Vingegaard nonchalant as Pogacar chips away at his Tour de France lead

Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) lost a few seconds on stage 13 to Grand Colombier
Tour de France: Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) lost a few seconds on stage 13 to Grand Colombier (Image credit: Getty Images Sport)

As Tadej Pogačar took another chunk of time out of his Tour de France lead, Jonas Vingegaard has denied that he is feeling anxious. The gap between the two has dropped into the single digits after the Slovenian grabbed another eight seconds on the summit of the Grand Colombier on stage 13.

Just as on the Puy de Dôme on stage 9, the Jumbo-Visma racer was not able to match the Slovenian's explosive attack. He held on until the final 100 metres then limited the gap to just four seconds plus the four-second time bonus Pogačar gained for third place on the stage.

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.