Tour '26, Stage 10: Off He Goes

Despite having a minute's advantage on the way up the Col de Pertus, Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) was caught before the summit of the climb by a flying Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The Maillot Jaune must have been 'sandbagging' the peloton, or he was holding back to help his teammate Isaac Del Toro.  Once he went, Del Toro popped off the back of the group losing time and his Maillot Blanc.  Back in the peloton Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) was hanging tough taking third on the stage (not bad for a Frenchman on Bastille Day).  It was Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) who had been dropped fighting back to take second.  Sadly, Jonas Vingegaard finished the day in fourth ceding another minute to Pogacar.

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Tour '24, Stage 11: He Came Back?

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) seemed rather surprised to see Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) riding back onto his wheel on the Col du Pertus.  The Maillot Juane had dropped the defending Tour winner at the top of the previous climb and put time into him down the other side.  Fortunately for Vingegaard he had some help on the descent and across the valley with the guy sitting fourth on the GC, Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe).  However, the other Slovenian in this Tour wasn't able to hold onto the Dane's wheel.  Just another 200 meters is the top of the climb that also offers bonus seconds for the general classification.  The pair sprinted to that line with Pogacar gaining two extra seconds over his one true rival in this Tour.

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"He Came Back? TdF24-62" (Original art by Greig Leach)