Pogacar reclaims Tour de France yellow jersey with stage six win
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar stamped his authority on the Tour de France on Thursday, winning the mountainous sixth stage and reclaiming the race leader’s yellow jersey. Pogacar now leads by 2min 42sec from his main rival Jonas Vingegaard, who finished second on the 186km Pyrenean stage from Pau to Gavarnie-Gedre to move up to second […] The post Pogacar reclaims Tour de France yellow jersey with stage six win appeared first on The Namibian .
Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar stamped his authority on the Tour de France on Thursday, winning the mountainous sixth stage and reclaiming the race leader’s yellow jersey.
Pogacar now leads by 2min 42sec from his main rival Jonas Vingegaard, who finished second on the 186km Pyrenean stage from Pau to Gavarnie-Gedre to move up to second overall.
“Today I woke up at seven in the morning already and my mind was going crazy so I was really really excited for today,” said Pogacar, who broke the record for the fastest time up the Tourmalet on the way to his 23rd Tour stage victory.
“All the guys (his team-mates) were really hyped so I knew it would be a good day.
“We just committed, we were going like nothing to lose. If we explode, they explode but in the end we succeeded and I’m super proud.”
Pogacar’s team-mate Isaac Del Toro beat Remco Evenepoel in the sprint for third to leapfrog the Olympic champion in the standings for third overall at 3:27.
