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Yet another masterful display by Tadej Pogacar, who must surely win Le Tour, barring any serious accident or fitness issue. He was hot favourite before the race and looks set for 3 wins in a row in Paris on 24th July. He reminds me of Chris Froome in his prime with his ability to attack anyone anywhere. He's always in the mix, whether courtesy of his own team or using other teams' lead-outs or even going off on his own. He blasted past Primoz Roglic with 250m to race and outsprinted Michael Matthews and David Gaudu to win the stage and take the Yellow Jersey. Wout van Aert led the small breakaway for most of the stage, but surrendered well before the end. He'll probably be a domestique for Vingegaard now and possibly Roglic, if he can still compete against Pogacar.

Wout van Aert still leads the race for the Green Jersey by 61 points from Fabio Jakobsen and a further 48 points from Jesper Philipsen.

Magnus Cort Neilsen is on his own at the top of the Polka Dot Jersey competition on 11 points ahead of Alexis Vuillermoz and Wout van Aert on 2 points.