Jonas Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France title after blowing away Tadej Pogacar again on incredible day
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) is poised to win a maiden Tour de France title after combining with the imperious team-mate Wout van Aert to blow away two-time champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) on the final climb on Stage 18.
The Dane leads the general classification by over three minutes with only a sprint stage, an individual time trial and a procession into Paris standing between him and a first yellow jersey.
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He suffered a huge scare on the final descent as Pogacar attempted to force a mistake, swerving wildly across the road and unclipping his left shoe to avoid crashing.
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Vingegaard and Van Aert launched a brutal attack on the final climb and quickly distanced Pogacar, who came home over a minute down on the yellow jersey in second as his title defence all but ended.
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