The last three mountainous stages in the Tour de France saw Tadej Pogačar steadily chipping away at Jonas Vingegaard's overall lead, when the race entered the Alps on Saturday the climbing pendulum swung back narrowly in the Dane's favour, allowing him to claw back a single second.
Much more importantly, long term than the minimal gain, what really mattered on Saturday's ultra-hard stage was that for the first occasion in over a week, the Jumbo-Visma leader showed he was able not just to resist Pogačar’s mountain attacks, but to equal them.
