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Pogacar stretches Tour lead with win on Bastille Day

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Tadej Pogacar is fifth on the all-time list for Tour stage wins, one behind Andre Leducq [Getty Images]

Tadej Pogacar stretched his overall lead to more than three minutes as he raced clear for his third stage win of this year's Tour de France.

After Monday's rest day, stage 10 offered closest rival Jonas Vingegaard a chance to close the gap in Le Lioran, where he beat Pogacar in a two-man sprint to the line in 2024.

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With the 166.6km mountain stage from Aurillac taking place on Bastille Day, home fans were hoping French teenager Paul Seixas would be in contention.

But Pogacar went solo with 15km remaining and maintained that gap to cross the line 32 seconds before Remco Evenepoel, with 19-year-old Seixas just behind him in third.

Vingegaard crossed 44 seconds after Pogacar in seventh, meaning the defending champion now leads the Dane by three hours and 36 minutes in the general classification standings.

"We targeted this stage from a long time ago," said four-time Tour winner Pogacar.

"Two years ago, Jonas beat me in the sprint fair and square. Today was similar, my legs to the finish were completely destroyed, but yeah, I enjoyed the day."

Richard Carapaz got clear on the Puy Mary, the third-from-last climb, but Pogacar attacked on the penultimate climb before claiming his third win on Bastille Day and his 24th stage win overall.

Vingegaard led the chasing group and although Evenepoel lost touch, he recovered on the short descent before the final rise to the line then charged into second as Vingegaard conceded more time over the final metres.

"It was an OK day for us, it could be a lot worse, that's for sure," said Visma-Lease a Bike rider Vingegaard.

"My legs are getting better and better, and I'm looking forward to the longer climbs."

British rider Tom Pidcock crashed on the Puy Mary descent but recovered to finish ninth on the stage and climb into 10th overall.

Stage 10 results

  1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3hrs 58mins 8secs
  2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +32secs
  3. Paul Seixas (Fra/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +34secs
  4. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) Same time
  5. Juan Ayuso (Spa/Lidl-Trek) +38secs
  6. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) Same time
  7. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +44secs
  8. Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1min 31secs
  9. Tom Pidcock (GB/Pinarello-Q36.5) +1:59
  10. Lenny Martinez (Fra/Bahrain-Victorious) +2:03

General classification after stage 10

  1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 36hrs 15mins 2secs
  2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +3mins 36secs
  3. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +4:06
  4. Juan Ayuso (Spa/Lidl-Trek) +4:22
  5. Paul Seixas (Fra/Decathlon-CMA CGM) +4:35
  6. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +4:44
  7. Isaac del Toro (Mex/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +5:08
  8. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +5:45
  9. Lenny Martinez (Fra/Bahrain-Victorious) +6:34
  10. Tom Pidcock (GB/Pinarello-Q36.5) 11:49

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Is Tielemans a risk?

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The initial reaction in Manchester United circles to news of Youri Tielemans' impending arrival was positive.

A former team-mate of current first-team coach Jonny Evans, Tielemans is noted for scoring Leicester City's winner in the 2021 FA Cup final and for Aston Villa in their Europa League final triumph over Freiburg in May.

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"Well done to the recruitment team because £35m for him is a phenomenal signing," said former midfielder Nicky Butt as he discussed the Belgian's potential impact with ex-United team-mate Paul Scholes on The Good, The Bad And The Football podcast.

"They needed to get a rocket on. If we want to compete in all four competitions we have to build a squad, not just a starting XI."

An erroneous post on X, in which a user claimed Tielemans had already played more minutes of football at the age of 29 than Scholes did in his playing career, grabbed plenty of attention on social media, but while it was incorrect, it did highlight the amount of football the Villa midfielder has played.

He made his senior debut for Anderlecht aged 16 years and 82 days and has now played 668 games for club and country.

That is over 100 more than Casemiro had done when he moved from Real Madrid to United in 2022.

Casemiro was 30 at the time and, after an excellent debut campaign, spent 18 months being told his career was finished as his performances dipped.

Observers defending United's recruitment team would argue Tielemans is more accustomed to the physical demands of the Premier League given he has played in England since joining Leicester from Monaco in 2019.

Last season, he was impacted by separate calf and ankle problems that restricted him to 35 appearances for Aston Villa - the lowest number during his time in England.

After impressing at the World Cup - including scoring a memorable 89th-minute equaliser against Senegal, then converting an extra-time winner from the penalty spot - his tournament came to a premature end when he was injured in the warm-up before the quarter-final defeat by Spain.

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BP Flags $1 Billion Writedown From Low Carbon Business

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(Bloomberg) — BP Plc said it expects to write down another $1 billion from energy transition assets in the second quarter, as the British major continues the painstaking work of re-orientating itself toward its core oil and gas business.  Read More

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