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Tour de France 2023 stage 6 LIVE: Winner, highlights and standings after Pogacar stuns Vingegaard

Tadej Pogacar bounced back in vintage fashion to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France on Thursday, gaining a psychological edge over Jonas Vingegaard even though the defending champion took the overall leader’s yellow jersey.

The Slovenian, who lost ground to Vingegaard in Wednesday’s first mountain stage, resisted his rival’s attack in the Col du Tourmalet before going solo on the final climb to Cauterets-Cambasque and beating the Jumbo Visma rider by 24 seconds.

After Australian Jai Hindley, who claimed the yellow jersey on Wednesday, was dropped before the top of the Tourmalet, Vingegaard and Pogacar were set to fight for the stage win on the last ascent, a 16-km effort at 5.4%.

Pogacar attacked with 2.7km left, taking Vingegaard by surprise after the Dane’s team had done everything to set him up for the win all day.

Overall, Vingegaard leads Pogacar by 25 seconds and third-placed Hindley by one minute and 34 seconds.

Follow all the latest updates from stage six below:

Tour de France 2023 - Stage Six

Highlights – final kilometre of stage six, tadej pogacar wins stage six.

3km to go: Pogacar attacks Vingegaard close to summit finish

95km to go: Bryan Coquard takes 20 points in the sprint ahead of Wout van Aert

115km to go: Neilson Powless claims two KOM points atop Cote de Capvern-les-Bains

16:46 , Lawrence Ostlere

A look back at that final kilometre:

Tadej Pogacar wins stage six

16:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

You can take a look at the full standings in every category in the race tracker above.

16:37 , Lawrence Ostlere

The two superstars of this Tour de France salute one another:

Respect 🤜🤛 @TamauPogi and Jonas Vingegaard. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/MaT9ORhFiM — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

Jonas Vingegaard takes the yellow jersey

16:34 , Lawrence Ostlere

That was great fun. Vingegaard now leads the Tour de France by 25 seconds from Pogacar. Jai Hindley is third at +1min 34sec, and no one else is within three minutes.

Stage six – top five finishers

16:29 , Lawrence Ostlere

1. Tadej Pogacar2. Jonas Vingegaard, at 23’’3. Tobias Halland Johannessen, à 1’22’’4. Ruben Guerreiro 2’06’’5. James Shaw, 2’15’’

16:28 , Lawrence Ostlere

Take a look at that ruthless attack:

💥 @TamauPogi ATTACKS! Vingegaard is not in his wheel! 💥 @TamauPogi ATTAQUE ! Vingegaard n'est pas dans sa roue ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/tLG4iLcCdM — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

🏆 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi , ladies and gentleman! 🏆 Mesdames et Messieurs : 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/CfD0qc4Kaz — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

16:26 , Lawrence Ostlere

Jai Hindley comes in two and a half minutes down on the leaders – he will give up the yellow jersey to Jonas Vingegaard. Pogacar will be second in the general classification, about half a minute down on the Danish reigning champion. What a Tour we have in store now.

16:23 , Lawrence Ostlere

What an assault by Pogacar! He wins stage six with that unmatchable solo attack to the summit at Cauterets. Vingegaard comes home 23 or 24 seconds down, as well as some time bonus too.

Tour de France stage six – Pogacar closes in on finish line

16:22 , Lawrence Ostlere

400m to go: The road flattens out and this will suit Pogacar nicely – he is going to sprint to the line...

Tour de France stage six – Pogacar passes flamme rouge in front

16:21 , Lawrence Ostlere

1km to go: Pogacar passes the flamme rouge with a 15 second lead over Vingegaard now...

Tour de France stage six – Pogacar pushes on towards stage win

16:20 , Lawrence Ostlere

1.5km to go: Vingegaard has done brilliantly to keep in touch – the gap is down to only seven seconds – but Pogacar is surely going to win the stage...

Tour de France stage six – Pogacar leaves Vingegaard behind

16:19 , Lawrence Ostlere

2km to go: Wow, what an attack by Pogacar. He looked cooked yesterday; now he looks unbeatable. He leaves Vingegaard about 10 seconds back down the mountain – can he increase the gap before the finish?

Tour de France stage six – Pogacar attacks!

16:17 , Lawrence Ostlere

3km to go: Pogacar remains locked on Vingegaard’s wheel. This is calm, sensible stuff from the Slovenian two-time champion, who usually takes the showman option... but now Pogacar attacks!

Tour de France stage six

16:15 , Lawrence Ostlere

3.5km to go: Vingegaard continues to keep a steady pace, and he glances back to see if Pogacar wants to attack and take the lead – Pogacar declines. That is not in his nature, to be defensive, but tactically it is the right move. He can save his legs for the top and beat Vingegaard to the win and the bonus seconds. Kwiatkowski falls back, unable to keep up.

Tour de France stage six – Vingegaard attacks!

16:12 , Lawrence Ostlere

4km to go: Van Aert pulls aside and Vingegaard accelarates! Pogacar is the only one of the lead group who can keep with him, and Vingegaard sees that and slows down. Kwiatkowski takes the opportunity to bridge back to the front two, and it’s now a three.

16:10 , Lawrence Ostlere

5km to go: The yellow jersey group of Jai Hindley and a bunch of other riders are about two and a half minutes behind the leaders, who remain locked on Van Aert’s wheel.

Tour de France stage six – Van Aert awarded combativity prize

16:05 , Lawrence Ostlere

7.5km to go: In news that won’t shock anybody, Wout van Aert has won the day’s combativity prize for the most aggressive rider.

Tour de France stage six - Powless loses contact

16:03 , Lawrence Ostlere

8.5km to go: Van Aert looks so strong. What a phenomenal performance by the Belgian, once again, who has been attacking on the front all day, having also challenged for sprints and hilly stages earlier this week. The definition of an elite all-rounder.

His pace is forcing Neilson Powless to lose contact with the leaders. So the front eight becomes seven:

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X), Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), James Shaw (EF Education), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos), Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates).

15:59 , Lawrence Ostlere

10km to go: So what is going to unfold at the front? At some point soon Wout van Aert is going to step aside and let Vingegaard attack, you would think. Pogacar will try to follow – he failed to do so yesterday, but he looks strong and composed right now.

Can any of the rest of this group challenge the big two for the stage win? Michael Kwiatkowski has lots of experience in these scenarios and Ruben Guerreiro is a strong climber. But the realistic answer is, no.

15:55 , Lawrence Ostlere

12km to go: The road isn’t too steep right now but legs must be starting to burn after such a brutal day at the end of a tough opening week to this Tour de France. The second group are about three minutes behind the lead pack, and the yellow jersey of Jai Hindley is in there. He will still have big ambitions for the podium, despite losing yellow today, and that is the battle in that second group now.

Emannuel Buchmann, Simon and Adam Yates and David Gaudu are all in that second group and have designs on a high GC placing.

Tour de France stage six – front group begin final cimb

15:49 , Lawrence Ostlere

16km to go: Wout van Aert leads the front eight on to the final climb. It doesn’t start too sharp but it tips up over 10% gradient near the top, where you would think we will see a Pogacar-Vingegaard showdown.

Tour de France stage six – lead groups merge

15:39 , Lawrence Ostlere

23km to go: So there are now eight riders at the front...

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X), Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), James Shaw (EF Education), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos), Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) and Neilson Powless (EF Education).

Van Aert is the man on the front, pulling them along.

Tour de France stage six - group two closing in on leaders

15:37 , Lawrence Ostlere

25km to go: The chasers – Van Aert, Vingegaard, Pogacar and Powless – are closing in on the front quartet (Johannessen, Guerreiro, Shaw, Kwiatkowski) as they all near the foot of the final climb to the summit finish at Cauterets. The gap between the groups is down to about 20 seconds and it seems they will soon be climbing all together.

The winner of this stage is almost certainly among these eight riders.

15:29 , Lawrence Ostlere

35km to go : As it stands, Vingegaard will take the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Jai Hindley, who was left behind on the Tourmalet when Jumbo-Visma upped the pace.

Tour de France stage six - two groups of four lead the way

15:25 , Lawrence Ostlere

38km to go: So, a quick summary.

Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X), Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar), James Shaw (EF Education) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos) are flying down the descent from the Tourmalet towards the foot of the final climb to the summit finish.

About 30 seconds behind them is the group containing Jonas Vingegaard and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates) and Neilson Powless (EF Education).

15:17 , Mike Jones

47 km to go: Wout van Aert leads until the final 100m of the climb before Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) takes the maximum 20 points in the king of the mountains classification. He went through a bit of jostling with Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) but pipped him at the line.

Vingegaard and Pogacar crest the mountain just 43 seconds behind them.

15:12 , Mike Jones

48km to go: Sepp Kuss has done his job for Jumbo-Visma teammate Jonas Vingegaard and drops away leaving a two horse battle between the reigning champion and Tadej Pogacar.

Up ahead the breakaway group are entering the final kilometre of the Col du Tourmalet.

15:08 , Mike Jones

49km to go: Jai Hindley can’t keep up with Jumbo-Visma and Pogacar so drops back to the peloton. Wout van Aert is working hard for his teammates in the breakaway.

Jonas Vingegaard is going to be the favourite to win this stage right now.

Under two kilometres to go for the leaders until they crest the Tourmalet.

15:05 , Mike Jones

50km to go: Oh wow. Jumbo-Visma and Jonas Vingegaard make their move to attack over the top of the Tourmalet. Tadej Pogacar and Jai Hindley stick with them with around five km for this group to go before the summit.

15:01 , Mike Jones

51km to go : Four kilometres to until the summit of Col du Tourmalet. The breakaway has lost a few members and is now down to just 10 riders which includes Wout van Aert, Julian Alaphilippe and Neilson Powless.

Powless and Alaphilippe will be competing for the KOM points.

14:57 , Mike Jones

14:53 , Mike Jones

53 km to go: The breakaway is hitting the more difficult parts of the climb now and the peloton has reduced the time gap to under four minutes.

Wout van Aert is controlling the pace and tempo of the leaders once again.

