Tadej Pogačar is ten seconds down Jonas Vingegaard in the Tour de France general classification in one of the tightest battles for overall victory for years. Yet he appears happy to sit and wait for the final week of the Tour, perhaps even the final stage in the mountains, ready to make fewer but more powerful attacks.
Pogačar recognises that for now, neither he nor Vingegaard has the upper hand physically and psychologically in a rivalry that continues to push both riders to their limits. Only in Paris this time next week will there be a definitive verdict, at least on their physical duel.
