'Me and Vingegaard could have ridden away from the other GC guys' – Tadej Pogačar says after Tour de France gravel attacks

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) attacks on a gravel sector on stage 9 of the Tour de France
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) attacks on a gravel sector on stage 9 of the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Despite spending his afternoon launching several searing attacks on the gravel sectors around Troyes on stage 9 of the Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar closes out his Sunday without an extended GC lead heading into the race's first rest day.

The Slovenian tried on multiple occasions to leave behind his main yellow jersey rivals, including Remco Evenepoel,  Jonas Vingegaard, and Primož Roglič.

Dani Ostanek
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