14:42 , Mike Jones

56.5km to go: Jai Hindley has a near miss as one of his Bora-Hansgrohe helpers tried to pass him a water bottle and dropped it. It bounced in between the wheels of the yellow jersey holder who breathes a sigh of relief and carries on up the mountain.

Shaw and Alaphilippe are drawn back into the breakaway pack as they didn’t try to work together to stay out front.

14:37 , Mike Jones

58 km to go: Now then! Julian Alaphilippe kicks on and tries to some pace into the climb from the front of the peloton. James Shaw is up their with him but there’s a long, long way to go to the summit.

11km in fact.

14:36 , Mike Jones

59 km to go: Here is the virtual KOM classification after Col d’Aspin:

1. Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), 30

2. Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citröen), 28

3. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), 19

4. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe), 18

5. Daniel Martínez (Ineos Grenadiers), 15

That could all change by the time they get to the top of the Tourmalet though.

14:29 , Mike Jones

62 km to go: The breakaway has gone through a few kilometres in the long, arduous climb up the Col du Tourmalet. This trek is both gruelling and thrilling.

Wout van Aert, ever the competitor, is at the front. No surprises there.

14:25 , Mike Jones

65 km to go: The main attraction of this stage is the Col du Tourmalet. It’s a 17.1km climb up the iconic mountain which has an average gradient of 7.3%.

The gap between the breakaway leaders and the peloton is now up to four minutes 25 seconds. We’ll see how this climb goes to determine where this stage winner will come from.

14:22 , Mike Jones

67 km to go: American Neilson Powless moves back to the top of the King of the Mountains standings, taking the virtual polka dot jersey from Felix Gall. He said before the day that the KOM point were his target for stage six.

“I felt pretty good yesterday. I was just riding the wrong wave and missed the move.

“Today, I want to at least stay in the game a little bit. It depends. Felix Gall is a super strong climber, so it’ll be hard to take it off his shoulders. Today’s a really good opportunity for points but also a stage win.”

14:18 , Mike Jones

71 km to go: The breakaway flies down the descent as the peloton crests the top of Col d’Aspin. They’ve held the time gap at around 3’20” over the course of the category 1 mountain and seen well placed to catch up on the Tourmalet.

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert take to the front on the downhill.

14:14 , Mike Jones

76.8 km to go: Here we go then. Inside the final 500m for the climb up Col d’Aspin. Wout van Aert still has the lead across the 6% gradient.

Neilson Powless is on his wheel and bursts into the lead with 100m to go. He crosses the line and takes the maximum points in the KOM battle.

It’s been a good day for him and he’s back in the lead for the polka dot jersey.

14:07 , Mike Jones

79km to go: Jumbo-Visma are making a move. As they take to the front of the peloton, Wout van Aert, their man in the breakaway, blitzes to the head of the whole field too.

Van Aert steps on the pedal and takes charge with 2.2km to go until the top of the Col d’Aspin.

14:03 , Mike Jones

80km to go: Bora-Hansgrohe continue to control the peloton from the front and are holding the time gap to the breakaway at around 3’23”.

The peloton is stuck into the climb up Col d’Aspin now with the leading group having a touch over 3km left to the summit.

13:59 , Mike Jones

81.5 km to go: Benoît Cosnefroy can’t keep up with the pace of the breakaway as the group flies up the hill. Further back Fabio Jakobsen is dropped by the peloton and escorted by a few team-mates.

The European champion heavily crashed during the sprint on stage 4 and needs some help to get back into the main pack.

13:55 , Mike Jones

82 km to go: The second half of the Col d’Aspin reaches gradients of around 9% which is gruelling on the legs. Even more so with the knowledge that the harder, longer and steeper Col du Tourmalet is still to come.

13:50 , Mike Jones

85km to go: The kilometres are no longer flying by as the Col d’Aspin takes its toll on the leaders. They’re through four kilometres already.

It’s the 76th time for the peloton of the Tour de France to climb to Col d’Aspin.

Octave Lapize was first to crest in first position in 1910 and the lhe last person was Thibaut Pinot last year. The Frenchman is in the peloton right now but the second last “winner” of Col d’Aspin (in 2018) was his compatriot Julian Alaphilippe, who’s part of the breakaway.

13:48 , Mike Jones

13:44 , Mike Jones

87km to go: The Col d’Aspin is a category 1 mountain with a 12km climb at an average gradient of 6.5%. The final six-four kilometres are by far the worst part of this one for the riders.

The front of the breakaway hits the base of the climb with a lead of three minutes 22 seconds over the peloton. If the stage winner is to come from the breakaway today they need to increase that time gap by the end of this mountain.

13:41 , Mike Jones

89 km to go: Here’s the tntermediate sprint result in full:

1. Bryan Coquard, 20 pts

2. Wout van Aert, 17 pts

3. Mathieu van der Poel, 15 pts

4. Jonas Gregaard, 13 pts

5. Anthony Perez, 11 pts

6. Oliver Naesen, 10 pts

7. Matteo Trentin, 9 pts

8. Neilson Powless, 8 pts

9. Nikias Arndt, 7 pts

10. Michal Kwiatkowski, 6 pts

11. Matîs Louvel, 5 pts

12. James Shaw, 4 pts

13. Gorka Izagirre, 3 pts

14. Chris Juul Jensen, 2 pts

15. Krists Neilands, 1 pt

13:37 , Mike Jones

92km to go: Bryan Coquard takes the maximum 20 points in the sprint classification (green jersey) for Cofidis. With two big mountains to come in the stage that’s his work for the day done and dusted.

He won’t be in contention to win the stage so don’t be surprised if he drops back to the peloton at some stage.

13:33 , Mike Jones

96km to go: Those in the breakaway are positioning themselves ahead of the intermediate sprint. Wou van Aert is never the front but has previously said he isn’t interested in the green jersey.

Bryan Coquard is let through by Van Aert who takes to his back wheel and follows him over the line. Coquard takes the points for the sprint.

13:28 , Mike Jones

100km to go: Bora-Hansgrohe have upped the tempo at the front of the peloton and are holding the gap between them and the breakaway at three minutes.

That will be cut sharply once the leading riders reach the next mountain climb.

⏱️The gap between the breakaway and the peloton is just over 3 minutes, with 106 km remaining. ⏱️L'écart entre l'échappée et le peloton est d'un peu plus de 3 minutes, à 106 km de l'arrivée. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/SCuAMbr7QT — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

13:24 , Mike Jones

104km to go: A radio message from team TotalEnergies is very revealing. They are not happy. None of their riders went with the breakaway and the team officials are not impressed.

13:17 , Mike Jones

106km to go: The time gap between the breakaway and the pelation atop Cote de Capvern-les-Bains is three minutes 15 seconds. Which is a decent lead but nothing too worrisome for the GC riders in the main pack.

The next challege is the intermediate sprint at Sarrancolin.

13:13 , Mike Jones

111km to go: Today is the second time team Bora-Hansgrohe have the yellow jersey.

In 2018, Peter Sagan took it after winning stage 2 in La Roche-sur-Yon and wore it during the team time trial in Cholet. It was also the tenth Tour de France stage win for Bora-Hansgrohe yesterday.

The German team is taking part in the Tour de France for the tenth consecutive time.

Now they have all kind of individual stage victories: in bunch sprints, flat and uphill, with Peter Sagan (5), ITT with Maciej Bodnar in Marseille in 2017, from breakaways in medium difficulty stages with Lennard Kämna, Nils Politt and Patrick Konrad, and a mountain stage with Jai Hindley.

13:08 , Mike Jones

115 km to go: There’s 250 metres left until the top of the Cote de Capvern-les-Bains, Neilson Powless takes the the front as they reach the peak and he claims a couple of points in the King of the Mountains battle.

Kasper Asgreen takes one point.

13:00 , Mike Jones

118 km to go: The Cote de Capvern-les-Bains is the first of today’s climbs. It’s a 5.6km uphill category 3 with a gradient of 4.8%. Not the most difficult of the mountains today and one that the breakaway should handle without too much trouble.

12:58 , Mike Jones

120km to go: Five riders, Neilson Powless (EF-Education EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick Step), Oliver Naesen (AG2R-Citröen), Anthony Perez (Cofidis) and Ruben Guerreiro (Movistar) have closed the gapt to the breakaway which now sits at 20 riders.

Meanwhile in the peloton Bora-Hansgrohe are at the front setting the pace. Yellow jersey holder Jai Hindley rides for this team.

12:50 , Mike Jones

125km to go: Most of the general classification riders, including Jonas Vingegaard, haven’t left the pelaton but they’ll still be favourites for the stage win.

The first of the climbs today arrives in 10km.

12:47 , Mike Jones

12:44 , Mike Jones

130km to go: The breakaway is now over two minutes ahead of the pelaton with a second group of chasers just 47 seconds behind the leaders.

Here’s the list of riders out front: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos Grenadiers), James Shaw (EF Education-EasyPost), Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step), Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious), Benoît Cosnefroy (Ag2r-Citröen), Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), Chris Juul-Jensen (Jayco-AlUla), Matîs Louvel (Arkéa-Samsic), Tobias Halland Johannessen and Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X).

12:38 , Mike Jones

135km to go: UAE Team Emirates have managed to grab a place in that leading group with Matteo Trentin joining them when the gap was cut to eight seconds.

Also up there are among them are Mathieu van de Poel and Christopher Juul-Jensen.

12:36 , Mike Jones

Have a watch of Wout van Aert’s blazing start. He was the main leader in getting the breakaway clear at the depart reel:

💥 The stage is underway, and 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert and 🇫🇷 @alafpolak1 are on the attack! 💥 L'étape est lancée, 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert et 🇫🇷 @alafpolak1 se ruent à l'attaque ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/mqVOOI9cwQ — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

12:35 , Mike Jones

137km to go: The pace of the pelaton starts to increase and the gap between them and the breakaway cuts to eight seconds.

Alaphilippe moves to the front of the field and puts the pedal down in an effort to get the breakaway even clearer. His efforts pay off as they hit a slight decline and the gap starts opening up once again.

