Dutch rider wins first Tour stage since 2017Race leader Pogacar finishes in main pelotonThe Ineos Grenadiers’ hopes of dethroning Tadej Pogacar from the overall race lead in the 2021 Tour de
France became a little more complicated in the stifling heat of the Pyrenean foothills after French rider Guillaume Martin, leapfrogged podium contenders, Rigoberto Uran, Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz, to move into second place overall, on the eve of a key mountain stage to Andorra.
Carapaz, de facto leader of the
British team after Geraint Thomas dropped out of the leading positions, has now slipped to fifth overall, five minutes and thirty three seconds behind defending champion Pogacar. Ahead of him, lie Vingegaard, of Jumbo Visma, Uran, leader of the EF Education – Nippo team, and now Martin, riding for Cofidis, who placed eleventh overall in last year’s Tour.