{"id":21581,"date":"2022-07-21T20:33:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vingegaard-breaks-pogacar-to-win-stage-and-all-but-seal-tour-de-france-glory-tour-de-france\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T20:33:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T20:33:58","slug":"vingegaard-breaks-pogacar-to-win-stage-and-all-but-seal-tour-de-france-glory-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/vingegaard-breaks-pogacar-to-win-stage-and-all-but-seal-tour-de-france-glory-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Vingegaard breaks Pogacar to win stage and all but seal Tour de France glory | Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tadej Pogacar’s hopes of dethroning Jonas Vingegaard as Tour de France leaders were extinguished after the final mountain stage in the Pyrenees, in which the Dane increased his overall lead, with only three stages of this year’s race remaining.<\/p>\n

As on the Col du Granon, Pogacar lost contact with Vingegaard halfway up the final climb, after a ferocious turn of pace from his Jumbo-Visma teammate Wout van Aert distanced the Slovenian. Vingegaard rode on to the finish at Hautacam to claim his second mountaintop stage win, while Pogacar came across the finish line over a minute later.<\/p>\n

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The Tour convoy’s last day in the mountains before it turns and begins the journey north towards Paris brought more stifling heat and plenty of suffering. One of those to suffer most was Pogacar, who finished the stage with ripped shorts after crashing on the descent of the penultimate climb. Once again, the leading duo transcended their peers.<\/p>\n

After Chris Froome’s withdrawal before the start due to a positive Covid test, they went head to head on the narrow climb of the Col de Spandelles, the penultimate ascent of the day. Pogacar’s accelerations were matched by Vingegaard’s doggedness, but more drama was to come on the descent. Pogacar, trying to exert even greater pressure, forced the pace and saw the race leader’s back wheel slide out on one bend, but Vingegaard somehow recovered and stayed upright.<\/p>\n

\u201cI dropped my chain and I tried to pedal,\u201d the Dane said. \u201cOf course, you don’t have friction so my back wheel slipped and it was a bit of a mistake, but I was able to make it back to Tadej.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Tour de France: stage 18 result and GC<\/h4>\n

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Stage 18 result (Lourdes-Hautacam)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den, Jumbo-Visma) 3h 59m 50s
2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo, UAE Team-Emirates) +1:04
3. Wout van Aert (Bel, Jumbo-Visma) +2:10
4. Geraint Thomas (GB, Ineos Grenadiers) +2:54
5. David Gaudu (Fr, Groupama-FDJ) +2:58
6. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz, Astana) +3:09
7. Daniel Mart\u00ednez (Col, Ineos Grenadiers) st
8. Sepp Kuss (US, Jumbo-Visma) +3:27
9. Aleksandr Vlasov (Russian, Bora-Hansgrohe) +4:04
10. Thibaut Pinot (Fr, Groupama-FDJ) +4:09<\/p>\n

General classification<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 71h 53m 34h<\/li>\n
  2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) +3m 26h<\/li>\n
  3. Geraint Thomas (Ineos) +8m 0s<\/li>\n
  4. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +11m 5s<\/li>\n
  5. Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) +13m 35s<\/li>\n
  6. Louis Meintjes (Intermarch\u00e9) +13m 43s<\/li>\n
  7. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) +14m 10s<\/li>\n
  8. Romain Bardet (DSM) +16m 11s<\/li>\n
  9. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) +20m 9s<\/li>\n
  10. Adam Yates (Ineos) +20m 17s<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n