Tour de France stage 11 Live - Pogacar cracks on the Col du Granon

Hello and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of stage 11 of the 2022 Tour de France.

The riders are signing-on in Albertville for one of the biggest stages of the 2022 Tour de France. 

As always, Cyclingnews will have live updates of all the action and post-stage reaction, photographs and analysis.  

It's another hot day in the Alps with Jumbo-Visma even signing on in ice-vests. 

It's currently 31C in Albertville.

This is what the riders face today.

Magnus Cort ands his EF teammates are last at sign-on and get a huge cheer. 

The Dane took a superb stage win in Megeve.

To read our full stage report and see our photo gallery, click below.

Cort takes breakaway sprint to win Tour de France stage 10 at Megève

We're five minutes from the official roll-out. 

Tadej Pogacar and his UAE Team Emirates squad was the last to sign on. 

We can confirm that all remaining riders signed on, including Rafa Majka, who tested positive for COVID-19 but was allowed to race on due to medics ruling he is not contagious.

The four jersey wearers plus stage winner Cort and the Combatif winner Bettiol line-up at the front of the start grid. 

The riders are about to ride out of Albertville.

C'est parti! They're off. 

The riders face a short neutralised sector with the official start in 10 minutes.

They still have to ride 7km until the flag drops.

No matter what happens on the Col du Granon in the Tour de France, to race leader Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) or his closest pursuers Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), the Col du Granon already has its permanent place in the race's history.

The Col du Granon was where way back in 1986 the five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault wore the yellow jersey for the last day in his career. As such, the Col du Granon marked the end of a massive chapter in the sport.

It's definitely the hardest mountain stage so far of the 2022 Tour, after all, and equally unquestionably – together with the ascent to Alpe d'Huez the following day and the Hautacam in the third week – one of the three hardest of the entire race. If Pogacar gets through in yellow and without he or his team showing any weakness, the odds of him retaining it till Paris in 10 days time will be considerably higher.

To prepare for the stage, read Alasdair Fotheringham's detailed preview, which has details of all the day's climbs and comments from  Eduardo Chozas, the Spanish stage victor that day in 1986, the only time the Tour has finished at the summit. 

Tour de France 2022 stage 11 preview - Tackling the rare summit finish of Col du Granon

The opening 45km are on flat valley roads. 

Interestingly, the intermediate sprint  comes early, in  Aiguebelle, after just 16.5km

Wout van Aert is at the front of the peloton ready to chase the points.

Allez! 

Race director Christian Prudhomme waves the flag and the stage begins.

And the first ridere to attack? 

Van Aert and his cyclocross rival Mathieu van der Poel. 

Race on!  

Van Aert and van der Poel but other riders are chasing hard. 

WVA+MvdP lead the peloton by 15 seconds.

Behind Vlasov is chasing  after a mechanical problem. This is not the time to be off the back. 

The gap is up to 25 seconds. 

The two are going away as the sprint nears.

140km to go

The peloton has eased up, letting van Aert and van der Poel open a gap. 

It is up to 30 seconds. 

Several teams are trying to inspire a chase but the gap is rising.

It'll be fascinating to see if van Aert and van der Poel keep racing after the intermediate sprint.  

There's a group of six chasers who are working together to catch van Aert and van der Poel. 

No sprint up front with van Aert leading van der Poel over the line. 

The six chasers are at 30 seconds, with the peloton at 40 seconds.

As the riders would say, it's a 'super fast' start to the stage.

130km to go

The valley roads continue for another 30km ands the climbing starts with the spectacular Lacets de Montvernier hairpin climb. 

Here are two Tour de France bardoureurs. 

They've ignited the stage right from the start. 

Tom Pidcock is at his Ineos team car with an apparent radio problem.   

That need resolving for later in the day.

The race is perhaps coming back together after the sprint. We can perhaps expect a new break to form very soon.    

Mattia Cattaneo of QuickStep is trying to close the gap on van Aert and van Poel. 

