wheel, but no-one else is.

58km to go: To my eyes James Shaw's socks look alarming close to the UCI legal limit.

In case you don't know the sport's governing body says they can't go above half-shin. They even have a special machine to measure them that they use at stage starts sometimes.

57km to go: Van Aert is dragging  the break back to Shaw and Alaphilippe.

And he's caught them.

57km to go: Mathieu van der Poel is dropped from the break. There are 12 riders in the front group now.

56km to go: Jumbo-Visma has amassed at the front of the peloton again as Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) is pictured going out of the back along with Cycling Weekly columnist and British Champion Fred Wright.

56km to go: I've just spotted that Adam Yates, who lost the yellow jersey yesterday, still has his yellow shades on.

Letting go is hard.

55km to go: The gap to the break has come down a bit by the way to 4-28.

It looks like Bora-Hansgrohe may be somewhat depleted in numbers but I can't be 100% sure from the pictures.

54km to go: It's 7km to the top of the Tourmalet but it's nice and sunny at the top so fears for wet roads may prove unfounded.

Bob Jungles (Bora-Hansgrohe) is dropped from the peloton.

53km to go: Jumbo are pressing on and the gap to the break has fallen to 3-35.

Bora don't have many team-mates left around the yellow jersey, though Emanuel Buchmann seems to be there.

51km to go: The gap to the break has stabalised at 3-30 but the peloton is greatly reduced now.

Jumbo have four riders with Vingegaard .

Hindley and Pogačar are joking with each other in the peloton just behind them.

51km to go: Van Aert continues to set the pace at the fornt of the break. James Shaw and Neilson Powless behind him look unfussed but further back ther are some faces in pain.

There's 3.7km to the top of the Tourmalet .

50km to go: Jumbo lose Dylan van Baarle from their mountain train.

They up the pace nd only Hindley and Pogačar can go with them. Vingegaard has two team-mates.

Up front Powless may be in trouble and is back at

Jai Hindley in trouble

50km to go: Hindley has been dropped. He's got no-one with him. There's 3km to the top of the Tourmalet still.

49km to go: Jai Hindley has lost 40 seconds to the Vingegaard, Pogacar group already. 

That's the equivalent of his advantage over the Dane on GC.

Vingegaard attacks!

48km to go: With just over 1km to go to the top Vingegaard attacks and Pogacar goes with him.

47km to go: Wout van Aert and the break come through the coloured smoke from fans' flares at the top of the Tourmalet.

Vingegard and Pogacar are close to joining up with them, just 46 second back.

Hindley is nearly two minutes behind them. He's losing big time today.

45km to go: Over the top of the Tourmalet Wout van Aert sits up a bit to wait for his team leader and 

Halland Johannessen is the first over the top of the mountain he's take the five thousand euro prize.

45km to go: This Tour is rapidly becoming all about Vingegaard and Pogacar today. If this gap persists Hindley will be some distance back and everyone else will be even further back.

Hindley is in the peloton led by UAE Emirates, who aren't exactly going to be chasing too too hard.

43km to go: Vingegaard is leading Pogacar down the descent with Powless close behind.

41km to go: French president Emmanuel Macron is busy glad handing people at the finish, in case you were interested.

Vingegaard has now bridged up to van Aert who'll do the lions share of the work down this descent.

48km to go: There are still a group out front which includes James Shaw, Reuben Guerrero and Michal Kwiatkowski they have 31 seconds on Vingegaard and Pogacar and co.

Behind them is the peloton at 2-34 behind the front of the race. That's where Jai Hindley now is.

38km to go: Vingegaard and Pogacar are passed the most twisty bit of the descent. Van Aert will likely earn his keep here.

32km to go: The distance is ticking down very fast on the descent as van Aert drags the Vingegaard group to within 10 second of the front of the race.

Hindley is now two minutes back. He'll definitely lose the jersey today.

30km to go: It's not that steep but they're flying down hill at 75kph.

28km to go: The good news for Hindley is although the time gaps would be were they to remain as they are now he'd still be on the third step of the podium such is his advantage of over a minute to his team-mate Emmanuel Buchmann.

25km to go: Vingegaard and co have now caught what was left of the break. the only teams with two riders are Jumbo with van Aert and vingegaaard and EF with Shaw and Powless.

There's also Halland Johannessen, Guerreiro (who's name I think I spelled wrong earlier, sorry Reuben) and Kwiatkowski.

