Pogacar takes yellow jersey after peloton deny Van Aert epic solo victory

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar powered clear to win stage six of the Tour de France and take the overall lead after the peloton denied Wout Van Aert what would have been a remarkable solo victory in the yellow jersey.

Arguably the two most exciting talents in the men's peloton dominated the story on the longest stage of this year's Tour, 220 kilometres between Binche, Belgium and Longwy that were raced at a ferocious pace, an average speed of 49km an hour seeing the peloton get home half an hour earlier than predicted.