Key events
Top 10 on Tour de France stage 10
1) Pogacar 3hr 58min 08sec
2) Evenepoel +32sec
3) Seixas +34sec
4) Lipowitz +34sec
5) Ayuso +38sec
6) Skjelmose +38sec
7) Vingegaard +44sec
8) Del Toro +1min 31sec
9) Pidcock +1min 59sec
10) Martinez +2min 03sec
Skjelmose sixth, Vingegaard seventh, Del Toro eighth, Pidcock ninth, Martinez 10th.
“He wants to win with panache. He wants to put it away early. He wants to be the most dominant rider ever at the Tour de France,” says Vaughters, of Pogacar, on commentary.
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1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG)
2. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +32sec
3. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM), +34sec
4. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), +34sec
5. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), +38sec
Where is Vingegaard? He lost another 44sec after finishing seventh on the stage.
Evenepoel is second! Wow, that is an impressive recovery because he looked cooked. Seixas third.
Updated at 11.18 EDT
Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France stage 10
Wearing yellow, Pogacar delivers the kind of dominant win we expected for UAE Team Emirates-XRG. And stretches his lead in GC still further. Another phenomenal performance. “In a galaxy of his own,” says Rob Hatch.
Updated at 11.17 EDT
1km to go: Flamme rouge for Pogacar!
2km to go: Pogacar’s lead grows to 41sec, the sort of dominance we expected. When was the last time he had a bad day at the Tour?
2.5km to go: Today has been raced at an “infernal pace” says Kelly. It’s a 42km/h average which is hot for a mountain stage and no mistake.
3.5km to go: About 500m of climbing left for Pogacar … the fans cheer from the roadside. A Slovenian flag will be a welcome sight. This will be Pogacar’s 24th stage win at the Tour.
At this rate, Pogacar will be over 3min ahead of Vingegaard in GC.
3.5km to go: Evenepoel is increasingly out of gas. Pogacar is not: he’s got 28sec and is closing in on this “revenge” win.
4km to go: Del Toro is alone, the fourth “group” on the road, but he is riding bravely to try and close the gap and protect his place in GC.
5km to go: Pogacar now has what looks a decisive 26sec lead. He’s keeping his form perfectly on the bike, he looks in total control of what he’s doing.
Evenepoel on the other hand is fading, although he’s not blown up completely, in fairness to him. He’s still vaguely in touch with that group of chasers.
5.6km to go: Pogacar hits the final climb. A young fan empties some liquid over his back. Presumably water.
Evenepoel is suffering, he’s dropped from that group of favourites. A good day for Lipowitz, then?
6km to go: Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Ayuso, Seixas, Lipowitz, Skeljmose are 20sec behind Pog.
Del Toro is poised to lose a couple of places in GC at least. Evenepoel looks like he’s fading and falls off the back of the group.
Updated at 11.06 EDT
8km to go: The Ecuadorian is caught. The six chasers are 18sec behind the GC and stage leader, Pogacar.
8.5km to go: Pogacar takes a look behind him. I don’t think he needs to worry. He’s got 16sec on Carapaz.
Updated at 11.03 EDT
9km to go: That group of six chasers now bearing down on Carapaz, who has put in a massive ride, but is looking likely for a top-10 finish on the stage at best.
10km to go: About 4km for Pogacar to the foot of the final climb.
11km to go: Ten seconds the gap between Pogacar and Carapaz.
12km to go: A group of six chasers behind Carapaz: Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Ayuso, Seixas, Lipowitz, Skeljmose.
13km to go: Pogacar on the descent. Can Carapaz make up any time on the downhill?
The Col de Font de Cère is the next climb. Pogacar is rapid on the descent but not taking any silly risks.
14.5km to go: Vingegaard is 21sec behind Pogacar.
14.8km to go: All in yellow, Pogacar powers up through the hundreds, no thousands of fans at the roadside. Del Toro is suffering back down the road. Carapaz is about to be caught by Pogacar.
And there he goes. Pogacar leads. Carapaz has no hope of staying on Pog’s wheel, such is the crushing nature of this attack.
Updated at 10.56 EDT
15km to go: “Is Vingegaard going to put the hurt on Pogacar here?”
Stupid question. Pogacar attacks! Vingegaard cannot respond. This is Pogacar’s moment. He’s just 25sec behind Carapaz now.
15.5km to go: Carapaz has just less than 1km until the top of the climb.
16km to go: Piganzoli is now setting a fierce pace at the front. Carapaz’s lead has come in to 52sec. Vingegaard rides on his teammate’s wheel, then comes Pogacar.
Is Vingegaard going to put the hurt on Pogacar here? The old switcheroo?
