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'It was super important to be up there for him' - Isaac del Toro pays back Tadej Pogačar with huge effort to set up Tour de France stage victory in Les Angles

Tadej Pogačar Del Toro Isaac Del Toro Tour de France France Les Angles Tour Jonas Vingegaard Tadej Pogacar BELGA
Mexican Isaac Del Toro of UAE Team Emirates XRG, Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates XRG, American Matteo Jorgenson of Team Visma-Lease a Bike and Danish Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma-Lease a Bike pictured in action during stage 3 of the 2026 Tour de France cycling race, a stage of 195,9km from Granollers, Spain, to Les Angles, France, Monday 06 July 2026. The 113th edition of the Tour de France starts on Saturday 4 July in Barcelona, Spain, and will finish in Paris, France on the 26th of July. BELGA PHOTO POOL LUCA BETTINI (Photo by POOL LUCA BETTINI / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP).

Payback. Tadej Pogačar helped Isaac del Toro win stage 2 of the Tour de France in Barcelona, and on Monday the Mexican paid back his team leader for his generosity with a huge effort to set him up for stage 3 victory in Les Angles.

"It's because of Isaac today. I got some extra power in the final. He committed more than 100% on the final climb," Pogačar said of Del Toro.

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