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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Wout van Aert won the final stage 21 sprint of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées, denying Mark Cavendish a record-breaking 35th stage victory, as Tadej Pogačar retained the Yellow Jersey following a sensational three weeks of cycling.
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Tadej Pogacar navigated the 30.8km time trial to Saint-Emilion with ease to put himself on the cusp of a successive Tour de France overall win. The Slovenian held an insurmountable-looking 5’45” lead over second-placed Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) ahead of the penultimate day of riding and took a risk-free approach to the ITT, finishing eighth on a stage won by Wout van Aert.
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