12:31 , Mike Jones

141 km to go: There are quite a few riders in the breakaway with Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) among them. I can count nine of them in the leading pack with a line of three to four stragglers behind them.

The pelaton is already 14 seconds behind and that gap is increasing.

Depart reel

12:28 , Mike Jones

And they’re off!

Wout van Aert flies straight to the front of the field and leads a breakaway of about 10 or so riders. The Jumbo-Visma is an explosive rider and he’ll be close to the front for most of this early part of the day.

12:26 , Mike Jones

The crowds were out in Tarbes to watch the pelaton depart the city for the start of stage six. This will be an exciting day’s riding with more than a few tactics in play as they cross the mountains.

Tadej Pogacar on his Tour so far

12:22 , Mike Jones

The two-time Tour de France winner, Tadej Pogacar spoke to Eurosport about how his 2023 Tour has been developing so far. Asked where things have gone awry so far, he replied:

“Maybe small details – a little bit of everything. The shape is here but I think the next days I can be even better.

“Jonas [Vingegaard] was super strong yesterday. I think he would have made a gap anyway. We’ll see the next days if I can respond. I’m good.”

Jai Hindley leads the Tour

12:19 , Mike Jones

Jai Hindley is a Tour de France debutant and will wear the yellow jersey for the first time after his solo win at Laruns yesterday. He has an advantage of 47 seconds over defending champion Jonas Vingeagaard and 1’03’’ over Giulio Ciccone.

Former race leader Adam Yates is 1’34’’ down in fifth with double overall winner Tadej Pogacar 1’40’’ behind in sixth place.

12:14 , Mike Jones

The riders have set off towards the depart reel with an easy and casual ride through Tarbes. They’re 7km away from where the route officially begins and should take about 10 minutes or so to get there.

12:12 , Mike Jones

Tarbes hosts a start for the 13th time.

The last time was for stage 14 of 2019 tour. At the finish atop the Tourmalet, Thibaut Pinot won from Julian Alaphilippe and Steven Kruijswijk.

That was also the last win to date at the Tour for Pinot.

Weather outlook

12:09 , Mike Jones

At around 25 degrees celsius, it’s hot in Tarbes where the pelaton sets off for the day’s ride. Things should get cooler as the progress through the 145km route and there is a chance of rain later in the afternoon.

A risk of thunderstorms is a real possibility by the time they reach the Tourmalet.

General classification after stage five

12:06 , Mike Jones

1. Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) 22hrs 15mins 12secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +47secs

3. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) +1min 03secs

4. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1min 11secs

5. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +1min 34secs

6. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +1min 40secs

7. Simon Yates (Team Jayco-Alula) + 1min 40secs

8. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +1min 56secs

9. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 56secs

10. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +1 min 56secs

How Mark Cavendish became a Tour de France legend – according to his fierce rivals and loyal teammates

12:03 , Mike Jones

Mark Cavendish once gave me the look .

It was an interview in a hotel lobby in Yorkshire; he was slightly late and apologised profusely, then answered questions about the Tour de France with enthusiasm and detail.

For some reason, I thought 10 minutes of flowing conversation made me his trusted confidant, so I looked him in the eyes and asked: how much do you want to break Eddy Merckx’s Tour stage record? He shrugged it off. But what would it mean to you? He went quiet. Wouldn’t it crown your legacy?

The look was somewhere in the venn diagram of anger and disdain, and I half expected him to walk off. He stayed, but in that brief moment I felt the gentlest prod of his famous spikiness. Cavendish was once asked what he’d learned from a difficult day on the bike. “That journalists sometimes ask some stupid f***ing questions,” he replied.

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Cavendish ready for stage six

11:56 , Mike Jones

Mark Cavendish is looking forward to today’s stage but knows this isn’t one for him to excel. Cavendish is famously a sprinter and positions himself near the front when a stage sets up for a tight, racing finish.

Today’s route is the opposite. It’s all about mountains, climbing and timing your moves perfectly. Not ideal for the sprinters in the pelaton.

🌞 Love @MarkCavendish optimism. How can you not love him ? 🌞Comment ne pas aimer @MarkCavendish #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/l75tk0mk1G — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 6, 2023

Jai Hindley wins Tour de France stage five to take yellow jersey

11:49 , Mike Jones

Jai Hindley won stage five of the Tour de France in Laruns to take the yellow jersey from Adam Yates and Jonas Vingegaard rode clear of rival Tadej Pogacar as an early trip to the Pyrenees ripped up the general classification.

Hindley, winner of last year’s Giro d’Italia, marked himself out as a major contender with a breakaway victory but surely more important was the sight of defending champion Vingegaard leaving behind two-time winner Pogacar on the final climb to make his case as the favourite to be in yellow come Paris.

Having gone clear from the last of his fellow escapees on the final climb of the Col de Marie Blanque, Hindley soloed into Laruns to take the win by 32 seconds, with Vingegaard coming home at the back of a four-strong group that was second on the road.

Stage 6 map and profile

11:44 , Mike Jones

A breakdown of today’s 145km route:

First comes a small category three climb before an intermediate sprint, which may well be contested by the riders interested in the green jersey - Jasper Philipsen is in a strong position in the points classification after winning back-to-back sprints.

Then comes the Col d’Aspin (12% at 6.5%) which so often precedes the Tourmalet (17.1km at 7.3%), the Tour’s most visited climb which will take the peloton over 2,000m high.

A long, fast descent follows before the climb to Cauterets (16km at 5.4%), a long drag that will be draining on the legs after such a tough first week.

Stage six start time and prediction

11:40 , Mike Jones

The stage is set to begin at around 12.20pm BST and is expected to finish at around 4.20pm.

Prediction: Jonas Vingegaard should put down the hammer on the climb to Cauterets and take the stage win.

Jersey standings ahead of stage six

11:37 , Mike Jones

There has been plenty of changes in the jersey standings following the conclusion of stage five with both the yellow and polka-dot jersey changing hands.

Here’s who will wear the jersey this afternoon:

Yellow: Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe)

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Polka Dot: Felix Gall (Ag2r-Citroën)

Tour de France 2023 stage 6 preview: Route map and profile of 145km from Tarbes to Cauterets via the Tourmalet

11:32 , Mike Jones

The 2023 Tour de France ignited on Tuesday’s stage five as Australia’s Jai Hindley stormed into the yellow jersey and reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard dominated his main rival Tadej Pogacar . Hindley escaped in the breakaway and both Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma and Pogacar’s UAE Team Emirates took too long to close the gap, allowing the Bora-Hansgrohe rider to push on alone and claim a brilliant solo win.

With it, Hindley jumped to the top of the general classification and took the yellow jersey from Adam Yates, who caught up to the struggling two-time champion and UAE team leader Pogacar, and they finished together more than a minute and a half behind Hindley and a minute down on the ominously strong Vingegaard.

Stage six goes deeper into the high Pyrenees, and the peloton will climb the iconic Col du Tourmalet en route to the first summit finish of the Tour in Cauterets.

Tour de France stage 6 preview: Iconic Tourmalet sets up yellow jersey fight

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Tadej Pogacar strikes back on Stage 6 as Jonas Vingegaard sneaks into yellow at Tour de France

Updated 07/07/2023 at 08:25 GMT

The 2023 Tour de France is already shaping up to be a classic. Tadej Pogacar dismissed concerns he was already finished in the race for yellow with a superb victory on Stage 6, putting time into the new yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard. Jai Hindley's first outing in the leader's jersey could well be his last after he cracked on the Col du Tourmalet as the two big hitters went head-to-head uphill.

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Tour de France Femmes 2022: Vos wins stage six to extend GC lead – as it happened

The Dutch superstar won her second stage of the Tour on the sixth stage into Rosheim

• Read Jeremy Whittle’s stage six report from Rosheim
• 29 Jul 2022 Top 10 on General Classification after stage six
• 29 Jul 2022 Marianne Vos wins the stage!!!
• 29 Jul 2022 Liebes wins stage five as almost half the field hit the deck
• 29 Jul 2022 Top 10 on GC after stage five
• 29 Jul 2022 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Rosheim (128.6km)

Stage six report: The Tour de France Femmes leader, Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) won stage six of the race, from Saint-Die-Des-Vosges to Rosheim in the Alsace region, after outsprinting Marta Bastianelli of the UAE Team. Jeremy Whittle was there to see it ...

Stage six in summary: Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) was first past the post in the latest stage of the Tour de France Femmes , her second win of the race increasing her lead on GC to 30 seconds, with the remaining two stages in the mountains to come.

For all her talent, Vos will almost certainly lose the yellow jersey in tomorrow’s mountain stage to Le Markstein but can console herself with the fact that she has all but secured the green jersey. She has a 76 point lead over Lorena Wiebes, who would have fancied her chances of making it a hat-trick of stage wins this afternoon, were it not for a high speed fall on a descent that left her bloodied and bruised.

Top 10 on General Classification after stage six

• Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) 19hr 30min 14sec
• Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) +30sec
• Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) +30sec
• Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) +35sec
• Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SD Worx) +1min 05sec
• Demi Vollering (SD Worx) +1min 11sec
• Juliette Labous (DSM) +1min 19sec
• Aneemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +1min 28
• Cecile Ludwig (FDJ-Suez-Futurscope) +2min 02sec
• Elise Chabbey (Canyon/SRAM Racing) +2min 34sec

🇳🇱 @marianne_vos wins in Rosheim, in her Yellow Jersey 💛 Victoire en Jaune pour @marianne_vos 💛 #TDFF #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/D6UKOGBOPo — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 29, 2022

Marianne Vos wins by a bike-length: The Dutch rider breasts the metaphorical tape ahead of Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ) in second place, with Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) rolling across the line in third.

Marianne Vos wins the stage!!!

The Dutch legend wins the sprint in the yellow jersey, extending her lead on GC courtesy of the bonus seconds that were up for grabs. That was a thoroughly deserved win on the back of a fine team effort from the riders of Jumbo Visma.

