Tadej Pogacar wins 24th Tour de France stage win on Bastille Day to strengthen his grip on the yellow jersey in Le Lioran

Tour de France

Stage 10 | Mountain | Men | 14.07.2026

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17:41

17:41

IT'S GOODBYE FROM US, AND GOODBYE FROM HIM...

17:38

TADEJ POGACAR WINS AGAIN ON BASTILLE DAY TO STRENGTHEN GRIP ON YELLOW

Two years after he was beaten by Jonas Vingegaard in a two-up sprint in Le Lioran, Tadej Pogacar returned to the ski resort in the Massif Central and turned the tables on his Danish rival.

Another devastating attack on the penultimate climb of Stage 10 saw Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) drop Vingagaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and the other GC pretenders before soaring past Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) ahead of the summit.

The Slovenian world champion extended his lead on the descent and on the last of six climbs before crossing the line to take the 24th Tour de France stage win of his career in style – honouring the yellow jersey on the French national holiday of Quatorze Juillet.

Watch: Peerless Pogacar CRUSHES field to take Stage 10 victory as Vingegaard trails in

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Vingegaard could only take seventh place, coming home at the back of a chase group, to concede another 44 seconds to the four-time champion. Pogacar now leads the Dane by 3’36” before the halfway point of the 113th edition of the Tour.

Momentarily dropped on the final climb, Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) battled back to cross the line in second place ahead of French phenomenon Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM), who was the host nation’s best placed rider on Bastille Day.

Evenepoel rose to third place in the general classification after Pogacar’s team-mate Isaac del Toro was put into the red just prior to the Slovenian’s attack. The Mexican took eighth in Le Lioran, 1’31” down, and now finds himself in seventh place in the standings.

With six categorised climbs and 3,800 metres of altitude gain packed into 166km under the hot sun of central France, Stage 10 was a suitably engaging spectacle for the French fans lining the roads and celebrating their national holiday.

Once Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) extended his grip on the green jersey with maximum points in the early intermediate sprint, a fierce battle ensued to make it into the day’s breakaway – with a large group of 31 riders eventually going up the road.

One of many French riders to make the cut, Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) looked to make some in-roads into the King of the Mountains competition by amassing points over some of the early peaks.

But UAE kept a tight lid on proceedings, and after the first three climbs, only Spain’s Javier Romo (Movistar) remained ahead having ridden clear of fellow escapee Harold Tejada of XDS Astana.

Ireland’s Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) led a spirited attempt to bridge over from the faltering breakaway alongside team-mate Sean Quinn, Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), Sergio Higuita (XDS Astana) and Rasmus Debruyne (Alpecin-Premier Tech).

But the counter moves came to nothing, and once Romo was caught at the start of the Cat.1 Puy Mary, it was another EF rider – the former Olympic champion Carapaz – who stole a march over the thinning yellow jersey group.

Carapaz established a lead of one minute over the chasers as UAE burned their matches one by one, while Vingegaard looked increasingly isolated after both Sepp Kuss and Matteo Jorgenson cracked before the latter crashed on an early corner on the descent.

Pidcock puzzled by 's***' on road that caused crash

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Britain’s Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5) also went down on the same corner but he was able to recover, and eventually rode into the top 10 at the expense of his former team-mate, the Colombian Egan Bernal (Netcompany INEOS).

After Tim Wellens, Brandon McNulty, Felix Grossschartner and Adam Yates had all peeled off for UAE, the scene looked set for another explosive Pogacar-Del Toro relay on the front.

But instead, Seixas called on his Decathlon team-mates Matthew Riccitello and Nicolas Prodhomme to set the tempo, while Vingegaard – perhaps sniffing blood – had Italy’s Davide Piganzoli going deep on the Col de Pertus.

This might have put Del Toro into difficulty, but not his mentor. And with just over one kilometre from the summit, Pogacar made his decisive attack – dropping his rivals like stone and making light work of closing Carapaz’s dwindling advantage. He swept past the veteran climber ahead of the summit and then never looked back, extending his lead as his rivals floundered behind.

Watch: Pogacar cracks Vingegaard and breezes past Carapaz - 'Like watching two different sports!'

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Evenepoel recovered from a huge wobble at the start of the final climb, the Col de Font de Cere, to rejoin the chase group that also included his Red Bull team-mate Florian Lipowitz, as well as Seixas and the Lidl-Trek duo of Juan Ayuso and Mattias Skjelmose.

All of the above beat Vingegaard in the final dash to the line, the Dane settling for seventh place ahead of Wednesday’s easier parcours.

Stage 11 from Vichy to Nevers on Wednesday is pan-flat save for a couple of short Cat.4 climbs.

With the intermediate sprint coming just 27km from the start of the 161km test – and a huge 70 points up for grabs at the finish – the focus will demonstrably shift from Pogacar and yellow to Pedersen and green for what should be a bunch sprint finale where Belgium’s Tim Merlier – who just finished inside the time cut on Tuesday – will be favourite to complete a hat-trick of wins.

