Tour de France: Vingegaard rides clear to win stage 18 and close on title –

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The green jersey of Van Aert leads the yellow of Vingegaard, ahead of the white jersey of Pogacar. Thomas is still a minute down, and Gaudu is on his tail. But here’s the moment the yellow jersey is decided, and Van Aert’s pacemaking leads to Pogacar being unable to live with the Jumbo-Visma pair. He drops off the back, and is immediately distanced. Vingegaard and Van Aert have the stage and the Tour in their grasp.

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9km to go: The pace Kuss is riding along may soon see the GC group catch up the trio at the front. It’s running Pogacar into the red zone, draining his ability to chase down Vingegaard, to mount another of those wildcat attacks. Van Aert though decides to go off the front, and with that, Pinot’s chance looks to have gone, and it’s only Martinez who can stay with him….