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Mauro Schmid won stage 13 of the Tour de France in a long breakaway on the Dole–Belfort route, finishing ahead of Harold Tejada after pulling clear with about 16km to go. Tom Pidcock finished third on the day and climbed to fourth overall, 4m16s behind race leader Tadej Pogacar, as Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard largely controlled the peloton while Remco Evenepoel remained in GC contention.
Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier won Stage 12 in a crash-filled sprint at the Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar avoided the crashes to extend his overall lead over Jonas Vingegaard; Olav Kooij finished second and Jasper Philipsen third as chaos unfolded on the home stretch.
In the final 400 metres of Tour de France stage 12 into Chalon-sur-Saône, a high-speed domino crash struck after Fernando Gaviria bumped Olav Kooij, sending several riders including Søren Wærenskjold and Dorian Godon to the pavement. Gaviria sustained a likely broken collarbone, with Wærenskjold among the injured; Tim Merlier won the stage as roughly 15 riders finished. The crash occurred inside the final 5km safety window, so no time was lost on GC, and the sprint was hampered by a technical run-in and multiple turns and bumps.
Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) won the stage 12 sprint in Chalon-sur-Saône, beating Olav Kooij and Jasper Philipsen after a late sprint and a crash disrupted the peloton; the Belgian’s win keeps him among the sprint contenders, Mads Pedersen still leads the green jersey standings, and there were no changes to the overall GC.
With a Le Lioran victory, Pogacar continues his Tour de France revenge tour by erasing another old defeat, leaving Col du Granon as the last looming ghost and signaling a firmly established era.
Norwegian Søren Waerenskjold won Stage 11 from Vichy to Nevers, securing his first Tour de France stage win in a sprint ahead of Olav Kooij and Jasper Philipsen. Pogacar stretched his overall lead to over 3.5 minutes with his third Tour stage win the day before, finishing with the main bunch to protect his advantage over Jonas Vingegaard.
Soren Waerenskjold of Uno-X Mobility surged from 400m out to win the fastest-ever Tour de France stage on the 161.3km Vichy–Nevers route, ahead of Olav Kooij after Philipsen was relegated for moving in the sprint. Milan Fretin was promoted to the podium. The overall leader Pogacar remains 3 minutes 36 seconds ahead of Vingegaard, as the peloton topped a record-tying average speed of 50.9 km/h.
Tadej Pogačar attacked with about 15km to go to win Stage 10 of the Tour de France, pulling away from the chasers for his third stage win of the race as Remco Evenepoel sprinted to second and Paul Seixas took third. Jonas Vingegaard was dropped and finished seventh, ceding more time in the GC. The victory widens Pogačar’s overall lead to 3:36 over Vingegaard as UAE Emirates-XRG pressed the pace on a brutal Massif Central stage with seven climbs, leaving the field buzzed and the home fans buzzing on Bastille Day.
Tadej Pogačar surged to win Stage 10 of the 2026 Tour de France, attacking on the Col de Pertus to pull away from Richard Carapaz and Jonas Vingegaard and extend his overall lead to 3 minutes 36 seconds. The UAE Emirates-XRG rider notched his 24th career stage win and third Bastille Day triumph as Remco Evenepoel finished 32 seconds back, highlighting Pogačar’s continued dominance in the mountain-heavy stage from Aurillac to Le Lioran.
As the Tour heads through the Massif Central, analysts say the region’s hidden valleys and varied, steep climbs create unpredictable stages that can shake up GC standings, echoing past surprises like Dani Martínez’s 2020 win and the Pogacar–Vingegaard dynamics. EF Education-EasyPost eye breaks and stage wins, while rest days, heat, and terrain complexity keep the field on edge, making this stretch “ambush territory” where anything could happen.
Tadej Pogačar attacked through the Massif Central to win Stage 10 of the Tour de France, extending his overall lead to 3:36 over Jonas Vingegaard as Remco Evenepoel sprinted to second and the battle for the podium tightened behind them.
Tadej Pogacar used the Tourmalet descent to widen his GC lead, with UAE team manager Joxean Fernández Matxín saying the sprint from Gavarnie after the descent decided the race more than the climb, as Pogacar gained time on the descent that could redefine the remainder of the Tour with the rest day approaching.
EF-Education EasyPost uses custom pillows, smart cooling mattress toppers, and data-driven sleep monitoring to secure eight-plus hours of high-quality sleep per rider each night during the Tour, supplemented by meal timing, cherry juice, magnesium, and breathing/meditation—showing sleep as the central lever of recovery and performance in pro cycling.
Tadej Pogačar called for a radical overhaul of the professional cycling calendar to avoid racing in July–August heat after Stage 9 of the Tour de France was shortened by 30km due to a heatwave; he even suggested earlier starts. The stage was won by Mathieu van der Poel from a breakaway, as riders and teams adopted heat-mitigation measures ahead of a rest day and Stage 10.
On Tour de France Stage 9, UAE Team Emirates-XRG drove an aggressive front-of-pack pace to keep the day’s breakaway within reach despite little GC threat; Pogačar said there were no ambitions to win the stage, while teammate Wellens suggested the plan was to pressure rivals, and Mathieu van der Poel went on to take his first stage win of the race.