Poga\u010dar didn\u2019t just win Stage 6 \u2014 he ended the conversation about whether this Tour would be close.<\/strong> Isaac del Toro launched him five kilometres from the Tourmalet summit, and from there Poga\u010dar rode 43 km alone, gaining time on the climb, more on the technical descent, and still more on the drag to Gavarnie-G\u00e8dre. He crossed 2:42 clear of Vingegaard, who admitted flatly it \u201cwas not the day I wanted.\u201d Del Toro took third and the white jersey; Torstein Tr\u00e6en\u2019s brief spell in yellow ended not on the mountain but in a crash on the descent moments after being dropped. Five riders now sit within 33 seconds of each other for what\u2019s left of the podium picture \u2014 everyone, that is, except the man in yellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stage 7 asks nothing like the same questions. Hagetmau to Bordeaux is 175 km of almost uninterrupted flat, one modest fourth-category climb 38 km from the line, and a finish built for exactly the kind of sprint the Pyrenees have been withholding all week. The forecast adds its own subplot: mid-30s heat again, and the open Landes farmland offers zero shelter if any wind gets organised \u2014 the one live risk to an otherwise textbook bunch gallop. Kooij arrives with a stage already banked and genuine momentum; Merlier, Philipsen and Pedersen all have reasons to disagree with that plan. For Poga\u010dar and Vingegaard, today is about staying upright and staying level. For everyone else, it’s the sprint the whole peloton has been waiting a week for.<\/p>\n\n\nLast Updated: 10:46 am CEST - Friday, 10 July 2026<\/code><\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n