Not even a stalled motorbike could stop Jonas Vingegaard from moving over seven minutes clear on GC as the Dane closed on a second Tour de France crown on Stage 17 which was won by Felix Gall. The yellow jersey backed up his astonishing time trial display on Tuesday with an imperious performance on the Col de la Loze, where his chief rival Tadej Pogacar cracked before haemorrhaging time on another dramatic day at the Tour.
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Short of a big turnaround in the mountains, Jonas Vingegaard will surely win a second Tour de France title after obliterating Tadej Pogacar in the individual time trial on Stage 16. Almost nothing separated the big two in the general classification in the opening two weeks – but at the start of week three, Vingegaard put down the statement performance of the entire race, perhaps his whole career.
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Wout Poels made his move to perfection to win Stage 15 of the Tour de France – a summit finish on Mount-Blanc. Jonas Vingegaard maintained his 10-second lead in the general classification as he fended off moves from Tadej Pogacar in the last kilometre. Monday sees the final rest day of the Tour before the race returns on Tuesday with an individual time trial.
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Carlos Rodríguez won Stage 14 of Tour de France, with Tadej Pogacar second and Jonas Vingegaard third. Jumbo-Visma rider Vingegaard increased his lead in the general classification to 10 seconds courtesy of the bonus seconds he collected on the Col de Joux Plane
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Tadej Pogacar continued chipping away at Jonas Vingegaard’s lead but the Dane rallied to retain the yellow jersey after his rival’s late, late show on the Grand Colombier. Vingegaard leads the GC by nine seconds ahead of two more big days in the Alps. It was a redemptive day for Ineos Grenadiers as Michal Kwiatkowski won Stage 13 from the break and Tom Pidcock impressed to finish fifth.
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