Tour de France: Michael Woods wins on Puy de Dome as Tadej Pogacar chips away at Jonas Vingegaard's lead

In the closing moments of the Tour de France’s return to the Puy de Dome for the first time in 35 years, it was unclear whether Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) had timed his attack to perfection or left it a little too late. Riding in pursuit of the American lone leader Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), the Canadian veteran had to battle back from a second chase group over two minutes back.

He then blasted past Slovenia’s Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) with 2km remaining before catching Jorgenson inside the final 500 metres. Ad The entire spectacle played out on a narrow, twisting road carved out on the side of the dormant volcano of Puy de Dome – one a steep double-digit ramp running alongside a funicular train and in eerie silence away from the raucous spectators further down the climb.

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After digging deep to limit his losses, defending champion Vingegaard will take the yellow jersey into the first rest day – but with a narrow lead of just 17 seconds over the white jersey and two-time Tour winner from Slovenia. In the battle to finish best-of-the-rest, Australia’s Jai Hindley (Bora-hansgrohe) battled back to keep his third place but now