Tadej Pogacar stretched his general result in greater than three minutes as he raced clear for his third stage win of this yr's Tour de France.
After Monday's relaxation day, stage 10 provided closest rival Jonas Vingegaard an opportunity to shut the hole in Le Lioran, the place he beat Pogacar in a two-man dash to the road in 2024.
With the 166.6km mountain stage from Aurillac happening on Bastille Day, residence followers had been hoping French teenager Paul Seixas could be in competition.
However Pogacar went solo with 15km remaining and maintained that hole to cross the road 32 seconds earlier than Remco Evenepoel, with 19-year-old Seixas simply behind him in third.
Vingegaard crossed 44 seconds after Pogacar in seventh, that means the defending champion now leads the Dane by three minutes and 36 seconds within the basic classification standings.
“We focused this stage from a very long time in the past,” mentioned four-time Tour winner Pogacar.
“Two years in the past, Jonas beat me within the dash honest and sq.. As we speak was related, my legs to the end had been utterly destroyed, however yeah, I loved the day.”
Richard Carapaz acquired clear on the Puy Mary, the third-from-last climb, however Pogacar attacked on the penultimate climb earlier than claiming his third win on Bastille Day and his twenty fourth stage win general.
Vingegaard led the chasing group and though Evenepoel misplaced contact, he recovered on the quick descent earlier than the ultimate rise to the road then charged into second as Vingegaard conceded extra time over the ultimate metres.
“It was an OK day for us, it could possibly be quite a bit worse, that's for certain,” mentioned Visma-Lease a Bike rider Vingegaard.
“My legs are getting higher and higher, and I'm wanting ahead to the longer climbs.”
British rider Tom Pidcock crashed on the Puy Mary descent however recovered to complete ninth on the stage and climb into tenth general.
Stage 10 outcomes
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Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Group Emirates-XRG) 3hrs 58mins 8secs
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Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +32secs
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Paul Seixas (Fra/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +34secs
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Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) Identical time
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Juan Ayuso (Spa/Lidl-Trek) +38secs
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Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) Identical time
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Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +44secs
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Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Group Emirates-XRG) +1min 31secs
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Tom Pidcock (GB/Pinarello-Q36.5) +1:59
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Lenny Martinez (Fra/Bahrain-Victorious) +2:03
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Normal classification after stage 10
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Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Group Emirates-XRG) 36hrs 15mins 2secs
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Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +3mins 36secs
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Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +4:06
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Juan Ayuso (Spa/Lidl-Trek) +4:22
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Paul Seixas (Fra/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +4:35
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Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Purple Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +4:44
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Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Group Emirates-XRG) +5:08
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Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +5:45
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Lenny Martinez (Fra/Bahrain-Victorious) +6:34
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Tom Pidcock (GB/Pinarello-Q36.5) 11:49
