Greig Leach

Just moments after finishing an incredibly hard stage, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) had cameras and microphones stuck in his face, even before he had a drink or a congratulatory hug from a coach or teammate. No wonder really, he had just won the stage, and won it by a minute and thirty eight seconds. If you think about it you will realize that means he had just put that much time into Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) thus stretching out his lead in the Tour to almost two minutes. Given how the racing has been so close over the first fifteen stages it begs the question of how can anyone get time on the defending champion of the Tour de France. It does mean that the mountain stage tomorrow will be wild, both to try and close the gap and for everyone thinking this will be the time to go for a stage win.