Tadej Pogacar wins stage but Jonas Vingegaard keeps yellow jersey

Tadej Pogacar beat Jonas Vingegaard in a slow-motion uphill sprint to win stage 17 of the Tour de France as the top two left everyone else behind on the road to Peyragudes

ARMS ALOFT: Stage winner Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the best young rider's white jersey, celebrates as he crosses the finish line ahead of Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France. Pic: AP Photo/Daniel Cole

Tadej Pogacar beat Jonas Vingegaard in a slow-motion uphill sprint to win stage 17 of the Tour de France as the top two in the fight for yellow left everyone else behind on the road to Peyragudes.

Pogacar could not shake off Vingegaard in his bid to put a dent into the Dane's advantage in the yellow jersey but did take consolation in the form of his third stage win of this Tour.