It’s still all in the eye of the beholder. The duel between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar was far too close to call before the 2023 Tour de France got underway and it remains stubbornly unresolved on the eve of the race’s entry into the Jura and Alps.
A mere 17 seconds separate Pogačar from Vingegaard’s yellow jersey after some 2,140 kilometres of racing. That narrow gap at this advanced point is hardly surprising given how little seemed to divide the two favourites in the build-up to the race, yet it’s a deceptive one too.