Three wins is what Pogacar already has in his jersey pocket – with five mountain stages and the individual time trial still left to come. All of a sudden, Mark Cavendish’s record of 35 stage wins looks rather precarious.

16:57

GLASS HALF FULL FOR VINGEGAARD

The Dane conceded 44 seconds to Pogacar today but he's trying to stay upbeat...

When he went, I realised I had to do just my own pace. From there I was thinking it was going to be a time trial for me to the finish but luckily for me I could get a bit of help on the last climb. I think it’s an okay day for us – it could be a lot worse, that’s for sure. My legs are getting better and better and I’m looking forward to the longer climbs. Hopefully we can have some good weeks ahead.

'My legs are getting better and better' - Vingegaard positive despite losing more time to Pogacar

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16:54

AYUSO IN WHITE, NO CHANGE IN OTHER JERSEYS

After Isaac del Toro’s slight wobble, Juan Ayuso moves into the white jersey. The Spaniard leads the youth classification by 13 seconds on Paul Seixas, with Del Toro now third at 46 seconds.

Pogacar, meanwhile, extended his lead in the KOM standings. He now has 42pts with Jonas Vingegaard on 27pts, Richard Carapaz up to 19pts and Valentin Paret-Peintre now on 18pts alongside compatriot Paul Seixas.

Meanwhile, victory in the early intermediate sprint saw Mads Pedersen extend his green jersey tally to 293pts with Biniam Girmay second on 239pts and Tim Merlier third on 213pts.

16:50

THE MOMENT POGACAR MADE HIS MOVE ON THE COL DE PERTUS

Watch: Pogacar cracks Vingegaard and breezes past Carapaz - 'Like watching two different sports!'

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16:48

16:48

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AGTER STAGE 10

Colombia’s Egan Bernal drops down to eleventh after trading places in the top 10 with his former Ineos team-mate Pidcock, while Mexico’s Del Toro drops four places to seventh.

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
2. Jonas Vingagaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +3:36
3. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +4:06
4. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) +4:22
5. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) +4:35
6. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +4:44
7. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +5:08
8. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +5:45
9. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) +6:34
10. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling) +11:49

16:44

POGACAR: ‘THE BOOING GAVE ME MORE POWER’

”Today was an incredible day. The team did a super good job. We targeted this stage since a long time ago. It also happens that, two years ago, Jonas [Vingegaard] beat me in the sprint fair and square, and today I had similar legs to the finish – completely destroyed. But I enjoyed the day.

”In the final, I didn’t know I was going to win until the last kilometre. Then I remembered that it was Bastille Day and I tried to honour the yellow jersey and to thank all the fans who came to the road.

It was a fantastic atmosphere despite some booing. To all the guys that were booing – they give us more power.

”Today we were trying new radios but when the public were loud, I didn’t hear anything. So in the last kilometres I didn’t know what the gap was – all I had in my mind was to try and keep pushing to the top. There was a bit of doubt in my head because of two years ago, when Jonas came [back], so I just emptied myself.

”So far, the Tour has been perfect for me and the team. Today suited us really well – the climbs were perfect and everyone could do their job on every climb. Isaac did really well – he’s a fighter and he’s now fighting for a top spot. We never know how much [the domination] will last so you have to keep fighting and enjoying it.”

Pogacar sends message to 'booing' fans

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16:29

STAGE 10 RESULT TO LE LIORAN – TOP 10

We run out of superlatives for the Slovenian in yellow… while a certain Dane loses ground to his other rivals as well as his nemesis.

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
2. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) +32
3. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) +34
4. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora Hansgrohe) ”
5. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) +38
6. Mattias Skjelmose ”
7. Jonas Vingegaard +44
8. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1:31
9. Tom Pidcock (Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling) +1:59
10. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) +2:03

And that must have been the hardest fought eleventh place for Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), who crossed the line another six seconds back after being caught and passed near the top of the penultimate climb.

16:19

EVENEPOEL CROWNS COMEBACK WITH SECOND PLACE

Superb stuff from the Belgian, who looked dead and buried earlier in the climb, but has battled back and then managed to kick clear on the home straight to take second place and the bonus seconds.

It looks like Paul Seixas might have just pipped Florian Lipowitz for third, with Ayuso, Skjelmose and Vingegaard behind.

16:17

TADEJ POGACAR WINS STAGE 10 ON BASTILLE DAY

The world champion takes the 24th Tour de France stage win of his career with yet another devastating solo attack. Victory for the Slovenian in Le Lioran.

Watch: Peerless Pogacar CRUSHES field to take Stage 10 victory as Vingegaard trails in

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16:15

FINAL KILOMETRE: POGACAR SURVIVES ‘ROGLIC CORNER’

No such issues for the yellow jersey as his compatriot two years ago. He’s survived the descent and now he’s onto the final rise to the line.