Jonas Vingegaard was very strong in the first week in the explosive finishes, but disappointed in the first time trial of the Tour de France. In the first uphill test on Thursday, his performance was once again not good enough,

While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday.

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Lease a Bike was dealt a serious blow on Thursday in the first mountain stage between Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar. The Danish leader of the Dutch team lost more than two minutes, but his teammates remain confident in him.

Tadej Pogacar unleashed a vintage assault on the unforgiving slopes of Hautacam, crushing the Tour de France 12th stage and leaving chief rival Jonas Vingegaard gasping for air and clinging to fading hopes on a brutal,

Tadej Pogacar regains the overall lead of the Tour de France after storming up the Hautacam climb to win stage 12 by over two minutes from Jonas Vingegaard.

Tadej Pogačar won the mountain time trial to Peyragudes. The Slovenian dominated, winning by 36 seconds from his main rival Jonas Vingegaard.

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Two days later, on stage four to Rouen, Vingegaard resembled one of the world’s best puncheurs, as well as one of its best climbers. Following Pogacar’s attack in the closing kilometres, Vingegaard produced the best one-minute power effort of his career, matching the Slovenian’s famed acceleration.

Vingegaard simply couldn't hold onto the attack Pogačar put in at the bottom of the Hautacam, and ended up finishing second, but 2:10 down on the Slovenian, dropping to 3:31 down on the overall. He's still in the runner-up spot, but Visma are looking at a very tough-to-fix deficit.