Tadej Pogacar further strengthens Tour de France hopes with stage win

A few hundred metres from where Pogacar sealed his first overall Tour victory less than two years ago, he moved another step closer to a third with a stage win on La Planche des Belles Filles

Tadej Pogacar came past to beat Jonas Vingegaard on the line and extend his lead in yellow (Daniel Cole/AP)

A few hundred metres from where Tadej Pogacar sealed his first overall Tour de France victory less than two years ago, he moved another step closer to a third with a stage win on La Planche des Belles Filles on Friday.

It was on this climb in the Vosges mountains that Pogacar wrestled the yellow jersey from off the shoulders of fellow Slovenian Primoz Roglic in a dramatic time trial in September 2020.