Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar beats Jonas Vingegaard to win stage six after thrilling finale

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Tadej Pogacar rides to victoryVictory connected signifier six has boosted Tadej Pogacar's chances of a 3rd Tour de France title

Tadej Pogacar produced a superb onslaught connected the last ascent to powerfulness distant from defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and triumph signifier six of the Tour de France.

After being dropped by Jumbo-Visma's Vingegaard connected signifier five, Pogacar stayed glued to the Dane's instrumentality arsenic the 2 attacked up the mighty Tourmalet.

And erstwhile Vingegaard accelerated again connected the past climb, UAE Team Emirates' Pogacar proved the stronger this time.

Vingegaard regained yellowish but his spread to Pogacar was chopped to 25 seconds.

Jai Hindley, the overnight leader, finished sixth to driblet to 3rd overall, 1 infinitesimal 34 seconds down Vingegaard.

Stage six results

1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 3hrs 54mins 27secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) +24secs

3. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor/Uno-X) +1min 22secs

4. Ruben Guerreiro (Por/Movistar) +2mins 06secs

5. James Shaw (GB/EF Education-EasyPost) +2mins 15secs

6. Jai Hindley (Aus/Bora-hansgrohe) +2mins 39secs

7. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

8. Simon Yates (GB/Team Jayco-AlUla)

9. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +3mins 11secs

10. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM) Same time

General classification aft signifier six

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 26hrs 10mins 44secs

2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +25secs

3. Jai Hindley (Aus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 34secs

4. Simon Yates (GB/Team Jayco-AlUla) + 3mins 14secs

5. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) + 3mins 30secs

6. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +3mins 40secs

7. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +4mins 03secs

8. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM) +4mins 42secs

9. Thomas Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

10. Sepp Kuss (US/Jumbo-Visma) +5mins 28secs

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