The peloton is at 35 seconds. The pace is high due to a strong tail wind down the valley road. 

120km to go

Cattaneo joins the attack to make it three up front. 

Will the peloton let them go? Their gap is down to 15 seconds.

We have a group of 20 chasers and others just behind them. 

For now UAE have little control on the attacks.  

Jumbo are trying to go in the attack with Benoot and another rider.

They already have Laporte and van Aert up the road. 

There are now 20 riders in the attack and their gap is opening again. 

It is up to 30 seconds now. 

The GC teams seem to have been told there are no danger riders in the attack and are easing the chase. 

The attack has 50 seconds now. The elastic has snapped. 

115km to go

The break has a lead of 1:00. 

Warren Barguil (Arkéa Samsic) is the best placed rider in the GC. He is 26th at 13:33. 

He could, in theory, become the race leader if he can produce a huge rider and the peloton lets them go.

Behind, the peloton has eased, with riders taking on bidons and ice-packs and taking natural breaks.

UAE Team Emirates have taken up position to lead the peloton. 

Marc Hirschi and Mikkel Bjerg are riding on the front of the peloton. 

Pogacar only has five teammates left in the race and so has to use them very carefully. 

The gap is up to over 3:00. 

The 20 riders push on towards the Lacets de Montvernier climb.  

This is the profile of the Lacets de Montvernier but it does not show the real beauty of the hillside road. 

This was the climb in 2018. 

The break is on the Lacets de Montvernier now. 

They lead by 3:50. 

The road is narrow and twisting but not too steep.  

The peloton starts the  Lacets de Montvernier at 4:00, the GC riders trying to be up front for the narrow road. 

The peloton  is quickly lined-out.

The attack by van Aert and van der Poel meant the riders raced at 48.7km/h for the first hour.

Ouch.

Indeed the pace and the Lacets de Montvernier is hurting van der Poel. He has been dropped.  

What a wonderful climb says Giovanni Battistuzzi in Italian.

100km to go

Up front the riders in the break grab bidons from their team staff as they near the summit of the Lacets de Montvernier.

Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) was first the top of the Lacets de Montvernier. He scored 5 points.  

Simon Geschke (Cofidis) was second and scored 4 points as he tries to defend his polka-dot KOM jersey.  

The peloton are 4:30 back and also grab musettes and bidons.

It is vital to feed and drink early and often during today's mountain stage as temperatures touch 32C.   

Sadly Oliver Naesen (AG2R Citroën) has abandoned the race. The French team has now lost 3 riders, including team leader Ben O'Connor. 

The peloton crosses the summit of the Lacets de Montvernier at 4:50. 

95km to go

The speed is high on the descent back to the valley road and  Saint-Jean-du-Maurienne. 

A strong high wind will blow them along the Valloire valley. 

With van der Poel dropped. these are the 19 riders in the break of the day. 

Christophe Laporte, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-Citroën), Nils Politt, Max Schachman (Bora-Hansgrohe), Andrea Bagioli, Mattia Cattaneo (Quick Step), Simon Geschke, Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Kamil Gradek, Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Jonas Rutsch (EF), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Mads Pedersen, Tony Gallopin (Trek-Segafredo), Maciej Bodnar, Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies), Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech). 

The temperatures are high in the valley as the race heads to the double-whammy of the Col du Télégraphe and the Col du Galibier. 

The climbs start after 72km, with 79km to race and all in the mountains.

This is the scary and very long profile of the two climbs. 

85km to go

Race leader Tadej Pogacar is sat behind three UAE teammates, who are setting the pace, with another behind him. 

Ineos are lined-up behind them, watching and waiting.   

The peloton is timed at 7:45 behind the 19 attackers. 

It will be fascinating to see how big a gap the peloton lets them open. 

This is the climb to come. 

The break is now on the Col du Télégraphe and the pace is already spitting several riders out of the back.

