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Tourmalet gamble backfires as Pogacar seizes the Tour’s suspense
The Tour de France organizers aimed for suspense until the end by staging a late high-mountain day with a long finish, but Tadej Pogačar exploited the Tourmalet sequence to launch a devastating attack, leaving a 2:38 GC gap by stage 6. Gouvenou conceded the stage design underestimated just how large the gaps could get, suggesting a summit finish might have preserved more tension.
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Simmons solos to third US Pro title with late race break
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