And, of course, Tadej Pogačar.

24km to go: No-one is going to give van Aert any help here.

24km to go:  Pogačar says something to James Shaw but the British Tour debutant shakes his head.

23km to go: Buchmann is doing a lot of work on the front of the peloton to try and get his leader Hindley back in contention but he's outgunned by van Aert on this terrain. The gap had dropped below 2 minutes briefly but is now back to 2-15.

Van Aert is even putting his leader in a bit of difficulty! He eases up so the gap closes.

20km to go: Despite other teams, like Ineos having riders inthe group and a seeming incentive to work, the gap is going out to the front of the race as the riders get a final feed. It's now 2-25.

17km to go: Tom Southam, DS at EF, scomes on the radio to give his two riders some encouragement.

16km to go : Jonas Vingegaard went up the Tourmalet in 45-11, which is a record according to the bods at the host broadcaster.

The Grupetto is over 20 minutes behind.

16km to go: It's now 2-40 from the leaders to the yellow jersey group. Van Aert is, as some in the sport might say, doing the madness.

Cauterets-Cambasque

A quick reminder of the final climb, which they're just coming onto now. the bottom is fairly fast and you benefit from being in the wheels but the top is pretty vicious, mostly over 10%.

15km to go: Hindley is now 2-48 behind the leaders and has little hope of bringing it back.

14km to go: Buchmann is still slogging away at the front of the peloton. Jonathan Castroviejo, Ineos' reliable mountain engine, is sat behind him but he's not giving him any help.

The British squad have Carlos Rodriguez and Tom Pidcock as thier leaders in this group.

13km to go: The maximum speed achieved on the stage was set by Tadej Pogačar who hit 103kph on one of the descents today.

12km to go: Van Aert shows little signs of tiring, they're doing 37kph and the road is already pointing skyward.

10km to go: Powless looks a little on the limit as van Aert drives on. He knows no one is going to help him.

9km to go: Egan Bernal collects a bottle and hands it to Pidcock. 

9km to go: It's been sunny today and Pogačar sprays some water over himself.

10km to go:  The ticker was wrong a moment ago. The climb looks to be getting a bit steeper as they enter a set of lacets. 

Neilson Powless is losing contact a bit. He's struggling more than his team-mate Shaw, which is a turn up for the books.

9.5km to go: A grimace is starting to creep across van Aert's face. The speed remains high though.

8.6km to go: Ineos have now started to work at the front of the peloton and the gap to the leaders has come down a touch to 2-30.

8km to go: Buchmann has dropped back but is still in the group.

7km to go: The terrain is rolling its not relentlessly uphill if they want to take back time it's here that strength in numbers would be of some use for Ineos and the rest of the peloton.

7km to go: Van Aert has been given the most aggressive rider prize for the day. Hardly surprising.

6.5km to go: They're going pretty fast still but in 1km time it's going to really ramp up.

The gap is 2-25 to the peloton.

5km to go: Neilson Powless is dropped from the front group. He's got his prize for today so it's not all bad for him. 

Van Aert is still drilling it. Not sure how much he has left though.

4.8km to go: The gradient is biting as you can really see the riders have slowed down.

Shaw is distanced. Kwiatkowski and Halland Johansson are still there.

4.6km to go: Vingegaard goes. Pogacar follows.

4.4km to go: Kwiatkowski is trying to bridge back up to them.

4.2km to go: Pogacar and Vingegaard look pretty comfortable. Kwiatkowski has made it back on.

The peloton, by the way, are 2.27 back.

4km to go: Vingegaard seems happy to set the pace, he's not looked at the others for a turn.

3.8km to go: Kwiatkowski is dropping back a bit a bike length has opened up and as Vingegaard gets out of the saddle he is decisively distanced.

3.6km to go: There's only two of them but they're moving quicker than the peloton, the gap has expanded to 2-37.

3km to go: This tour is really just the two of them now. Vingegaard is in and out of the saddle but Pogačar remains firmly in his.

2.8km to go: Egan Bernal swings off from the peloton. He's been in domestique mode this afternoon.

Jayco set the pace, working for Simon Yates, to limit his loses.

2.7km to go:  Pogačar attacks! And there's a gap!

Its a big one.

2.6km to go: The Dane can't respond and the Slovenian is flying he has 8 seconds.

2.5km to go: Rodriguez and Yates have clipped off the fornt of the peloton.