1km to go: Karljin Swinkels of Jumbo Visma does her turn at the front and with 400m to go the field takes an extremely tight right turn.

2km to go: The Jumbo Visma teammates of Marianne Vos are positioned near the front of the bunch as assorted big-hitters prepare for what could be a thrilling denouement.

4km to go: Dappled in shadows, the tree-lined road is fairly narrow and the turns are tight as the bunch heads down towards the finish in almost single file.

5km to go: Le Net leads the field into a sweeping descent towards the finish with the peloton strung out behind.

6km to go: Team SD Worx take over at the front of a bunch that is about to catch Marie Le Net.

7km to go: With two kilometres to go to the beginning of a very tricky descent to the finish, Marie Le Net keeps the hammer down as Trek-Segafredo leads the chase at the front of the peloton behind.

8km to go: French FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider Marie Le Net is first over the final climb of the day but her lead of the peloton is just 16 seconds.

11km to go: Onwards and upwards and our breakaway group has been reduced to a trio – Marie Le Net, Jos Lowden and Anna Henderson – who are being hunted down by a peloton that is just 30 seconds behind. Le Net attacks on the final categorised climb with just 10 kilometres to go.

13km to go: Despite the struggles of their teammate Lorena Wiebes after her crash, The riders of Team DSM are doing the hard work at the front of the bunch, in an effort to set up Liane Lippert for a sprint finish.

16km to go: There is one climb left today, the Category 4 Côte de Boersch, which peaks 9.2km from the finish line and it’s more or less downhill all the way to the line. Just after the flamme rouge , signifying one kilometre to go, the road gets very narrow, which could lead to all sorts of problems in the event of a sprint finish.

18km to go: The gap from the breakaway to the yellow jersey group is 1min 06km, while the unfortunate Wiebes is a further 1min 34sec behind, cycling on her own and looking in a great deal of discomfort.

22km to go: The lead group is down to approximately 10 riders, while the Green Jersey, Lorena Wiebes has crashed on a descent. She’s sits for a while on the roadside looking very sorry for herself before getting back to her feet, remounting and setting off in pursuit of the bunch. Her shorts are torn and there is claret pouring from her right elbow.

27km to go: It’s as you were with the 14-woman breakaway but the gap is in to 45 seconds. We can hopefully expect some fireworks in the lead group from here on in. At the front of the peloton, Australian FDJ Suez Futuroscope rider Grace Brown attacks.

33km to go: A stage that promised so much in terms of excitement is delivering precious little so far – the 14-woman breakaway is being kept on a very tight rein by the chasing peloton and the gap is at 1min 11sec.

41km to go: The breakaway group go through the intermediate sprint with Tamara Dronova (Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad) taking maximum points. The gap to the bunch is 1min 20sec.

It's strung out behind as riders from teams who have missed the break try to keep it under control... The escapees enjoyed a maximum gap of 2'07" over the summit of Côte de Grendelbruch and are now holding an advantage of ~1'20" as the race enters the last 50km 🚴‍♀️ #TDFF #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/03K1lXu2hk — letourdata (@letourdata) July 29, 2022

55km to go: The EF Education boss gets back on the blower to his woman in the breakaway, Kathrin Hammes, warning her to be careful of some tricky turns on the descent from the Cote de Grendelbruch. She moves nearer to the front of the bunch.

60km to go: Jos Louden sprints off the front of the breakaway to take the maximum three points available at the summit of the Cote de Grendelbruch. Once over the top, she sits up, reaches back into her pocket and pulls out something to eat. I thought she might pull a sly tactical stroke by putting even more distance between herself and the rest of the breakaway.

61km to go: We hear from the race radio of EF Education-Tibco-SVB rider of Kathrin Hammies, whose directeur sportif reminds her to eat and drink, eat and drink ... and do as little work as possible in the breakaway.

61km to go: The breakaway group is making its way up the category 3 Côte de Grendelbruch which is 512m high and the gap is out to 1min 46sec. They have a kilometre to go to the top.

68km to go: Jos Louden (Uno-X) takes maximum points on the second climb of the afternoon, the Category 4 Côte de Klingenthal and is followed over by Marie Le Net (FDJ-Suez- Futuroscope). Behind them, Bastianelli has been reeling by a bunch that is 1min 38sec off the pace being set by the leaders.

71km to go: The gap is out to 1min 50sec and UAE Team ADQ rider Marta Bastianelli is doing her damnedest to bridge across from the peloton to the breakaway, no doubt under orders as her team missed out on a place in the original escape party.

75km to go: A group of 14 riders have opened a gap of 1min 24sec on the peloton. Please be upstanding for Audrey Cordon Ragot (Trek-Segafredo), Sheyla Gutierrez (Movistar), Christine Majerus (SD Worx), Marie Le Net (FDJ Suez Futuroscope), Anna Henderson (Jumbo-Visma), Franziska Koch (Team DSM), Tiffany Cromwell (Canyon//Sram), Ruby Roseman-Gannon (BikeExchange-Jayco), Sandra Alonso (Ceratizit-WNT), Laura Smulders (Liv Racing Xstra), Katrin Hammes (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Jesse Vandenbulcke (Le Col-Wahoo), Joscelin Lowden (Uno-X) and Tamara Dronova (Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad).

75km to go: Maaike Boogaard was first over the first of four climbs today, the Category 4 Col d’Urbeis. She took two Queen of the Mountains points, with Femke Gerritse, who currently wears the polka dot jersey, taking the other one.

78km to go: Martina Alzini (Cofidis) has abandoned.

We join stage six with 85km to go: It’s been quite the frenetic start but the bunch remains intact although Trek-Segafredo rider Elisa Longo Borghini, in fourth place on GC, has had to work hard to get back in the peloton after suffering a mechanical. Her teammate Audrey Cordon Ragot helped pace her back to the bunch.

"Anyone wanting to take a stage victory into Rosheim has to ride this one from the front." @spannawalker talks through Stage 6 which has very little time for recovery and a technical run in to the final 5km #TDFF #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/v96HZcQEgQ — letourdata (@letourdata) July 29, 2022

Three non-starters: Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT), Eleonora Gasparrini (Valcar-Travel & Service) and Marjolein Van’t Geloof (Le Col-Wahoo) failed to line up at the start today, which means the field is down to 125 riders with three stages to go.

Liebes wins stage five as almost half the field hit the deck

Stage five report: Lorena Wiebes of Team DSM won her second stage of the Tour in a sprint finish, while almost half the field were involved in a massive pile-up. Jeremy Whittle reports from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges.

Top 10 on GC after stage five

• Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) 16hr 20min 58sec
• Silvia Persico (Valcar-Travel & Service) +20sec
• Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) +20sec
• Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) +34sec
• Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (SD Worx) +55sec
• Demi Vollering (SD Worx) +1min 01sec
• Juliette Labous (DSM) +1min 09sec
• Aneemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +1min 18
• Cecile Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez-Futurscope) +1min 52sec
• Elise Chabbey (Canyon/SRAM Racing) +2min 24sec

Saint-Dié-des-Vosges to Rosheim (128.6km)

Following yesterday’s sprint finish at the end of a long, flat track, today’s far more punchy stage may be better suited to the breakaway specialists in the peloton ahead of tomorrow’s foray up the mountains.

While today’s course is hilly and more suited to the baroudeurs in the field, the sprinters among the bunch may well fancy their chances in what is almost certainly their final opportunity to take a stage win before a race-deciding weekend in the Vosges. While unlikely, it would not be a massive surprise to see Dutch rocket Lorena Wiebes make it a hat-trick of wins this week.

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Tour de France Stage 6 Preview: The Col du Tourmalet Awaits

A second day in the Pyrenees for the peloton after Jonas Vingegaard blew up the race during Stage 5. Can Pogačar respond?

Stage 6 - Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque (144.9km) - Thursday, July 6

The stage begins in Tarbes, which hosts the Tour for the fifteenth time. If Stage 5 is any indicator, there will be an intense race to join the breakaway with stage hunters, polka dot jersey hopefuls, and perhaps a few domestiques from the GC contenders’ teams all hoping to get up the road and gain as big of an advantage as possible. And they’ll need it with a heavy dose of Pyrenean summits crammed into the second two-thirds of the stage.

The climbing starts quickly, with the Category 3 Côte de Capvern-les-Bains, followed about 20km later by the intermediate sprint in Sarrancolin. The riders should cover these in the first hour, before settling in for the three ascents that define the stage: the Category 1 Col d’Aspin, the Hors Categorie Col du Tourmalet, and the Category 1 climb to the finish in Cauterets.

Of these, the Tourmalet is the most challenging. Starting about 80km into the stage, the riders will climb it from the east, which means they face 17.1km of climbing with an average gradient of 7.3%. The second half of the ascent is the toughest, with several kilometers of pitches hovering between 9 and 10%. As a bit of added incentive, the Souvenir Jacques Goddet prize will be awarded to the first rider over the Tourmalet’s 2,115m summit, which sits 47km from the end of the stage.

A long descent takes the racers from the top of the Tourmalet back down to the valley floor, where they’ll have a few minutes to catch their breath, grab bottle, and scarf down a gel or two before the day’s final obstacle: the 16km Category 1 climb to Cauterets-Cambasque.

This is the only second time that a Tour stage has finished beyond the village of Cauterets, taking the riders another 10km up to the Plateau du Cambasque. This turns the traditional “uphill finish” in Cauterets into a true Category 1 climb. The climb’s average gradient is just 5.4%, but with pitches near the top approaching an 11% gradient, it’s going to do some damage.

Australia’s Jai Hindley (BORA-hansgrohe) enters the day in the yellow jersey after winning Stage 5. The 27-year-old and his team will immediately be put to the test, as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) wants to put more time into Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), who cracked on the Col du Marie Blanque at the end of Stage 5 and lost over a minute to his Danish rival. How well Hindley handles the attacks from Vingegaard and his team will go a long way toward determining whether or not he’s a true podium contender. (Hint: We think he is.) And as we saw last year, Pogačar won’t go down without a fight. If he feels he’s recovered from Stage 5, he’ll launch an assault of his own.

