'I think the race will blow to pieces' on Puy de Dôme, says Tadej Pogacar

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) at the 2023 Tour de France
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) at the 2023 Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

Top 2023 Tour de France favourites Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) may be arch-rivals but they both agree that Sunday’s ascent of the Puy de Dôme could mark a new chapter in the race.

Just 25 seconds separate the Slovenian and the Dane after eight stages, which saw Vingegaard gain time on the first day in the Pyrenees, only for Pogačar to strike back on the second.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.