The first-category Col du Télégraphe, climb leads up to the Col du Galibier but it's no easy task itself. It is 11 kilometres long at 7.1%. 

The Col du Télégraphe snakes up through the trees on a fast, wide road and then drops down into the ski resort of  Valloire.

The peloton starts the Col du Télégraphe at 8:30.

The front group has already split, with just 10 riders up front. 

The real climbers are rapidly emerging.  

Behind, Marc Hirschi is dropped. Pogacar has just 4 teammates left to help him. 

He has only Bjerg, Soler, McNulty and Majka. 

These are the 10 riders left up front. 

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Mikaël Chérel (Ag2r-Citröen), Max Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Simon Geschke, Ion Izagirre (Cofidis), Dylan Teuns (Bahrain Victorious), Jonas Rutsch (EF Education-EasyPost), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic), Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Krists Neilands (Israel-Premier Tech)

The peloton is at 9:00. 

Riders are falling out of the peloton too. 

Caleb Ewan is dropped, Peter SAgan too and other sprinters. They will soon form a gruppetto and hope to survive.  

Dani Martinez is also dropped. The Colombian had been hoping to fight for GC but has been sick. 

Luke Rowe is with him too. Ineos will be riding for Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates today.

Alasdair Fotheringham spoke exclusively to Ineos lead DS Steve Cummings about Ineos' game plan for the Tour.  

Click below for the full interview. 

Ineos ready to take risks to win Tour de France, says Cummings

The break is halfway up the Col du Télégraphe, with 5km to go. 

Wout van Aert continues to drive the break up the Col du Télégraphe. 

Their lead on the peloton is up to 9:10

70km to go

Breaking news: Mathieu van der Poel has abandoned the Tour de France.

The pace is high but constant on the Col du Télégraphe. 

Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) is the latest to be dropped. Other riders are going off the back too. 

Attacks!!! 

Jumbo-Visma are on the attack!  

Jumbo-Visma and Jonas Vingegaard up the pace! 

Race on! 

Benoot upped the pace and dragged Vingegaard clear. 

Adam Yates joins them. 

Pogacar responds personally to the attack but the race is exploding behind. 

Uran, Pidcock and Kamna have been dropped. 

Latour wins the sprint for the Col du Télégraphe KOM but the race is behind them in the GC group. 

The peloton is 2km from the summit of  the Col du Télégraphe. 

UAE seem to be back in control but the attacks have started with 67km to race. 

Wow!  

The GC group reach the Col du Télégraphe KOM with Benoot continuing to drive the pace.

Kemna is trying to fight back on to defend his second place overall. 

Meanwhile the attackers start the Col du Galibier. 

It is a terrible 17.7km long and climbs up to 2642m.   

Jumbo attack on the descent to Valloire, with Primoz Roglic going clear.  

That acceleration has cracked the USA's Neilson Powless. 

Roglic is trying to smash the GC peloton.

Five riders are clear from the GC group.

Pogacar, Roglic, Thomas, Vingegaard and Laporte.

Laporte dropped back from the break and is leading the group down the descent to Valloire to then start the Col du Galibier. 

The attackers lead the peloton by 25 seconds. 

Laporte is dropped as the Col du Galibier starts.  

The GC battle is between Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) and Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers).

57km to go

The break leads the GC contenders by 7:00. 

Vongeggard attacks again! 

Thomas responds but then is dropped. 

Thomas is back on but now Roglic surges. 

Pogacar responds and attacks himself! 

They're on the easier lower slopes of the Col du Galibier but it's already mano-a-mano. 

This is incredible to see. 

Now Roglic attacks! 

Jumbo are attacking Pogacar time and time again! 

Pogacar is closing down every attack but how long can he do this??

Thomas is following Pogacar and trying to save his legs by not responding to each surge. 

Roglic goes again but Pogacar closes him down. 

55km to go

They're attacking each other but still have 55km and two hours of racing to go.

They've still got to reach the steepest parts of the Col du Galibier and the high altitude. 

