Shocking news for Jonas Vingegaard: He’s out of the Tour de France. Evenepoel wins the stage and is now second behind Pogacar

What was supposed to be one of the decisive days of the Tour de France—the mountain stage starting in Champagnole and finishing at Plateau de Solaison—turned out to be a real nightmare for the rider who, until this morning, was Tadej Pogacar’s main rival for the overall classification, the Danish rider Jonas Vigegaard. The Team Visma-Lease a Bike rider, winner of the Giro d’Italia, was in fact forced to withdraw after a nasty crash 20 kilometers from the finish line: the blow to his shoulder was too severe, forcing him to stop.

The stage was ultimately won by Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), who outpaced the Slovenian superstar from UAE Team Emirates XRG in a sprint to the finish, with Pogacar now edging ever closer to his fifth career Tour de France victory. Pogacar, in fact, retains the yellow jersey with exactly 5’ over Evenepoel, who—with Vingegaard’s withdrawal—jumps to second place in the general classification with six stages remaining.

Pogacar’s top domestique, Isaac Del Toro, took the day’s podium, finishing 6″ behind the leading duo. Further back were all the others, starting with French rising star Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team), who finished fourth, 58″ behind Evenepoel. There was little glory for the Italians: Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) finished in 15th place, 4’22” behind the winner—the same position held in the general classification by Davide Piganzoli (Team Visma-Lease a Bike), who trails the yellow jersey by 24’42”.

The Tour de France now takes a final rest day in Haute-Savoie, before resuming on Tuesday with the 26-kilometer individual time trial from Évian-les-Bains to Thonon-les-Bains—the only solo time trial in the 2026 edition of the Grande Boucle, which also featured a team time trial on the first stage in Barcelona.