Tour de France: Vingegaard rides clear to win stage 18 and close on title – as it

The Dane is surely – surely – destined to win the Tour now. He does so having cracked Pogacar, something that until this year’s Tour was considered impossible. And today, perhaps more importantly, he did so having shown such sportsmanship when Pogacar crashed on that descent. What a moment, what a win. A brilliant ride from Vingegaard.

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