The first of three weeks of the Tour de France is not over yet - and yet the decision in the overall standings is already in the offing. On the sixth stage, Tadej Pogacar dominates the demanding final. The defending champion reaches the finish line first and wears the yellow jersey with immediate effect.
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar has won the sixth stage of the 109th Tour de France and thus also taken over the yellow jersey. The Slovenian won the 219.9 kilometer longest part of this tour from Binche in Belgium to Longwy ahead of Australian Michael Matthews and Frenchman David Gaudu.
Pogacar thus ousted Belgian Wout van Aert from first place overall. After a long breakaway attempt, Van Aert had to give up ten kilometers from the finish.
After the longest stage, the favorites have to show their form at the first mountain finish on Friday. The seven-kilometre climb to La Super Planche de Belles Filles is a monster, especially at the end. There are gradients of 20 and 24 percent, and the road is partly unpaved. The Planche is actually a ski slope, discovered by the tour organizers ten years ago and included in the program for the first time.
More on that shortly.