The Jumbo car comes up to give Roglic and Vingegaard cold bidons and tactical advice. 

Behind Groupama are leading the GC peloton. They're 40 seconds down on the Pogacar attack group. 

UAE play a clever move and Marc Soler manages to surge across to Pogacar. 

Immediately Roglic attacks again!

Behind other riders are dropped from the Gaudu chase group. 

This is a massive shake out and selection. 

That's a clever move by UAE and Soler. He moves to the front and looks across to Roglic. 

Now it is 2 UAE riders versus 2 Jumbo. riders plus Geraint Thomas.

The other GC riders also close the gap. 

The Jumbo attacks have stopped for now, allowing Gaudu, Bardet, Mas, Adam Yates and others to get back on.

Vlasov is not far away.  

UAE also have McNulty in the GC group as the views of the Galibier open up to reveal all its mountain beauty.   

The break is still up the road, with van Aert there for Jumbo. 

 Geschke, Barguil, Teuns and Latour are with him, with 7km to climb to the summit.

The GC group is at 5:45 but the pace is still high. Pidcock is distanced.  

Barguil dances away from the rest of the attack as he perhaps targets the KOM jersey.  

Barguil has smashed open the attack. 

There are 20 or so riders in the Pogacar GC group.

UAE have McNulty and Soler to set the pace but the 5 Jumbo riders are packed behind Pogacar. 

Thomas and Yates are there for Ineos. 

More attacks from Jumbo! Roglic goes! 

Pogacar grinds up to him and passes him! 

It's all kicking off yet again.

The pace eases and a group forms. 

There are 5 Jumbo riders and Pogacar is alone. 

They still have 7km to climb on the Col du Galibier. This incredible racing.

Roglic is suffering!

For now Pogacar is still in charge.

He's upped the pace and Roglic, Kuss and Yates have been dropped. 

46km to go

Now Bardet and Thomas are dropped too.

It's just Pogacar and Vingegaard up front. 

The two are 4km from the summit of the Galibier. 

The air is thin here and demands extra effort. 

Pogacar pushes on, dragging Vingegaard away. 

Thomas is at 25 seconds, Yates at 50.  

Upfront Barguil still leads Geschke by 50 seconds as they fight for the KOM polka-dots.  

45km to go

The riders can see the mighty summit of the Galibier. 

Bardet and Thomas is trying to close to Pogacar and Vingegaard.

Roglic seems to have cracked and is further back. 

Steven Kruijswijk is with Bardet and Thomas as they catch Pogacar and Vingegaard. 

Barguil nears the summit of the Galibier. He will win the special Souvenir Henri-Desgrang prize for first to the summit. 

Kruijswijk is dropped from the group as Pogacar closes down Bardet. 

Thomas is also dropped as the altitude hurts and Pogacar sets a hard pace.

Behind the other GC contenders are spread down the road.

The top-ten will look very different tonight, after the climb to the finish on the Granon. 

And then there are two. Bardet is also distanced as Pogacar and Vingegaard face five more minutes of the climbing.

Wout van Aert is waiting for Pogacar and Vingegaard to help them down the descent and valley road.

Pogacar and Vingegaard go over the top and try to eat before the log descent. 

They are 4:30 down on Barguil. 

There some strong winds at the summit as Roglic, Quintana and Yates pass. 

Thomas is back with Pogacar and Vingegaard as Bardet goes clear solo. 

There will surely be a regrouping on the descent and valley road.

Barguil comes off the descent of the Galibier and continues down the valley road towards Briancon. 

Before the city the riders turn left to climb the Col du Granon.

35km to go

Quintana, Yates and Kruijswijk get back onto the Pogacar group. 

The Pogacar group catches van Aert as the group grows even more.

Other riders are coming up too but the Col du Granon will surely explode the race yet again.  

Van Aert drops back for bidons as the pace eases. It is up to Jumbo to ride to stop other riders getting back on. 

25km to go

Roglic is at 40 seconds, with Gaudu and others. 