Riders to watch

After an intense day of racing on Stage 5, the Tour’s GC contenders might be happy to let another breakaway head up the road–albeit with fewer GC threats. Look for four teams to try and jam at least one but probably two riders in the move to maximize their chances of taking the stage: INEOS-Grenadiers, Lidl-Trek, Israel-PremierTech, and EF Education-EasyPost. These teams each have several talented climbers who are far enough down the Tour’s General Classification that they’ll be allowed to go hunt for a stage win.

When to Watch

We’ll start watching at about 9:30 a.m. EDT, as the riders hit the base of the Tourmalet. But it’s work week, and you might have other plans. In that case, tune-in around 10:35 a.m. EDT to see the action on the final climb to the finish above Cauterets.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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Points at finish, kom sprint (4) côte de saint-aignan (72.6 km), youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 01 July 2021
• Start time: 14:05
• Avg. speed winner: 48.704 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 160.4 km
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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 6: Mâcon - Dijon

The altitude gain between Mâcon and Dijon is less 900 hoogtemeters, so the fast men will be looking forward to the finale in Dijon. Which is an added attraction for the sprinters, as the road is dead straight in the last 800 metres.

Starting venue Mâcon is located on the River Saône and it hosts Le Tour for the seventh time. The last time was in 2019 and Thomas De Gendt took the win that day. The breakaway specialist crossed the line in Saint-Étienne 7 seconds ahead of Thibaut Pinot and Julian Alaphilippe.

The last Tour de France stage finish in Dijon happened in 1997. Bart Voskamp outgunned Jan Heppner in a two-up sprint, but both were relegated and the winner of the peloton sprint, Mario Traversoni, was declared stage victor. It was the biggest win in his career.

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Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews ' live coverage of stage 6 of the Tour de France

The riders have just set off towards kilometre zero in Binche, on what will be the longest stage of the 2022 Tour de France.

The Tour visits its third country, after the Grand Départ kicked off proceedings in Denmark, before the caravan headed back to home soil in France. The race begins in Belgium today, heading through the Ardennes before returning to France after around 60km of racing.

Race director Christian Prudhomme waves his yellow flag and we are off on stage 6 of the Tour de France.

Immediately there is lot of interest as riders show their interest in being a part of the day's break.

Alexis Vuillermoz of Team TotalEnergies is the first to come to the fore, but there are plenty more riders trying to follow.

There has been a crash - Mathieu Burgaudeau of Team TotalEnergies is brought down at the back of the peloton and he looks pretty beaten up. The team lost another rider overnight with Daniel Oss pulling out following a collision with a fan - he has a fractured vertebra.

The bunch is strung out right the way down the undulating straight road out of Binche as the battle for the break is on.

Team BikeExchange, Lotto Soudal and Trek-Segafredo among the teams interested in escaping the bunch today, on what could well be a day for the breakaway.

Yesterday's cobbled stage saw the first breakaway win of the Tour so far, with Simon Clarke recording an incredible victory , his first at the race.

The next moves begin, with Cofidis and Bora-Hansgrohe at the head of the race.

Mathieu Van der Poel is already out the back of the peloton. He's clearly not feeling himself , as he said following yesterday's stage.

All change again at the front of the race as riders from Team DSM and QuickStep-AlphaVinyl lead the charge.

The road kicks up a steep ramp and another group of riders use it to try and launch an attack.

It's frantic at the sharp end as the wind is clearly causing havoc.

The yellow jersey, Wout van Aert, drives at the front as a gap appears between the front group and the rest. 

There's clearly a great deal of stress in the bunch today but as Wout van Aert continues to lead the front group, with Tadej Pogačar and Filippo Ganna part of the same group which is stretched across the road in an echelon.

The pace drops off for a moment as everything comes back together again. It's a hectic start on today's stage of the Tour de France.

Three riders have a small gap - Taco van der Hoorn (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert), Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citroen) and Toms Skujins (Trek-Segafredo).

The three riders have a ten second gap with a fourth, from Team DSM, trying to bridge across.

A few more riders try to get away but Wout van Aert chases them down.

Van Aert has joined the breakaway and tries to encourage them to ride together.

The three leaders retain a slim lead over the chasing group of four which includes Van Aert.

Van Aert is really keen to be part of this break, it seems - he continues to drive although his chasing group were caught by the peloton.

This first 20km have been relentless. With 200km still to come, it's going to be a long, hard day for the peloton.

The front group of three are working well together but the attacks continue in their wake, preventing them from carving out a substantial lead.

The bunch are still together but there's a strong sense that there are more attacks to come. 

The front group of Cosnefroy, Van der Hoorn and Skujins have 15 seconds.

Mathieu Van der Poel has made it back to the rear of the peloton. 

The gap to the front group is now 20 seconds, with a truce in the bunch for now.

Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal) has clipped off the front of the bunch and the peloton seems content to let him go.

Burgaudeau (Team TotalEnergies) makes it back to the bunch following his crash. His  kit is ripped in a few places but he's still on his bike.

A rider from Team BikeExchange-Jayco now works his way free of the bunch - it's Amund Grøndahl Jansen. He faces an uphill battle to bridge to Wellens, let alone the front group.

The bunch is strung out again, with Wout Van Aert continuing to do a lot of work at the front end of proceedings.

The front group now have a gap of 1'01" to the peloton. Wellens and Jansen have joined up to form a chasing group, they have a lot of work to do if they want to make it across.

The peloton executes a sharp right turn onto a narrow road beautifully, with Van Aert at the front. He immediately drives the pace on.

There's still no sense of calm among the riders, who maintain a high pace, with a group detaching itself from the front of the bunch.

Wellens and Jansen are about to be swallowed up by a chasing group which includes Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers). The rest of the bunch catches onto the group but they are stretched out in a long line along the road as they try to keep up.

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) takes up the pace at the front of the peloton, and those in his wheel have to work hard to stay with him.

It's a lively one, with plenty of teams keen to be involved in the action.

At the back of the peloton, Jack Bauer (Team BikeExchange) has a bike change, while Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers) also struggles with a mechanical.

A strung-out peloton crosses the biggest dam in Belgium, before Wout Van Aert yet again attacks.

Tom Pidcock wants to be a part of Van Aert's move, and chases onto his wheel.

With the continued high pace, the front three still only have a gap of 25".

Jonathan Castroviejo is chasing back onto the peloton after a mechanical issue.

Team BikeExchange and Bahrain-Victorious are the next two teams to try their luck and the breakaway group are now in sight. Tough break for the three riders who have worked hard but to no avail.

You've got to feel for the three riders in the breakaway. Pain etched on their faces shows how hard they are working and yet they just can't make it stick.

Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogačar are both visible right at the front of the peloton now.

Van Aert is the instigator of yet more chaos, taking off again. Jonas Vingegaard pays close attention to Pogačar who is still near the front of the race. This is relentless.

The front group have a significant gap over the rest now. This has the feel of a one-day classic and yet we have more than two more weeks of this. Those GC teams who have missed this move will need to work to bring it back.

It begins again. Lotto Soudal and B&B Hotels are the next teams to try and make an impact.

Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost), who has been in every breakaway so far this Tour, is back at the front once more. You can't keep a good man down, especially when he's got a polka dot jersey to defend.

Christophe Laporte (Team Jumbo-Visma) is part of the group that has made a move. There is around ten riders here and they have 8 seconds.

Will this be the one to get away? There are some really big names here, and it could be a break that could go all the way, if the peloton allows it.

The group at the front slowly adds to their lead - it's up to 19 seconds now. 

The composition of the breakaway:

Kasper Asgreen (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl)

Christophe Laporte (Team Jumbo-Visma)

Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo)

Simon Geschke (Cofidis)

Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost)

Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates)

Andres Leknessund (Team DSM)

Stan Dewulk (AG2R-Citroen)

Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché)

Conor Swift (Arkea-Samsic)

Never say never... just when we thought there might be a chance of a lull in the action, it seems to be back on once again, as moves continue to go from the bunch, with the gap to the front group back down to 16".

Teams that have missed the break are still trying desperately to be a part of it, including Lotto Soudal and Bahrain-Victorious.

Once again, Wout Van Aert in the maillot jaune presses on, looking over his shoulder as if to ask who is going to go with him.

The gap is down to 11", and it looks as though this one, too, will be doomed.

The peloton has completed almost 60km of racing and still, there is no accord. It's an unbelievable start to a stage.

The damage being done at the back of the peloton is significant. Mathieu Van der Poel continues to suffer, along with George Bennett and Marc Hirschi (UAE Team Emirates), two of Tadej Pogačar's key climbing domestiques.

The gap to the front group drops below ten seconds and their days must surely be numbered.

It's back together once again, and Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) picks that moment to launch an attack.

Trek-Segafredo and Arkéa–Samsic are next to put their noses in the wind. 

Still no sign of anyone getting away, as Mads Pedersen tries to animate something at the front of the race.

The race re-enters France, and the Grand Est region, as it heads at break-neck speed for Longwy.

A lone rider has a small gap - Franck Bonnamour from B&B Hotels, who won last year's most combative rider prize.

Bonnamour is swallowed back up as a group of six, including Wout Van Aert, breaks away from the bunch.

The group is Van Aert, Steven Kruijswijk (Team Jumbo-Visma), Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-PremierTech), and Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo). Taco Van der Hoorn was a part of the move but he abandons the attempt.

Van Aert, Fuglsang and Simmons have a gap. A unlikely trio - will they be able to make it stick?

Van Aert, Simmons and Fuglsang maintain their gap at the front.

There's a large group over four minutes down including two UAE Team Emirates domestiques.

The peloton continue to drive, as the Van Aert breakaway builds up a lead of 25".

There is finally calm in the bunch.

After a frantic, relentless 80km of racing, the peloton have allowed Van Aert, Simmons and Fuglsang their freedom, for now. 

The gap is just over 50".

Nightmare for Van Aert as he has an issue with his chain - he quickly fixes it and is on his way.

