Vingegaard in a sentence

It was Pogacar’s biggest winning margin of his three Tour wins — beating the 5:20 gap on Vingegaard three years ago, but below the 7:29 victory margin Vingegaard enjoyed over Pogacar last year.

Back in the peloton, the battle for the red jersey – now looking like being between Jumbo-Visma’s powerhouse trio Sepp Kuss, Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard – was unchanged.

Both Roglič and Vingegaard were widely castigated for doing what they are paid millions of Euros to do, which is to win the toughest stages of big races in dramatic fashion.

Jonas Vingegaard is determined not to fall for any mind games coming from the camp of Tadej Pogacar as the Dane prepares to defend his Tour de France title.

Lafay and Van Aert are fourth and fifth while defending champion Jonas Vingegaard is in sixth and 17 seconds behind.

On a Tour where motorbikes have been much in th news, Vingegaard was stopped by one on the upper reaches of the last mountain after a vehicle stalled, blocking the race director's car.

Pogacar’s teammate, Adam Yates, finished a distant third, but from beginning to end the Tour was about Pogacar and Vingegaard.

The principal ones being Tadej Pogacar laying down the gauntlet to Jonas Vingegaard, who might just be relieved that his rival took only eight seconds off him at the end.

There should still be many rounds of the Vingegaard-Pogacar battle to come.

Vingegaard could be more at ease on the longer climbs.

Vingegaard rode tempo for Kuss on the final climb in a show of support for the new leader.

Vingegaard’s ferocious ride amid huge crowds was briefly put to a halt by a race motorbike that was stopped in the middle of the narrow and winding road up to the summit.

While Vingegaard won his second consecutive Tour de France, thanks in large part to American Sepp Kuss, who is considered perhaps the world’s best domestique (helper).

With Vingegaard, arguably the current best grand tour rider, in Spain, Pogacar might take part in the world championships.

Denmark's Vingegaard, 27, suffered a major crash in early April which left him with multiple serious injuries and he said through tears after the stage: "It is very emotional for me, coming back from the crash.

He powered to a victory that leaves him now 3:09 ahead of Vingegaard going into the final week, with the Tour-Giro d'Italia double now odds-on to be his.

Jonas Vingegaard, meanwhile, won the Tour of Poland in a triumphant return to the race where it all started for the two-time Tour de France champion.

Pogacar tried to go away one last time with eight kilometres left, but once again Vingegaard responded.

Should Vingegaard be healthy Jorgenson may serve as an auxiliary leader for Visma, and one of the sport’s premier domestiques.

Still on his teammate’s bike, Vingegaard did not take his turn in the lead as the trio joined the main break.