HAUTACAM: Jonas Vingegaard put the hammer down on the Tour de France yesterday, extending his lead massively with an awe-inspiring victory in the final mountain stage as defending champion Tadej Pogacar’s all-in strategy backfired.
Vingegaard went solo some four kilometres from the finish at Hautacam after some massive work from his Jumbo-Visma team mates, Pogacar slowly disappearing from his rear-view mirror and crossing the line in second, one minute and four seconds behind.
He now trails the Dane by 3:26 ahead of tomorrow’s individual time trial after a flat 19th stage today.