Tadej Pogacar closed on a fourth Tour de France title as Jonas Vingegaard failed to make a fight of it on the queen stage, which was superbly won by Ben O'Connor.
The main beneficiary of the yellow jersey's largesse was the Dutchman Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers), who held on for a maiden Tour stage win from the day's breakaway as Pogacar willingly settled for second place ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) at the ski resort of Superba
As the stage was drawing to a close, Uno-X's general classification leader caught the front wheel of Tadej Pogacar, sending him skidding to the floor and separating him from the group of GC favourites
Jonathan Milan landed a first win at the Tour de France with a comfortable bunch sprint victory on Stage 8. The Italian, who returns to the top of the points classification, arrived at his debut Tour with four wins at the Giro d'Italia on his palmares. He was wearing the green jersey on loan
Tadej Pogacar lit up Stage 4 at the Tour de France, seeing off Mathieu van der Poel in a thrilling sprint showdown in Rouen, having earlier animated the finale with a brutal uphill attack. Van der Poel retains the yellow jersey, although the pair are on the same cumulative time. The Tour res
A sleepy day at the Tour de France was punctuated with several big incidents. Tim Merlier took the spoils in a reduced bunch sprint, while Jasper Philipsen abandoned after a big crash in the green jersey. Merlier had to wait for his victory to be confirmed, with a photo finish required to sp