Pogacar, in his umpteenth masterpiece, almost sentenced the Tour at Tourmalet and Gavarnie
The Slovenian star attacked on the climb to the Tourmalet with his teammate Isaac del Toro, and soon ran alone for the finish line. Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Seixas were unable to follow the Pogacar wheel.
Tadej Pocagar (UAE) shattered the sixth stage of the Tour de France between Pau and Gavarnie-Gedre (186 kilometers) on Thursday.
The leader of the UAE team has almost sentenced the Tour. The Slovenian star attacked on the climb to the Tourmalet with his teammate Isaac del Toro and soon went alone for the goal. Vingegaard, Evenepoel and Seixas were unable to follow the wheel of Pogacar.
The hitherto leader, theNorwegian Torstein Traeen , has sunk after the Slovenian attack and has also suffered a fall inthe descent of the Tourmalet . Traeen has hit the rear wheel of a teammate who was in front of him and has gone to the ground. He has been able to continue in the race but has wasted a lot of time in the finish.
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