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James Moultrie

'Would you give away stages?' – Tadej Pogačar consumes all on Col du Tourmalet at the Tour de France but does he win too much?

Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates - XRG points to the sky in celebration after winning stage 6 of the 113th Tour de France 2026 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).

Is there such a thing as winning too much in sports? That's what much of the discussion surrounding Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates-XRG has come to in cycling, especially after his latest complete destruction of the Tour de France opposition on stage 6 to Gavarnie-Gèdre.

On the surface, it might've seemed as though Pogačar and his UAE teammates were on an all-out mission to win the first mountain stage, but the earliest move on Thursday among the big players came from Visma-Lease a Bike, key rival Jonas Vingegaard's team.

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