Cycling: Tadej Pogacar has struck back. The world champion won the mountain finish on the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné and thus also took the overall lead.
Pogacar wins ahead of Vingegaard and Lipowitz
He has now taken the reins at the 77th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné. Tadej Pogacar (UAE – XRG) won the sixth stage, a 126,7-kilometer ride from Valserhône to Combloux. The Slovenian cruised to victory in the mountain finish, finishing 61 and 82 seconds ahead of Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike) and German Florian Lipowitz (RB – Bora – hansgrohe), respectively. Race leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal – Quick-Step) finished fifth, losing almost two minutes and thus also relinquishing the yellow jersey to today's winner. Pogacar now leads Vingegaard by 43 seconds and, despite his disappointing time trial, is poised for overall victory. However, he still has two mountain stages to conquer.
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Ataca Tadej Pogacar and his partner Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel in plenary session on the Cote de Domancy #Dauphiné pic.twitter.com/gLUSJpzM9h
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