Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar shreds the field in the Massif Central to extend GC lead and claim stage 10

Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates - XRG in the Yellow Leader Jersey celebrates with win on stage 10 at Tour de France
Tour de France: Tadej Pogačar sails to third stage win of this year's race, going solo for victory on stage 10 (Image credit: Getty Images)

As if there would be any doubt, given the sawtooth profile through the Massif Central to Le Lioran – when the road goes uphill, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) wins. Few doubted the yellow jersey would repeat what he did on stages 3 and 6, and so he duly launched himself clear for a third stage victory on stage 10 at the Tour de France, 15.5km from the line.

When Pogačar went, he began pursuing solo escapee Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), a former king of the mountains and certainly no slouch in the mountains. The Ecuadorian lay 50 seconds up the road, nearing the top of the Col de Pertus, the penultimate climb of the 166.6km stage.

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Dani Ostanek
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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor, later being hired full-time. Her favourite races include the Tour de France Femmes, Paris-Roubaix, Tro-Bro Léon, and cycling's fourth Grand Tour, the mad world of the Volta a Portugal.

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