Van Aert has dropped back to help Roglic and the others. It seems a big ask for him to drag them back up to the Pogacar group.  

Jumbo can afford to do that because they have Kuss, Kruijswijk up front to help Vingegaard.

Van Aert is on the front now and the gap is at 1:10.  

Pidcock is also in the Van Aert/Gaudu group, as is Vlasov. 

Up front the pace has eased. 

Pogacar and Vingegaard are watching each other.  Their teammates try to up the pace but ease up too. 

Riders opt to take on a final bidon and rest up before the final climb.

The 11.3km Col du Granon starts in 5km. 

It climbs up the side of the mountain at 9.2%. This is the profile. 

Look at all that black gradients! 

This is the Pogacar group: 

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), Jonas Vingegaard, Steven Kruijswijk, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), Romain Bardet (Team DSM), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic).

There we go. The Gaudu group catch the Pogacar group and blast past. 

There are 20 or so riders in the GC group. They're 5:20 down on Barguil. 

Geschke and Latour are still ahead too. 

The tactical racing between Pogacar, Jumbo and Thomas have helped the likes of Gaudu and Quintana get back on today. 

Barguil looks set to win the stage but Gaudu could climb the GC today and stay a podium contenders.

There are 17 riders in the Pogacar group. 

12km to go

Barguil is riding well up front. He's back to his best after a few difficult years and can give France a big stage win today, just before Bastille Day and the stage to L'Alpe d'Huez.

Barguil leads the Pogacar group by 5:00 as he starts the Granon.

Allez Wawa!

Barguil has to pace his effort, he has several minutes to spend o the climb.

Pogacar seem to be having fun. He makes a motorbike acceleration gesture with his hand, as if asking for more gas.

This is the Col du Granon.

The French fans cheer on Barguil.

 Only Geschke and Latour remain at 2:00, with Teuns dropped. 

The van Aert Pogacar group is at only 3:20 after van Aert  sets the pace and leads onto the Granon. 

As van Aert eases up, roglic takes over but Majka also moves up to show UAE's strength. 

The pace is already splitting the GC group. 

Kuss, Roglic and Pidcock are quickly dropped.

10km to go

Quintana accelerates.

Quintana seems to be on a mission to try to win the stage. 

Barguil is suffering on the 9% gradient. Rather than dancing on the pedals, he's crawling in pain.

Ther Pogacar group is only 2:30 behind him now. He could be caught before the line. 

Gaudu has been dropped by Majka's pacing. Kruijswijk has faded too. 

Quintana catches and passes Latour, Geschke and Teuns have already been caught. 

Quintana is only 2:00 down on Barguil with the Pogacar group at 2:15. 

Only Majka, Pogacar, Vingegaard, Thomas, Yates and Bardet are in the group. 

7km to go

Majka is pushing a huge gear on the front as Pogcar is far more agile. 

It is only a matter of time before Vingegaard tries an attack or even Pogacar himself.

Get ready. 

Quintana closes to 1:25 down on Barguil.  

The Pogacar group is at 1:55.

Pogacar looks good on Majka's wheel, as does Vingegaard, while Thomas and Yates appear to be suffering. 

6km to go

Maka keeps going.

He is doing a big turn and so protecting Pogacar.  

Quintana is as sphinx but is closing his teammate down. 

Quintana is only 1:00 back, with the group at 1:40.  

Ouch. Barguil has cramps. 

Bardet attacks and Pogacar does not react and chase him.

Here we go! 

5km to go

Bardet has a gap.

Barguil is suffering massively. He is just 4.5km too far from victory. 

Attack Vingegaard!

The Dane accelerates. Pogacar does not chase but depends on Majka to close.

Is Pogacar suffering? 

Vingegaard passes Bardet. 

Pogacar is suffering and can't respond!  

Pogacar's body language is clear. He cannot respond to the attack.

4km to go

Thomas is with Pogacar but they're losing seconds to Vingegaard! 

