Tadej Pogacar fights to hang on to the yellow jersey at the Tour de France

The Tour de France also returned from a rest day to be hit by Covid-19 withdrawals and environmental protests on the road.

Tadej Pogacar was held up by protestors before narrowly holding on to his yellow jersey (Daniel Cole/AP)

Tadej Pogacar fought to hang on to the yellow jersey as the Tour de France returned from a rest day to be hit by Covid-19 withdrawals and environmental protests on the road.

After a photo finish confirmed Magnus Cort Nielsen as the stage 10 winner ahead of Nick Schultz on the airstrip in Megeve, the question was whether the breakaway’s advantage was enough to put Lennard Kamna into the race lead.