Jonas Vingegaard 'probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history' - Robbie McEwen

Jumbo-Visma paid a price for not adapting their plans to the shifting scenario on Stage 6 of the Tour de France, leaving Jonas Vingegaard as “probably the most disappointed guy going into a yellow jersey in history,” according to Robbie McEwen. Vingegaard put time into his big general classification rival Tadej Pogacar on Stage 5, as the Slovenian was unable to hold the wheel and said his legs were not good. Ad Jumbo seemed keen to repeat the trick, but the scenario was different as Pogacar was able to hold the wheel on the Col du Tourmalet.

Tour de FranceJumbo-Visma tried to 'kill' the Tour and failed – Vaughters on stunning Pogacar win21 HOURS AGO Vingegaard continued to burn his matches, with Sepp Kuss and later Wout van Aert setting a fierce pace, and it proved an error as Pogacar attacked with a couple of kilometres to go and took the stage win to reduce his deficit to the defending champion to 25 seconds. Dan Lloyd, Robbie McEwen, Adam Blythe and host Orla Chennaoui were in agreement on The Breakaway that Jumbo’s plan was a sound one at the start of the day, with the error being to not adapt it to Pogacar’s improved form. “It was impossible to expect that from Pogacar based on what we saw 24 hours previous,” Lloyd said of the UAE Team Emirates leader.

“Jumbo-Visma did not expect that. “They had a clear plan, and a really good plan I would say in the morning of the race to maybe put the whole GC to bed. “It was a case of noticing weakness from Pogacar 24 hours previously, let’s go as hard as we can over the top of the Tourmalet and put a minute into him down the other side and to the finish.