'It’s good you dropped your guys!’ – Tadej Pogacar tells Wout van Aert after sensational Tour de France stage win

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) extended his lead at the Tour de France with a ferocious attack on the final categorised climb to win Tuesday’s hilly stage, with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) jokingly stating he was happy to see the Belgian also drop his own team. Van Aert, who finished second in the opening three stages of this year’s Tour de France, made his move with 10km to go, launching a big attack to escape from his rivals, as well as his Jumbo-Visma team. Ad/> Defending champion Pogacar also couldn’t go with the move, but neither could his main rival Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) as the pair crossed the line amongst the peloton, eight seconds behind Van Aert.

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I was lucky!" /> Van Aert led the General Classification by 25 seconds from Yves Lampaert ((Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) ahead of Wednesday’s cobbled stage. Pogacar was a further seven seconds back in third, with other leading contenders Jumbo-Visma pair Jonas Vingegaard in sixth and Roglic in seventh whilst Britain’s Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) in eighth, all within 48 seconds of Van Aert. Van Aert crashes, then nearly hits car in shocking day for yellow jersey ‘I’m in shock!’ – Van Aert lauded for ‘demolishing peloton’ at Tour de France — — - Stream the Tour de France live and on-demand on discovery+.