Slovenian Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates XRG pictured in action during stage 6 of the 2026 Tour de France cycling race, a stage of 186 km from Pau to Gavarnie-Gedre, on Thursday 09 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 BERNARD PAPON (Photo by POOL BERNARD PAPON / BELGA MAG / Belga / AFP via Getty Images).
It will come as no surprise to those who watched Tadej Pogačar's performance on the Col du Tourmalet on Thursday that a new record time for the Pyrenean mountain was set.
The mountain has been climbed more than any other at the Tour de France, but nobody has raced up its slopes quicker than Pogačar did on stage 6.
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