Thomas gaps Pogacar! 

Incredible! 

Vingegaard catches Quintana and they're only 30 seconds down on Barguil. 

The Dane could win the stage and take the race lead. 

Pogacar is 40 seconds down!

Vingegaard drops Quintana. 

He is gaining second after second on Pogacar.

3km to go

Vingegaard leads Pogacar by 1:00. 

Thomas is suffering but gaining time on Pogacar.

Vingegaard is alonne and out front. 

Pogacar is at 1:10 with 3km to go!

The Tour de FRance has been turned upside down today. 

Vingegaard's lead is up to 1:30. His GC lead will soon be a minute. 

He will be in yellow!

1.5km to go

Everyone is fighting to limit their losses to Vingegaard.

The GC will be rewritten tonight. 

Pogacar is lucky to have Gaudu who is also chasing but now he is dropped by them. 

Is this the first time  we've even seen Pogacar suffer so much?  

Last Kilometre

Vingegaard leads Quintana by 40 seconds, Bardet by 1:00, Thomas is at 1:15.

Pogacar is at 2:00! 

Pogacar has his jersey open and his shoulders are weaving as he tries to limit his losses.

Jonas Vingegaard wins the stage on the Col du Granon! 

He is set to take the leader's yellow jersey from Pogacar. 

Now the clock ticks to measure the time gaps. 

Vingegaard started the stage 39 seconds down on Pogacar.

Quintana finishes at 1:00

Bardet at 1:10

Thomas at  1:40

Pogacar is at 2:30!

Gaudu is next in at 2:00

Yates at 2:10. 

Finally here comes Pogacar. He finishes a painful 2:50 down on Vingegaard.

Incredible! 

Vingegaard is tired but heads to the podium area to collect the yellow jersey.

In the GC, Vingegaard leads Bardet by 2:16. 

Pogacar is at 2:22. 

2:22 is a significant gap to pull back, both physically and mentally.

Now Pogacar will have to attack and Jumbo-Visma defend.

Here's Vingegaard in action.

In the podium area, Pogacar offers a sporting and congratulatory handshake to Vingegaard.

Chapeau to both.

Geraint Thomas fought all day and is fourth overall at 2:26. 

Nairo Quintana moves up to fifth at 2:37. 

How to understand how hard and aggressive the racing was today? 

Enric Mas just finished eight minutes down on Vingegaard.

Now a smiling Roglic and Kuss finish. They celebrate as they cross the line but face some hard work in the days to come. 

Look how deep Vingegaard went to gain time on Pogacar.

This was Vingegaard's moment of triumph. 

It was painful post stage but worth it all. 

Other riders continue to finish as the dust settles on the stage. 

Meanwhile Vingegaard celebrates with van Aert.

Vingegaard is emotional as he speaks about what is a historic day for him, for Jumbo and for cycling.   

This shot shows Vingegaard's superiority. 

Vingegaard was emotional during the Tour presentation in Denmark and is emotional now on the podium.  

Vingegaard celebrated as he finished.

While this was Pogacar after he finished.

On the podium Vingegaard pulls on the yellow jersey and waves to the crowd. 

He was emotional. 

"I think it's really incredible and hard for me to put in words . This is what I have dreamt of, always a stage in the Tour and now the yellow jersey, it's incredible," he said before van Aert interrupted the flash interview to hug him.

Vingegaard explained Jumbo-Visma's game plan. 

"We made a plan from the start of the day, and obviously, you could see what the plan was; we wanted to make it a super hard race," he said.

"We thought it was in my favour and in the favour of Primoz. I took a lot of time today but I would not have done it without my teammates. I really have to thank all of them. They were all incredibly strong today. I would never have done this without them." 

Vingegaard admitted that he did not expect Pogacar to crack like he did.

"On the Galibier, over the top, Pogacar was really strong and he dropped everyone else. I was a bit insecure if he was going full or not," he revealed. 

