Hindley, Vingegaard & Pogacar set for GC fight

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Live Reporting

Steve Sutcliffe

All times stated are UK

  1. Will Vingegaard attack again?

    Wednesday saw the race take an early trip to the Pyrenees and it proved to be a pretty brutal day for Tadej Pogacar, who was dropped on the final climb up the Col de Marie Blanque by Jonas Vingegaard.

    Pogacar pretty much said he couldn't really find his mountain legs on stage five which doesn't really bode well for the Slovenian.

    The two-time winner broke his wrist in April and arrived at this year's Tour having spent a significant period off the road. Will he be able to fight back today or will the Dane smell blood and try to establish a significant, maybe even race-winning advantage?

    If that were to happen the organisers might wonder about the wisdom of visiting the Pyrenees so early.

  2. Who is wearing what?

    Hindley & Pogacar

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    Now in case you're wondering who is wearing what...

    Jai Hindley is the overall race leader, so the Bora-hansgrohe rider is draped in yellow.

    Felix Gall leads the mountains classification so is in the polka-dot jersey, while Jasper Philipsen is in the green jersey for the second day.

    Tadej Pogacar is in white as the leader of the best young rider classification.

  3. Bonjour

    Peloton at the start in Tarbes

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    Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of stage six of the Tour de France which sees the race travel 144.9km from Tarbes to Cauterets-Cambasque.

    Will Jai Hindley hold on to yellow? Can two-time winner Tadej Pogacar respond after losing time to defending champion Jonas Vingegaard on Wednesday?

    And could one of the British riders excel and ride to victory on a route that takes in the iconic Col du Tourmalet?

    Quite a few things to be going at eh. So let's get this show on the road.

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