Van Aert catches Simmons and Fuglsang.

With calm prevailing in the peloton, the three-man breakaway is able to build up a 1'48" lead.

Quinn Simmons is first over the first climb of the day, the category 3 Côte des Mazures.

The peloton goes over the top of the first categorised climb of the day 2'34" behind the breakaway,

The group containing George Bennett is at 4'42".

The gap continues to grow to 3'22", with the yellow jersey of the Tour de France Wout Van Aert, another GC contender in Jakob Fuglsang, and Quinn Simmons who is not a GC contender but will be keen to secure points in the KOM competition.

In terms of what the rest of the day has in store, there's some more bumpy terrain to contend with before a long, reasonably flat section of around 40km.

Then it's back to bumpy stuff, with two categorised climbs coming right at the end of the stage, that will be the ideal launch pad for a stage victory. Will it come from this breakaway group, or will the peloton reel them back in before then?

UAE Team Emirates are driving the pace at the front of the bunch, despite their two missing domestiques, Bennett and Hirschi, who continue to labour in the third group. They are around 1'30" behind the main peloton.

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck is the lone Alpecin-Deceuninck rider at the head of the bunch, ahead of the UAE train.

The average speed so far on this stage has been 50.96 km/h. 

Alpecin riding in front of UAE Team Emirates is a slightly strange tactic - it suggests that perhaps they have a plan for later in the stage.

The breakaway riders are working well together, slowly growing their lead, which is about to tip over the four minute mark.

Wout Van Aert with yet another mechanical issue - he is swiftly issued with a new machine by his team mechanic and he is off in pursuit of his breakaway colleagues. He doesn't take long to reach them.

Alex Kirsch of Trek-Segafredo has abandoned the race. He has looked to be having a difficult time of it, way off the pace early in the day.

The gap holds steady at around 3'50". The third group on the road including Bennett and Hirschi are slowly clawing their way back to the bunch, around 40 seconds behind.

A touching moment between Jack Bauer (Team BikeExchange-Jayco) and Max Walscheid (Cofidis) as they pat one another on the back, having made it back on to the back of the main peloton.

That's the group back together again then, as the UAE pair and the rest of their group finish the job off pulling back their deficit.

100km left on today's stage, almost 120km already completed. 

The gap to the break is 3'42".

Bora-Hansgrohe and EF Education-EasyPost have added their firepower to the chase at the front of the peloton. The gap drops slightly as a result.

The break's lead continues to diminish slowly as the peloton begin to up the tempo. 

The four teams working on the front are making an impression on the breakaway's lead, as the race travels along the 40km flat stretch of today's route. 

There is an intermediate sprint in around 30km.

The gap drops beneath 3 minutes.

The peloton is strung out along the road once again as Bora, UAE, EF and Alpecin give chase.

Alpecin-Deceuninck confirm that Alex Kirsch suffered from sickness, citing that as the reason for his abandon from the Tour.

#TDF2022 We’re very sorry to see @alexkirsch92 abandon his first Tour de France. He suffered some sickness at the start of the race, feeling empty since. pic.twitter.com/Jz9IzQKhPV July 7, 2022

Gap stabilises at 2'44" after a sustained period of attacking from the peloton.

Incredible shot of Fuglsang and Simmons in the break on today's stage (image credit: Getty images).

With 80km remaining in the stage, we have an intermediate sprint incoming in around 5km, before the lumpy terrain should start to take its toll again around 15km after that.

Despite the chase being put in by the peloton, the gap has stretched back out to around 3 minutes.

Peter Sagan receiving some assistance off the back of the peloton. He's chasing to make it back to the bunch.

The bunch goes through the intermediate sprint - Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) takes the win ahead of Fabio Jakobsen, who wears the green jersey on behalf of Wout Van Aert.

Wout van Aert takes the full points available for the intermediate sprint. 

The gap is dropping again, with EF driving the pace in the peloton. Van Aert, Simmons and Fuglsang now have 2'09" over the bunch.

With the gap dropping below two minutes for the first time since it went out.

The break loses one third of its firepower as Jakob Fuglsang pulls to the side of the road, presumably with a mechanical issue.

So we are left with a breakaway of two - Van Aert and Simmons. Their gap is dropping quite rapidly now, with just under 60km still to ride and two categorised climbs remaining. 

Gap - 1'42"

Van Aert means business - he ups the tempo and forces Simmons to ride hard to keep up. The gap goes back out to around 2 minutes.

Van Aert is forcing Simmons to his limit to keep up the pace. The race leader looks incredibly composed given the amount of effort he has expended, not just today but in the race overall.

UAE Team Emirates and Alpecin continue to drive the chase back in the peloton. They aren't making much headway though, as Van Aert and Simmons maintain the two minute gap.

A reminder that the two remaining classified climbs both come in the final 15km of the race. It's not an easy run-in before that though, with plenty of ups and downs along the way.

Really interesting situation here. Wout Van Aert looks cool as a cucumber whereas Simmons is clearly pushing himself very hard. The peloton are chasing but can't make any impact on the two minute gap. 

Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost) drives the peloton but still they can't make a difference to the gap. 

The gap remains at two minutes. The peloton need to come up with a new plan if they're going to catch him.

Alpecin-Deceuninck are back in amongst the chasers, with Sylvian Dillier on the front with Owain Doull and the UAE train.

Finally the gap starts to show signs of falling, as the teams committed to fighting for the stage win up the tempo.

After stabilising at two minutes for a long while, the gap is now under 1'30".

Wout Van Aert and Quinn Simmons fight to stay away on stage 6 as they approach Longwy.

The kilometres fall as the time gap follows suit. 32.7km remain, with around 15km until the climbing begins, and Van Aert and Simmons nurse a 1'08" lead to the rest.

The peloton have the breakaway pair in their sights. Wout Van Aert picks this moment to pull away from Quinn Simmons.

Wout Van Aert is once again a man on a mission. He sets off solo in search of stage win number two.

The Tour de France race leader in the maillot jaune Wout Van Aert of Team Jumbo-Visma leads stage 6 solo, just over a minute ahead of a surging peloton.

Simmons slides back through the bunch after a valiant effort in the day's break.

It's peloton vs Van Aert, and Van Aert is holding them steady at 1:10.

The rest of Team Jumbo-Visma have enjoyed a day of relative calm in the bunch as the yellow jersey goes on the rampage. They will appreciate that after the chaos of yesterday's cobbled stage.

Ineos Grenadiers come to front to join the chase. Filippo Ganna adds his considerable power to the effort and yet the gap remains over a minute.

The peloton tear through the town of Longuyen, and they take the gap below a minute. EF Education-EasyPost drive at the front with Stefan Bissegger.

Let's remember there are still two short climbs in quick succession in the run-in to the finish. How will they impact a peloton that's already done a huge amount of work on a relentless day at the Tour?

20km to go - Van Aert has 46 seconds on the bunch, who surge after him, looking after their relative interests. 

The scales are tipping in favour of the peloton, as the gap drops to 35 seconds. No matter how this turns out, it's been some ride from Van Aert.

Ineos Grenadiers, wearing the yellow helmets as they lead in the team classification, lead the charge. 

The gap is 29 seconds.

The pace starts to tell as riders are spat out of the back of the peloton, including Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal).

Van Aert begins the climb - the Côte de Montigny-sur-Chiers is a category 4 test.

After a difficult start to the day, George Bennett (UAE Team Emirates) leads his team mates and the bunch up the climb.

Van Aert grimaces with the effort. His gap is 20 seconds.

Van Aert is digging in, the gap stabilising at 21 seconds.

Swathes of riders drop out the back of the bunch.

AG2R and Bora take over at the front and the fresh legs make all the difference, immediately shaving five seconds off the lead of Wout Van Aert.

Van Aert completes the climb. There is one more to go, and it arrives in 7km time.

The race leader has given everything in defence of his yellow jersey today. The peloton have him in their sights though, and he will shortly be swallowed back up.

A crash in the bunch causes issues for a number of riders - Lotto Soudal's Janse Van Rensberg appears to be the worst affected.

Bahrain-Victorious and BikeExchange take up the reins at the front of the bunch. Van Aert is seconds away from being caught.

Van Aert moves to the side of the road as the peloton surges past him. What a day he has had.

Fabio Jakobsen is among a number of riders who have been dropped. It's anybody's guess who will win this stage - as for the yellow jersey, Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) may be the beneficiary if Van Aert drops out of the back, which is looks as if he will.

Jumbo-Visma are immediately on the march at the front of the peloton, as they roll through the 10km to go marker.

The peloton has slimmed in numbers as they head toward the final climb of the day. The crash caused a split and the high pace has seen many riders dropped. Most of the main GC favourites appear to among the front group.

Another crash as a rider from Groupama-FDJ comes down.

The bunch string out as they head down a short descent. 7.2km remain.

Team BikeExchange-Jayco are clearly up for this finish with Michael Matthews.

The riders begin the short, sharp climb of Côte de Pulventeux.

It's just 800m long but at an average gradient of 12% it's likely to have some impact. Jumbo-Visma lead up the climb with Michael Matthews in close order.

Alexis Vuillermoz (Team TotalEnergies) attacks up the climb.

Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citroen) tries to attack, followed by Tadej Pogacar.

Plenty of riders are still in close order as they crest the summit of the climb - there are now 5km to race to the finish.

Vuillermoz continues to lead, with a short gap over the rest. 

Van Aert has dropped like a stone after his mammoth effort, and now ships around 3 minutes to the rest.

The yellow jersey will change hands at the end of the day.

Wout Van Aert has been awarded the combativity award for the day - well deserved.

Vuillermoz continues to lead, with Jumbo-Visma at the head of the chase five seconds back.

The road kicks up steeply with 2km to go.

Vuillermoz is being chased down by a pack of GC riders - his attack comes to an end.

UAE Team Emirates lead into the final 1.4km. Who will take the stage?

The road continues to rise. It's a really tough conclusion to the longest stage of the Tour de France.

Tadej Pogačar looks ominous in the wheels of his team mates.

