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Off He Goes TdF26-71
Despite having a minute's advantage on the way up the Col de Pertus, Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) was caught before the summit of the climb by a flying Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates). The Maillot Jaune must have been 'sandbagging' the peloton, or he was holding back to help his teammate Isaac Del Toro. Once he went, Del Toro popped off the back of the group losing time and his Maillot Blanc. Back in the peloton Paul Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) was hanging tough taking third on the stage (not bad for a Frenchman on Bastille Day). It was Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) who had been dropped fighting back to take second. Sadly, Jonas Vingegaard finished the day in fourth ceding another minute to Pogacar.