Dane looks ahead to the mountains on stage 10 and into the second and third week, as he sits fourth on GC 1:17 behind close rival

1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 04:05:39. 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, same time. 3. Oscar Onley, Great Britain, Picnic PostNL, 04:05:41. 4. Felix Gall, Austria, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, same time.

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.

Former Danish rider and team director slams Wout van Aert's breakaway performacne, argues Visma and Vingegaard need to change tactics

Van Aert is an all-around rider who can sprint (won the 2022 green jersey), climb (often a key worker for Vingegaard), time trial (Olympic bronze medalist) and excel in one-day races (second in the road race at the Olympics and worlds). In 2025, van Aert was second at cyclo-cross worlds, fourth at Paris-Roubaix and then helped Yates win the Giro.

Just three days into the race, it’s clear we’re about to be treated to an epic duel between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the yellow jersey.

As proud as they were on Wednesday at Soudal Quick-Step and UAE Emirates-XRG, the mood was just as sour at Visma | Lease a Bike. Instead of the hoped-for time gains, team leader Jonas Vingegaard was dealt a heavy blow by his main rivals Tadej Pogacar and Remco Evenepoel,

Evenepoel bounces back from disappointing opening four stages with expected but perfect performance in race against the clock