Stage 11 · Summit finish
Pogačar takes yellow with a summit statement
Attacking 4.2 km from the top, the world champion dropped every rival inside a kilometre and now leads the Tour by 1:47, his biggest mid-race margin since 2024.
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Stage 11 as it happened: the attack, the gap, the collapse behind
How UAE strangled the race before the climb even began
Four riders on the front for 60 km wasn't showboating: it was arithmetic. The numbers behind the leadout that broke the peloton, and why nobody could answer it.
"I still get nervous before the Alps. That's the fun part."
On pressure, the rainbow jersey, and why he keeps attacking races he could ride defensively.
The 6.8 kg question: Pogačar's climbing bike, weighed
One-off paint, 54-tooth ring gone, and a wheelset nobody can buy yet.
6.9 W/kg
Held for the final 18 minutes of Stage 11: the strongest sustained climbing effort of this Tour, and within 2% of his all-time best.
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The fan behind the feed
Tadej Today is run by one supporter, not a newsroom. It started with too many browser tabs open during every stage: Cyclingnews for the report, WielerFlits and Sporza for the Flemish take, L'Équipe for the numbers. This is all of that on one page, updated all day, with every headline linking straight back to the outlet that wrote it.
Trackside at a UAE Team Emirates start.
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Today
- CyclingnewsPogačar seals yellow on Stage 11 summit finish
- VeloVingegaard concedes 1:24 and second place on the final climb
- WielerFlitsPogačar pakt geel: "Dit was het plan sinds de ploegleidersvergadering"
- Sporza"He attacked where we least expected" — Visma sports director reacts
- L'ÉquipePuissance record: 6,9 W/kg sur les 18 dernières minutes
- Cycling WeeklyFive numbers that explain Pogačar's Stage 11 masterclass
- EurosportWiggins: "This is the most complete rider the sport has produced"
- MarcaPogačar, a por el quinto Tour: así queda la general
Yesterday
- GCNRest-day recon: UAE rode Ventoux twice in June, here's what they found
- CyclingnewsPogačar plays down favourite tag: "Jonas is climbing better than in 2025"
- WielerFlitsPloegleider Matxin: "We hebben nog twee plannen die niemand heeft gezien"
- VeloThe GC picture after ten stages: gaps, form and the Ventoux problem
- SporzaRustdaginterview: Pogačar over druk, geel en de Ronde van 2027
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