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Steve Sutcliffe
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Latest PostGoodbye
Will Tadej Pogacar spend the rest of the Tour in yellow now? You wouldn't put it past the two-time champion would you.
Anyway you can read about how he took control of the general classification in our stage six report.
I'll see you all on Friday as the first summit finish sees the race return to La Planche des Belles Filles a decade after it first appeared on the Tour.
It should be another enthralling day. You can follow our live coverage from around 12:15 BST.
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Now for a few words from Ineos Grenadiers rider Tom Pidcock.
The 22-year-old showed up well in the final parts of stage six after delivering a huge turn to help Geraint Thomas on Wednesday. "I was thinking there was no way I can contest the finale," he told Eurosport.
"I was feeling good but [Primoz] Roglic went early and kind of caught me by surprise, it kind of killed my momentum."
He then went on to deliver a few choice words to describe the brilliance of Wout van Aert which I can't repeat but the gist of it was the Belgian was playing with the peloton all day and taking the mickey.
Trailing in Pogacar's wake
Just look at how that sprint to the line unfolded. Everyone was pretty much trailing in Tadej Pogacar's wake.
'Every time I win it’s even better than before'
Time to hear from the stage winner, defending champion and the bloke who will now be wearing the yellow jersey on Friday. Here's what Tadej Pogacar has had to say: "Every time I win it’s even better than before. It was such a hard day from the start. The first two hours were so crazy.
"The strongest guy was the in the break. Many teams were pulling the peloton strongly, our team did it as well. In the end, the peloton was stronger [than Wout van Aert] but we were not sure to catch him.
"I was feeling good. My team did an incredibly good job to put me in a perfect position. It was not a pure sprint after we rode the last two climbs above threshold.
"I guess I had good legs to push in the end. I don’t mind to take the yellow jersey but I’m above all happy to take the stage win. Everything else is bonus.”
General classification after stage six
Here's how things look at the top of the general classification:
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 20hrs 44mins 44secs
2. Neilson Powless (US/EF Education-EasyPost +4secs
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo - Visma) +31secs
4. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +39secs
5. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +40secs
6. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +46secs
7. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +52secs
8. Daniel Martinez (Col/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min
9. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM) 1mins 1secs
10. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama/FDJ) 1mins 2secs
Van Aert finishes in gruppetto
In case you are wondering what happened to long-time leader Wout van Aert...
The Belgian rolled in with the gruppetto and surely his final day in the yellow jersey.
Stage six results
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 4hrs 27mins 13secs
2. Michael Matthews (Aus/BikeExchange - Jayco) Same time
3. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama - FDJ)
4. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers)
5. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea Samsic)
6. Dylan Teuns (Bel/Bahrain Victorious)
7. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma)
8. Daniel Martinez (Col/Ineos Grenadiers)
9. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Jumbo-Visma)
10. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM)
Strong finish from Pidcock and Yates
Thomas Pidcock and Adam Yates both finish on the same time as Tadej Pogacar though they won't get any bonus seconds after finishing outside the top three.
Has Geraint Thomas shipped five seconds? He looked as though he was in the lead group finishing behind Pogacar but perhaps not.
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Michael Matthews was grimacing and looked so frustrated at the end but that was something else from Tadej Pogacar.
Tadej Pogacar wins stage six
What can't this bloke do? Has he pinched the yellow jersey here?
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Tadej Pogacar sprints for the line can Michael Matthews catch him?
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This is winding up nicely...Primoz Roglic is there as well and starts to go...
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Tom Pidcock is still shadowing Tadej Pogacar who is being led out by Brandon McNulty.
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Tom Pidcock is sat on Tadej Pogacar's wheel.
Is this an opportunity for the British rider to claim a maiden Tour de France stage win?
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Alexis Vuillermoz makes his way up the final climb. Is Tadej Pogacar going to explode clear here?
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Alexis Vuillermoz presses on. He's got five or six seconds on Tadej Pogacar, Primoz Roglic and co.
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Peter Sagan has been dropped. No repeat of 2017 for the Slovakian.
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Geraint Thomas and Adam Yates are still up there.
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Alexis Vuillermoz attacks...
Tadej Pogacar now launches.
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Alexis Vuillermoz attacks...