1. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 23:00. 2. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 23:36. 3. Primoz Roglic, Slovenia, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, 24:20. 4. Florian Lipowitz, Germany, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, 24:56.

"You have to be positive, otherwise we wouldn't even start the Tour after the Dauphiné, you know?" said Sepp Kuss, one of Vingegaard's longest-standing domestiques, also saying, "You can never be surprised anymore" about Pogačar's dominant ride on stage 12.

While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday.

Two days later, on stage four to Rouen, Vingegaard resembled one of the world’s best puncheurs, as well as one of its best climbers. Following Pogacar’s attack in the closing kilometres, Vingegaard produced the best one-minute power effort of his career, matching the Slovenian’s famed acceleration.

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