Opinion: Indefatigable Wout van Aert must make Tadej Pogacar go green with envy after latest Tour de France blitz
When did you last see the defending champion being dropped by the green jersey on the final hors categorie climb of the Tour? Never. Well, not until this Thursday’s Stage 18 to Hautacam, when the runaway leader of the so-called sprinters’ classification hammered the final nail into Tadej Pogacar’s coffin before propelling his team-mate Jonas Vingegaard to a maiden stage win in the yellow jersey, all but securing the overall win for the Dane in the process.


