Tour de France: Tadej Pogacar narrows gap as Michael Woods win stage

Michael Woods took a spectacular victory at the summit of the Puy-de-Dôme, as Tadej Pogacar eroded a few more seconds of the defending champion Jonas Vingegaard’s lead

STAGE WINNER: Canada's Michael Woods approaches the finish line to win the ninth stage of the Tour de France. Pic: AP Photo/Daniel Cole

Michael Woods of the Israel-PremierTech team took a spectacular victory at the summit of the Puy-de-Dôme, overlooking Clermont-Ferrand, as Tadej Pogacar eroded a few more seconds of the defending champion Jonas Vingegaard’s lead.

Woods, almost two minutes behind solo attacker Matteo Jorgenson at the foot of the climb, powered his way beyond the exhausted American on the brutal final gradients. The Canadian is twice a stage winner in the Vuelta a España but this was his first Tour stage success.