Wow. Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) ripped up the script at the Tour de France with a stunning surge into yellow on Stage 5 in the Pyrenees, with a wounded Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) left fighting to stay afloat after being badly exposed by Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) on the final climb.
Still, if the Slovenian did fancy a redemption mission, then Stage 6 could provide the perfect stage... Ad The second day in the Pyrenees hinges on the infamous Aspin-Tourmalet combo ahead of the race’s first summit finish at Cauterets.
The historic Col du Tourmalet (17.1km at 7.3%) is one of the most famous Tour ascents of all time and, perhaps, the only legendary ascent of the entire edition – although coming so far from the finish may dull its potential piquancy.
Tour de FranceForget Pogacar, Vingegaard's biggest rival at Tour is Hindley – Vaughters4 HOURS AGO Still, if this short mountain stage is raced anything like the Granon stage at last year’s Tour, then we could see similar levels of activity on the Tourmalet as we saw on the Galibier in Stage 11 in 2022.