Into the final kilometre.

A reduced bunch sprint will decide the stage win.

Roglic moves through with Tadej Pogačar behind him. 200m to go.

Tadej Pogačar launches his sprint and wins Stage 6 of the Tour de France.

That was a tense finish, but the younger Slovenian has struck a blow to the confidence of all his rivals with that display.

The rest weren't able to stay with the pace of Pogačar. He will take control of the yellow jersey as a result of bonus seconds.

Michael Matthews performs well to come second, with David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) in third place.

Pidcock, Quintana, Teuns, Vingegaard, Bardet and Roglic make up the rest of the top ten.

Tadej Pogačar takes control of the yellow jersey - Neilson Powless is 4 seconds behind, with Jonas Vingegaard at 31 seconds.

The gruppetto rolls in, with Wout Van Aert a part of it, as he completes his final day in the yellow jersey.

The race was completed in one of the fastest times over a comparable distance in the race's history, coming in around 40 minutes ahead of the fastest predicted time.

Tadej Pogačar wins stage 6 of the Tour de France in Longwy (image credit: Getty images)

Michael Matthews: "The team put me in a good position, I started well, they jumped a bit in the final but I was able to open up and get my sprint in.

"All this week so far, he's amazing, what he's doing for himself and for the sport and for the fans, it's amazing to see a guy with such talent use it in a really good way. He's won the Tour twice but he's putting on a show for the fans, giving us riders a hard time. It will make it all the more special when I can eventually beat him."

Michael Matthews congratulates Tadej Pogačar after stage 6. (Image credit: Getty images)

Neilson Powless: "That was the plan as soon as we saw Wout go in the breakaway, we can let him burn himself and try to go for yellow at the end. The bonus seconds at the end took it away. Really disappointed we couldn’t get yellow in the end, the whole team committed to it.

On Pogacar: "It seems like he can do just about everything, it will be interesting to see how he goes in the next two weeks. Man on man Tadej is probably the strongest guy in the world.

The last two days were pretty hectic, everybody was pretty smoked today which I think made the final a bit more wild than it would have been. Everybody on the limit. We’re in the Tour now."

Tadej Pogačar, on his win: "Yes, every time I win, it's even better. Today was so hard from the start, the first two hours was so crazy. The strongest guy went in the breakaway [Wout van Aert]. A lot of guys pulling in the peloton, our team as well. I was thinking that he would come to the finish, but in the end, the peloton was stronger. 

"We came to the final climb and I was still feeling good. The team did an incredibly good job bringing me to perfect position. I'm so happy. It was not a pure sprint because we rode the last two climbs really hard, it was above our threshold, super hard into the final climb, hectic, and I guess I had good legs to push at the end."

On taking yellow: "I'm super happy to take the win, and anything else is just a bonus. We will think about [the yellow jersey] in the next days."

Stage 6 has been a day of attacking racing and pure entertainment. 

Tomorrow the GC riders battle it out on the first summit finish of this year's Tour de France - the La Super Planche Des Belles Filles.

Tadej Pogačar gave his thoughts about tomorrow's stage to Super Planche des Belles Filles.

"Tomorrow we enter the climbs. It's good to have the yellow jersey and I need to defend now, in these days. It gives confidence and motivation for everyone in the team. The yellow jersey is something you cannot say no to, you ride everyday with pride and a smile on the face.

"Today, more than being confident in myself, it was the team's confidence in me. They pulled really hard all day, and the guys said, 'it's a good day for you, you can win this'. They brought me almost to the finish line and I just had to deliver in the final for all the guys who made a sacrifice today.

"Tomorrow [La Super Planche des Belles Filles] is one of the climbs where you need to go full gas from bottom to top, and there's not much calculation, but you can explode pretty fast because there are super, super steep sections. It's good that I know the climb up to the last 1km, and then I hope that I have as good legs as I have had until now.

"The gravel, I don't think it plays too much of a factor tomorrow. It's more about the possibility of a puncture, but not about technique. It's just, in the end, it will be the best climbing legs, the first on the top."

Tadej Pogačar is awarded the yellow leader's jersey on stage 6 of the Tour de France in Longwy (image credit: Getty images)

Wout Van Aert, speaking after today's stage.

'It was not my plan to try this in the morning. I hoped to be able to join a bigger break away and then maybe defend yellow and even give it a go for the stage win. Also it seemed like there was a lot of interest in the breakaway so I believed that we would end up with a lot of guys on the road. 

"In the beginning was a lot of cross tailwind, it was really tricky. It seemed like it was like literally no team who wants to chase so everybody wanted to be in that break and everybody kept chasing me down.

"At some point we finally managed to open up a gap and then we're only with three so that was a little bit of a disappointment. Then I thought okay, I'm just gonna try it and enjoy myself. And if it doesn't work, then it's a it's a nice way to honour the jersey on my last day in it."

On stage 7:

"Tomorrow it will be definitely not be my day but an important day for Jonas and Primož. I think they survived well today and they could sit back in the bunch with me in front, so that was was also nice. So tomorrow I try to put them in a good position towards the climb and hopefully they can be there with the best."

"I will try to recover and help them during this stage but in the final it's up to them and to Steven and Sepp who are both going really well. So yeah. That's that's not a problem."

Thanks for joining us today for a gripping day of racing.

Join us again tomorrow, when we'll be with you every step of the way on stage 7, as the GC contenders face their first summit finish on La Super Planche Des Belles Filles. 

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Tour de France stage six preview

All you need to know about the route, timings, and what to expect from today's stage

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Stage six of the Tour de France 2022 starts in Binche, and finishes 212.9 kilometres later, in Longwy.

As today’s stage runs through perfect breakaway country maybe some overall contenders will be tempted to slip a beer from the renowned brewing town of Binche in their back pocket to quench their thirst on the race’s longest stage – maybe.

When is stage six of the Tour de France taking place?

The Tour de France stage six takes place on Thursday, July 7. It will start at 11.15am BST, and is estimated to finish at 16.29 BST.

How long is stage six of the Tour de France?

The Tour de France stage six will be 219.9km long.

Tour de France stage six: expected timings

Tour de france stage six route.

Although the parcours looks like a nailed on day for the break to succeed, the punchy finish could well mean any escapees will be hunted down by a peloton packed with riders who’ll fancy their chances of success. 

The finale is a little different from the one where Peter Sagan won in 2017. It’s been beefed up significantly with the addition of the Côte de Pulventeux 6km from the finish. Averaging 12% for 800m, it should shake out some wannabe stage winners. Following that, the riders will hit the Côte des Religieuses, which winds for 1.6km up to the finish, the gradient briefly reaching 11%.

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Tour de France stage six: what to expect 

Timing is key to success on this stage. Back in 2017, BMC, notably Richie Porte, worked hard to set up Greg Van Avermaet, while Bora’s Rafał Majka sat in behind them with Peter Sagan on his wheel. With 250 metres remaining, Sagan decided it was time to take advantage of the armchair ride that Majka had provided for him. He went to the front, stomped on the pedals, pulled one foot out, got it back in again and still had enough in hand at the line to hold off Michael Matthews’ late charge. However, the new Pulventeux climb offers an opportunity to lighter and more explosive riders.

Tour de France stage six: riders to watch

The climbs aren’t long enough for Ardennes Classics riders to prevail, so once again we're looking at the likes of MVDP. But make no mistake, the GC riders must be at the front too. A first stage win for Tadej Pogačar?

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Peter Cossins has been writing about professional cycling since 1993, with his reporting appearing in numerous publications and websites including Cycling Weekly ,  Cycle Sport  and  Procycling - which he edited from 2006 to 2009. Peter is the author of several books on cycling - The Monuments , his history of cycling's five greatest one-day Classic races, was published in 2014, followed in 2015 by  Alpe d’Huez , an appraisal of cycling’s greatest climb. Yellow Jersey - his celebration of the iconic Tour de France winner's jersey won the 2020 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Cycling Book of the Year Award.

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It is the biggest cycling race in the world: a national event that France cherishes almost as much as its Eiffel Tower and its 360 native cheeses! Every year in July, the Tour de France sets off on the roads of France and crosses some of its most beautiful landscapes. Here’s everything you should know in advance of the 2018 race…

‘La Grande Boucle’

In over a century of existence, the Tour has extended its distance and passed through the whole country. Almost 3,500 kilometers are now covered each year in the first three weeks of July, with 22 teams of 8 cyclists. The 176 competitors criss-cross the most beautiful roads of France in 23 days, over 21 stages. More than a third of France’s departments are passed through, on a route that changes each year.

A little tour to start

The first ever Tour de France took place in 1903. It had just six stages – Paris-Lyon, Lyon-Marseille, Marseille-Toulouse, Toulouse-Bordeaux, Bordeaux-Nantes and Nantes-Paris – and 60 cyclists at the start line. At the time, the brave cycled up to 18 hours at a stretch, by day and night, on roads and dirt tracks. By the end, they’d managed 2,300 kilometers. Must have had some tight calves!

Mountain events are often the most famous and hotly contested. Spectators watch in awe as the riders attack the passes and hit speeds of 100 km/h. In the Pyrenees and the Alps, the Galibier and Tourmalet ascents are legendary sections of the Tour, worthy of a very elegant polka dot jersey for the best climber…

The darling of the Tour

In terms of the number of victories per nation, France comes out on top, with 36 races won by a French cyclist. In second place is Belgium with 18 wins, and in third is Spain with 12. The darling of the Tour remains Eddy Merckx, holding the record of 111 days in the yellow jersey. This Belgian won 5 times the Great Loop as Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Michael Indurain.

‘Le maillot jaune’

The yellow jersey is worn by the race winner in the general classification (calculated by adding up the times from each individual stage). This tradition goes back to 1919. It has nothing to do with the July sunshine or the sunflower fields along the roads; it was simply the colour of the pages of newspaper L’Auto, which was creator and organiser of the competition at the time.

The Tour de France is the third major world sporting event after the Olympic Games and the World Cup, covered by 600 media and 2,000 journalists. The race is broadcast in 130 countries by 100 television channels over 6,300 hours, and is followed by 3.5 billion viewers.

