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.

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.

Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine was brutally honest in her assessment of the Visma-Lease cycling team, as she blamed them for pushing her husband too far.

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,

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The only other rider on the team to wear a different helmet is, of course, Wout Van Aert, who wears a helmet painted in RedBull livery as per his personal sponsorship deal with the energy drink brand. Is the same true for Vingegaard's red helmet?

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1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 4:21:19. 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:23:29. 3. Florian Lipowitz, Germany, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, 4:23:42. 4. Tobias Johannessen, Norway, Uno-X Mobility, , 4:24:19.

Vingegaard was left shattered by Pogacar's brutal attack in the climb up to Hautacam in the 12th stage, leaving the two-time champion 3:31 behind his rival in the standings.

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.