"On the last climb, I was thinking, if I don't try then I am not going to win." 

Vingegaard made it clear he racing to win the Tour.

"Of course, a second place is a nice result in the GC but I tried this last year and now at least I want to try to go for the victory, and that is what I did today," he said. 

"I succeeded today, and now I have the yellow jersey. I'll just keep on fighting for the yellow for Paris." 

However UAE Team Emirates  make it clear they are not surrendering just yet.

Pogacar was also on the podium for the best young rider's white jersey.

He promised to fight back. 

"I got attacked by Team Jumbo-Visma, they played it well today. Tactically they did a really good job. In the last climb, it was difficult. But we will see tomorrow, I want revenge. Le Tour is not over!" he said.  

Pogacar explained: 

"On Galibier I still felt really good. I got a lot of attacking from Jumbo, they were really good today. Then on the last climb, I don't know, I didn't have a good final day. I was suffering until the end. It was not the best day," he said. 

"We'll see tomorrow if I can do better. I want to race until the end - I want to give it everything and to have no regrets."

Pogacar praised Jumbo-Visma but made it clear the Tour is far from over. 

"They played it really smart. For us it's really hard to control who goes in the breakaway because we are not many guys anymore. we tried, but in the end Van Aert and Laporte were in the front and played it tactically smart. Today they did a good job. That was it," he said.

"It's not over yet. I lost today three minutes, maybe tomorrow I gain three minutes. I'll keep fighting until the end." 

Only 27 riders finished within 22 minutes of Jonas Vingegaard today on the Col du Granon. However all the riders managed to finish inside the time limit.

The time limit today is 17% of Vingegaard's time (5:01:54) and so +43:52. 

Fabio Jakobsen and his leadout man Michael Morkov finished last at 40:08. 

The two riders who did not finish were Oliver Naesen (AG2R) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck). Both abandoned early in the stage. 

There are 159 left in the 2022 Tour de France. 

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It was special moment for Vingegaard to pull on the yellow jersey.

To understand the impact of stage 11 on the overall standings of the Tour de France, click on our special update. 

The current GC standings in the 2022 Tour de France after stage 11

Here's Vingegaard speaking about taking the yellow jersey. 

Vingegaard went deep with his attack.

To read our full stage report and see our growing photo gallery of all the action and the full results, click below. 

Vingegaard wins stage 11 of Tour de France as Pogacar cracks on Col du Granon

Cyclingnews journalists Barry Ryan, Alasdair Fotheringham and Daniel Ostanek are on the ground in the Alps and have spoken to the riders and teams after what is a historic stage of the Tour de France. 

They'll have the reaction, analysis and a detailed preview of stage 12 up to L'Alpe d'Huez soon. 

Tadej Pogacar still went to the Tour de France podium but after stage 11 it was only to take the best young rider's white jersey.

As well as Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma, it was also a good day for Nairo Quintana. 

He finished second on the stage and moved up seven places on GC to fifth at 2:37.  

It was also a good day out for Romain Bardet of Team DSM. 

He rode well all day, finished third on the stage and moved up to second overall at 2:16, ahead of Pogacar, who is third at 2:22. 

Roglic and Kuss were part of the attacks and worked for Vingegaard and so also celebrated as they crossed the line.

Simon Geschke raced his 200th day at the Tour de France and kept the polka-dots for another day. 

Geraint Thomas proved to be Ineos Grenadiers best rider. He went with the Jumbo-Visma attacks, matching Pogacar over the  Galibier and then distanced him to finish third on the stage.

He is still fourth overall at 2:26 and still very much in the game.

To read or full stage report and see our 50-image photo gallery of all the action, plus the full results, click below. 

Vingegaard wins stage 11 of Tour de France as Pogacar cracks on Col du Granon

Thanks for joining our full live coverage of stage 11 of the Tour de France, we'll be back on Thursday will full coverage of stage 12 up to L'Alpe d'Huez. 

If today's stage is anything to go by, Thursday should be even better.