The Champs-Élysées finish

Each year the Tour departs from a different city, whether in France or in a neighbouring country. Since 1975, the triumphal arrival of the cyclists has always taken place across a finish line on Paris’ Champs-Élysées. It’s a truly beautiful setting for the final sprint.

And the winner is…

Seen from the sky and filmed by helicopters or drones, the Tour route resembles a long ribbon winding its way through France’s stunning landscapes: the groves of Normandy, the peaks of the Alps, the shores of Brittany and the beaches of the Côte d’Azur. In 2017, it was the Izoard pass in Hautes-Alpes that was elected the most beautiful stage, at an altitude of 2,361 metres. Which one gets your vote?

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Vaillantes mais indisciplinées, les Bleues s’inclinent contre l’Angleterre en « finale » du Tournoi des six nations féminin

Les coéquipières de Manae Feleu et Gaëlle Hermet se sont inclinées 21 à 42 au stade Chaban-Delmas à Bordeaux contre les Anglaises, qui remportent le Tournoi des six nations pour la sixième année consécutive.

Ce qu’il faut retenir

Le cador  : Alex Matthews, tout en puissance

On aurait pu mettre beaucoup d’Anglaises dans ce rôle, ou même la Française Marine Ménager. Mais difficile de passer à côté de la troisième ligne centre Alex Matthews. Omniprésente, elle a été récompensée du titre de femme du match après avoir notamment inscrit un doublé.

Le fil du match  :

Malheureusement pour les Bleues, le match est assez simple à résumer : les Anglaises ont marqué d’entrée, puis ont passé le match à répondre. Maud Muir (4 e ) et Alex Matthews (11 e ) ont ainsi mis les Red Roses sur les bons rails en faisant chacune un aller-retour dans l’en-but français.

La France a réagi par Gabrielle Vernier (17 e ) avant de baisser la tête sur un essai de Megan Jones (24 e ). Marine Ménager a bien réussi un petit exploit dans son couloir (27 e )… mais l’Angleterre a de nouveau contré, par Marlie Packer cette fois (32 e ), puis Amy Cokayne (39 e ).

Egalement de bonne facture, la seconde période a en revanche longtemps été avare en essais. Jusqu’à ce que Marine Ménager (69 e ) aille aplatir son deuxième essai personnel… réveillant du même coup − encore − les Anglaises, et particulièrement Alex Matthews (72 e ). Bref, les Red Roses avaient réponse à tout.

La phrase :

« Le groupe est soudé, grandit ensemble. J’espère qu’on a donné envie aux gens de nous suivre. On reviendra plus fortes. » La capitaine des Bleues Manae Feleu, émue, au moment de donner ses premières impressions au micro de France 2.

Le chiffre  : 28 023 spectateurs.

Ce Crunch était attendu, et le stade Chaban-Delmas de Bordeaux était bien garni pour y assister. La rencontre a ainsi battu un record d’affluence pour un match féminin de rugby en France.

Le tournant  : le carton rouge d’Assia Khalfaoui.

A la 43 e minute, les Bleues étaient déjà largement dominées par leurs impolies visiteuses (35-14). L’espoir de victoire était alors déjà bien mince, il est devenu pratiquement inexistant quand la pilier française Assia Khalfaoui a été exclue pour une charge à l’épaule, laissant ses coéquipières en infériorité numérique.

Nutrisport  : B. On est peut-être un brin chauvin de ne pas donner une meilleure note malgré le festival offensif du jour, mais il nous a manqué un tout petit peu de suspense.

C’est tout pour aujourd’hui

On aurait préféré vous laisser sur un titre des Bleues, mais il faudra malheureusement se contenter d’une deuxième place. En revanche, on vous décerne comme à chaque fois le titre de meilleurs commentaires de France : merci encore d’avoir passé cet après-midi en notre compagnie, en assaisonnant la rencontre de vos remarques les plus impertinents. Reposez-vous bien, car nous sommes déjà de retour demain ! Au programme cette fois, du foot, et la demi-finale retour de la Ligue des champions féminine entre le Paris Saint-Germain et l’Olympique lyonnais (16 heures). Bonne soirée !

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Bonsoir,quel classement pour les françaises ?

Les Bleues terminent deuxièmes, derrière des Anglaises au-dessus de la mêlée. L’Irlande, l’Ecosse, l’Italie et le Pays de Galles suivent dans cet ordre au classement.

Messieurs, merci pour ce moment. Bon potage !

Merci à vous, c’était un plaisir de passer cet après-midi en votre compagnie, malgré la défaite. Fenouil au menu ?

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Elles sont finalement deuxièmes !

Le classement complet :

• Angleterre, 25 points
• France, 19 points
• Irlande, 10 points
• Ecosse, 9 points
• Italie, 7 points
• Pays d e Galles, 5 points

C’est terminé ! LES ANGLAISES REMPORTENT LE TOURNOI DES SIX NATIONS !

Largement au-dessus des Bleues cet après-midi, les Red Roses ont enchaîné les essais pour décrocher un sixième Tournoi des six nations consécutif (42-21). Les Françaises n’ont pas démérité, ont souvent attaqué, mais n’ont jamais réussi à mettre leurs adversaires sous pression.

Oubliez ce qu’on vient de dire : la pauvre Chloé Jacquet vient de se faire envoyer en touche sans ménagement par la défense anglaise. Pas sympa.

Mon train roule à l’heure, merci de vous en inquiéter. La faute à des anglaises appliquées si j’ai raté le 35-35. Mais alors, en cas d’un imaginaire 42-42, qui aurait la première place ? Une réponse peut-être ?

Les Anglaises, au point-average. Mais là il n’y a plus de suspense, la sirène a sonné

Les Bleues vont avoir un dernier ballon. Ça ne changerait pas grand-chose, mais elles empocheraient au moins le point de bonus offensif si elles marquaient un dernier essai.

Les Bleues y retournent !

On ne pourra pas leur reprocher d’avoir manqué de courage ! Les Tricolores enchaînent les passes et se retrouvent de nouveau devant la ligne anglaise... avant d’être pénalisés !

Les Anglaises se croient à Nice, elles se promènent.

Elle ne se défilent pas

Un dernier essai pour l’honneur ?

Pour se consoler, le troisième essai des Bleues en vidéo

En cas de 35-35… Hypothétique, of course. Qui aurait la première place svp ? Merci

Vous avez déjà un train de retard. On en est à 21-42, il n’y a plus de suspense

ESSAI ANGLAIS !

C’en est malheureusement fini des espoirs tricolores. Sans forcer, les Anglaises déroulent leur jeu jusqu’à l’essai de Matthews, transformé les Aitchison. Les carottes sont cuites et le pudding a mauvais goût.

Malheureusement les Bleues se remettent tout de suite sous pression en concédant une pénalité dans leur camp.

Alors peut-être ?

ALORS PEUT-ÊTRE !

Huit minutes pour inscrire deux essais à 14 contre 15 contre la meilleure équipe du monde. Vous y croyez ?

Lina Queyroi transforme !

Plus que 14 points de retard pour les Bleues : 35-21 !

ESSAI DES BLEUES ! MENAGER !

Les Françaises sont enfin récompensées ! Après une séquence interminable, Marine Ménager trouve un intervalle et va aplatir. Superbe !

Le programme

Live animé par Nicolas Lepeltier et Valentin Moinard

Bienvenue dans le live consacré au match entre la France et l’Angleterre, dans le cadre du Tournoi des six nations féminin.

De quoi s’agit-il ? De la dernière rencontre du Tournoi des six nations féminin 2024, opposant les deux dernières équipes invaincues, la France et l’Angleterre. Outsiders, les Bleues tenteront de profiter de l’appui de leur public pour ravir le trophée, propriété privée des Red Roses depuis 2019.

Où ? Au stade Chaban-Delmas de Bordeaux.

A quelle heure ? 17 h 45.

Sur quelle chaîne ? France 2.

Qui anime le live ? Le XV d’Austerlitz a choisi de miser sur la charnière Nicolas Lepeltier-Valentin Moinard pour cette « finale ». Ce tandem essaiera d’être aussi percutant dans les commentaires que les Bleues sur le terrain.

La composition des équipes :

Boulard – Ciofani, Konde, Vernier, M. Ménager – Queyroi (o), Bourdon-Sansus (m) – Hermet, R. Ménager, Escudero – Fall, M. Feleu (cap.) – Khalfaoui, Sochat, Deshayes

Remplaçantes : Riffonneau, Mwayembe, Joyeux, Gros, T. Feleu, Chambon, Berthoumieu, Jacquet

Sélectionneur : Gaëlle Mignot et David Ortiz

Kildunne – Dow, Jones, Heard, Breach – Aitchison (o), Hunt (m) – Matthews, Kabeya, Packer (cap.) – Talling, Aldcroft – Muir, Cokayne, Botterman

Remplaçantes : Powell, Carson, Clifford, Ward, Feaunati, Packer, Scarratt, Gregson

Sélectionneur : John Mitchell

Qui arbitre ? La Néo-Zélandaise Maggie Cogger-Orr.

De quoi ne parlera-t-on pas ? L’âge du capitaine, l’énigme maths du « Monde » n o  11 . On a trouvé la réponse chez les Bleues : Manae Feleu a 24 ans.

A lire en attendant :

L’équipe de France en « finale » contre l’Angleterre, le royaume du rugby féminin

Le XV de France efface l’obstacle gallois, et s’offre une finale face à l’Angleterre dans le Tournoi des six nations féminin

L’enquête visant Bernard Laporte pour soupçons de blanchiment de fraude fiscale classée sans suite

Les All Blacks au Stade de France le 16 novembre pour une revanche contre les Bleus

Le Stade toulousain s’offre une sixième demi-finale de rang en Champions Cup

La mort de l’ancien rugbyman André Boniface, apôtre du « jeu à la française »

Le Biarritz Olympique vendu à l’un de ses anciens joueurs

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