Cycling-Pogacar aces Tourmalet test to reclaim Tour de France lead

Tadej Pogacar reclaimed the overall lead in the Tour de France after a solo victory in the sixth stage, finishing two minutes and 42 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard.

​Tadej Pogacar's attack during the punishing climb ‌to Col du Tourmalet led him to a spectacular solo victory in Thursday's ‌sixth stage of the Tour de ‌France as the four-time champion reclaimed the overall lead from Torstein Traeen. Jonas Vingegaard failed ⁠to ​keep ⁠up with Pogacar during the ascent to ⁠Tourmalet and finished a distant second, two ​minutes and 42 seconds behind.

Traeen suffered ⁠a crash during the descent from Tourmalet ⁠that ​derailed his attempt to close the gap with Pogacar, who now ⁠leads the hunt for his third straight ⁠Tour ⁠de France title.