Tadej Pogacar – who else? Some thought the Slovenian would suffer in the high-mountain territory of closest GC rival Jonas Vingegaard on Friday’s Stage 19, but it was the total opposite as Pogacar, aided by his UAE Team Emirates team-mates, rode on the front of the main bunch for most of the day before detonating a late attack that left everyone in the dust, to all but secure his third Tour title.
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Power, and a bit of play-acting, carried Victor Campenaerts to victory in a three-up sprint from the breakaway on Stage 18 at the Tour de France. Campenaerts immediately shared an emotional video call with his family as the enormity of a maiden stage win at the Tour sunk in, while, back down the road, the GC riders cruised towards the finish as they conserved energy ahead of three tough days.
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Richard Carapaz took the glory on Stage 17 of the Tour de France after a superb solo display. The Ecuadorian made the most of being allowed up the road – for once – by the GC teams to take Ecuador’s first ever Tour stage win. Behind him, Tadej Pogacar attacked late on but Jonas Vingegaard – after initially struggling to respond – fought back to limit his losses to two seconds.
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Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) claimed his third victory at this year’s Tour de France, cruising ahead of Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) in Nîmes on stage 16. Despite a frustrating start to the race, winless in the first nine stages, the Belgian began the third week as he finished the second, with his arms in his air, celebrating at 70km/h.
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Tadej Pogacar put on a climbing exhibition on Bastille Day to complete back-to-back wins in the Pyrenees and put one foot on the final podium ahead of the second rest day. The Slovenian dropped his big rival Jonas Vingegaard with 5km to go of the final climb on Plateau de Beille, which he ascended in a record-breaking time to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey.
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