Updated at 10.52 EDT
16.5km to go: “It looked like UAE were going to totally dominate on this climb, but it’s not the case,” says Kelly on commentary. “Piganzoli is controlling for Visma-Lease A Bike.”
17km to go: Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) is in the front group, and looking strong.
Carapaz has 1min. The pace looks to have dropped a touch in this chase group. Does Pogacar have the legs to attack?
17.5km to go: Carapaz has 3km to the top of the Col de Pertus.
After that, it’s the Col de Font de Cère (category three), and then mostly downhill to the finish at Le Lioran.
18km to go: 1min 02 sec for Carapaz.
Vingegaard is looking isolated. He does indeed only have Piganzoli with him.
Now an attack from Prodhomme, Seixas’s teammate.
Updated at 10.46 EDT
19km to go: Anyone else have Carapaz in Velogames?
He has 1min 08sec now. 18.5km to go.
Vincenzo Nibali of Italy gives thumbs up for my Velogames selection. Photograph: Jean-Paul Pélissier/REUTERSShare
Updated at 10.45 EDT
21km to go: “With this gap, Carapaz might be able to follow Pogacar,” says Bardet of the climbing to come.
So he’s not saying that he will stay out front, but potentially that he could beat him with a counterattack?
Apparently, Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike) also crashed on the descent.
Updated at 10.42 EDT
23km to go: That yellow jersey group contains 30 riders.
The lead for Carapaz is up to 45sec! If he’s really got his climbing legs on, well, you never know. Or do you?
Updated at 10.39 EDT
25km to go: It’s 35sec for our lone attacker Carapaz.
A while back, Rob Hatch reckoned that Lipowitz and Evenepoel are in the front group, but with no teammates. I’m sure they’ll join forces on the final climb …
28km to go: Carapaz is tearing down the descent on his own. He’s got 24sec.
Chris Harper and Tom Pidcock (Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling) both crashed on the descent.
Harper has blood visible on his hands … Pidcock is back on his bike. I don’t think either are badly hurt.
Updated at 10.36 EDT
30km to go: Davide Piganzoli, I think, is the final lieutenant with Vingegaard. So he may well be completely isolated on the final category-one climb.
30km to go: I wonder what the political situation is between Lipowitz and Evenepoel at Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe at the moment?
Updated at 10.32 EDT
31km to go: Worth remembering how close things are between the likes of Del Toro, Evenepoel, Ayuso and Sexas in the GC. We are bound to see a shake-up in the top 10.
1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 32hrs 17min 04sec
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike): +2min 42sec
3. Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): +3min 27sec
4. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe): +3min 30sec
5. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek): +3min 34sec
6. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team): +3min 55sec
7. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe): +4min 00sec
8. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious): +4min 21sec
9. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek): +4min 57sec
10. Egan Bernal (Netcompany-Ineos): +9min 12sec
Carapaz has 25sec.
32km to go: It’s 34sec for Carapaz. He’s got 750m to climb to the top of the Pas de Peyrol.
32km to go: Felix Grosschartner has popped for UAE. They are a man down.
Seixas has three teammates with him in the lead group. Could he be a contender?
Seixas’s teammate Benoot drops away.
Updated at 10.28 EDT
33km to go: Vaughters points out on commentary that Carapaz is a very good descender, so you may fancy him to keep this lead down to the foot of the Col de Pertus.
Updated at 10.25 EDT
33.5km to go: Now 33sec for Carapaz. He grits his teeth and keeps his cadence punishingly high, working as hard as he can to build a decisive gap, or at least one that sparks a bit of panic in the UAE ranks.
Updated at 10.24 EDT
35km to go: Carapaz is now among the crowds of fans on the Pas de Peyrol.
They are cheering him on, in the style of grand tour roadside crowds everywhere. There are thousands of them!
The Ecuadorian now has 28sec. It’s a superb effort to build that much of a gap. Does he have a hope of making it stick?
Updated at 10.23 EDT
35.5km to go: Carapaz has 22sec.
It is great to see someone have a crack … but Pogacar and co remain in complete control, it seems to me.
Updated at 10.21 EDT
36km to go: “He’s the most talented rider I’ve worked with,” says Vaughters on commentary of Carapaz. “Richie is sometimes tricky to keep track of … he doesn’t like to be directed, he’s very much his own man.”
37.5km to go: Carapaz attacks!
He gaps the chasing bunch.
“He’s very instinctive,” says Vaughters, the EF Education–EasyPost manager, who happens to be on commentary. “I don’t know if it’ll work or not, but it’s more fun than watching the same old, same old for the next hour.”
Updated at 10.18 EDT
Javier Romo is caught by yellow jersey group
38km to go: A heroic ride from the Movistar man, solo for the last while, and with his partner Harold Tejada before that. Time for the GC men to do battle in the final part of the stage.
Updated at 10.15 EDT