2.1km to go: Pogacar's pace looks ot have dropepd a touch. But he's holding the 8 second gap.

2km to go: Pogacar looks back to judge the gap he has. Can he up the pace again? Vingegaard is working his way back. Possibly. It's finely balanced.

1.5km to go: It's flattening off a bit now and Pogacar is grimacing as he tries to press home his advantage the clock says its going out to 13 seconds.

1km to go: Under the flamme rouge Pogacar pushes on. It's 17 seconds. He's about a minute down from yesterday, this'll make it a lot closer.

500m to go: Pogacar will get 10 bonus second on the line, Vingegaard will get six.

The gap is 23 seconds.

This bit is steep. Pogacar gets out the saddle.

 Pogačar bows in celebration as he wins the stage. 

His only real rival for the tour de France comes home 23 second down.

What a stage. Johansson comes home in third.

Johannessen sorry.

Hindley is trying to limit his losses.

Guerreiro comes in fourth. Shaw fifth - that's a hell of a ride from him.

Rodriguez and Hindley and Simon Yates are all coming in 2-39 down on Pogačar.

Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock and co come in 3-10 down.

What a stage that was! I'm off to write a race report.

And maybe get a stiff drink.

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This will be the first Grand Départ in Italy and the 26th that’s taken place abroad  First finale in Nice. Due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time.

Two time trials. 25 + 34 = 59km in total, the second of them taking place on the final Monaco>Nice stage. This will be the first time the race has seen a finale of this type for 35 years, the last occasion being the famous Fignon - LeMond duel in 1989.

Apennines (Italy), the Italian and French Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees will be the mountain ranges on the 2024 Tour route.

The number of countries visited in 2024: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France. Within France, the race will pass through 7 Regions and 30 departments.

The number of bonus points 8, 5 and 2 bonus seconds go to the first three classified riders, featuring at strategic points along the route (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union)these will have no effect on the points classification. Bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds will be awarded to the first three classified riders at road stage finishes.

Out of a total of 39, the locations or stage towns that are appearing on the Tour map for the first time . In order of appearance: Florence, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Piacenza, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Évaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.

The number of sectors on white roads during stage nine, amounting to 32km in total .

The number of stages: 8 flat, 4 hilly, 7 mountain (with 4 summit finishes at Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole), 2 time trials and 2 rest days.

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Chris Froome: Another Tour de France stage win would be an 'amazing' way to end glittering career

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Chris Froome was once the dominant force at the Tour de France, but after suffering serious injuries in a crash at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2019, his objectives have changed. Now 38, Froome has spoken about wanting to ride until he is 40 and also his hope to win another stage at the Tour de France. He has also given his thoughts on the "very impressive" Tadej Pogacar.

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Jonas Vingegaard has collapsed lung, Tour de France defense in doubt

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BARCELONA, Spain -- Two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard remained hospitalized in Spain a day after he broke his collarbone and several ribs in a bad crash with other top riders during the Tour of Basque Country.

The Danish rider's Visma-Lease A Bike team said Friday that further tests revealed the Vingegaard also suffered a collapsed lung and a pulmonary contusion. The team said that cycling's leading star was "stable and had a good night" but remains in a hospital in the northern Spanish city of Vitoria.

The accident comes less than three months before the start of the Tour on June 29 when Vingegaard is scheduled to to again face off against top rival Tadej Pogačar. That highly anticipated rematch is now in doubt.

Vingegaard was hardly moving as he was put in an ambulance wearing an oxygen mask and neck brace after the crash occurred on Thursday with less than 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) left in the race's fourth stage.

The pileup also took out cycling stars Primoz Roglič and Remco Evenepoel.

Evenepoel, considered one of the favorites for the road race at the Paris Games, broke a collarbone and his right shoulder blade and was set to undergo surgery when he returns to Belgium on Friday, his Soudal Quick-Step team said.

The accident happened as riders were making what looked to be a conventional right-hand turn going downhill when one rider's front tire appeared to slip out and send other cyclists off the road. There were some large rocks and trees in the area, though it wasn't clear if any of the riders hit them. There was also a concrete drainage ditch place on the edge of the curve.

Roglic, a three-time Spanish Vuelta winner, emerged with just scratches but he did have to abandon the race he was leading.

Vingegaard was trying to defend the title he won last year at the six-day Tour of Basque Country.

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