Tour de France on a knife edge for Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar ahead of final week - Blazin' Saddles
When the elastic finally snapped and Jonas Vingegaard powered clear of the man in yellow on the Col de Granon, Jumbo-Visma’s troubles a week earlier on the cobblestones of northern France seemed a world away. If Vingegaard was the only rider to trouble Tadej Pogacar in last year’s Tour with a little dig near the summit of Mont Ventoux, this clinical attack – which came after a constant barrage of pressure throughout Stage 11 – marked the time the Slovenian superstar cracked for the first time in his short but illustrious career.
