Tadej Pogačar extends Tour de France lead with Bastille Day victory

Last Update: Wednesday, July 15, 2026 : 06:23 (+4GMT)

Pogačar furthers his lead in the Yellow Jersey, with the Slovenian making a solo move on the day's penultimate climb and riding to his third win of the race

News | Team –14th July 2026

Honouring the Yellow Jersey in the best fashion, Tadej Pogačar soared to a solo stage victory at the Tour de France on Bastille Day. It was stage victory number three for Pogačar at this year's race, with the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man extending his lead in the general classification with the stage 10 win.

Pogačar's advantage over the second-placed Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) now stands at over three and a half minutes, with the two-time world champion eyeing up a record-equalling fifth Tour de France crown. His latest stage victory was another owed to the tremendous work of his teammates in the mountains.

Earlier in the day, Tim Wellens, Nils Politt, and Florian Vermeersch had all put their legs to work, driving a hard pace at the front of the peloton to keep any breakaways in check. Thanks to their effort, only Javier Romo of Movistar remained ahead of the pack as they approached the last few climbs of Tuesday's stage.

With Romo soon caught, it was over to Felix Großschartner and Adam Yates to take up the reins on the Puy Mary (7.7km at 5.9%). Halfway up that climb, Richard Carapaz of EF Education-EasyPost attacked to anticipate the eventual moves from the general classification contenders. His move was a wise one, and would earn him the combativity award for the day.

Undeterred by Carapaz's minute lead at the bottom of the penultimate climb, the Col de Pertus (4.5km at 8.3%), UAE Team Emirates-XRG stuck to plan from the base. Decathlon CMA CGM briefly tried to lead proceedings in the pack, but it was Yates who was the stronger. The British climber danced his way to the front of the peloton and set the tempo on behalf of his teammate.

With Yates spent, the time soon came for Pogačar to make his move. A kilometre from the top of the climb, the Yellow Jersey attacked, and he immediately gained separation from his rivals. In the subsequent 750m, Pogačar closed a 45-second gap to Carapaz, and left the Ecuadorian trailing over the summit. It was Pogačar vs the peloton between here and the finish.

On the Col de Font de Cère (3.5km at 5.5%), the world champion extended his lead, and he would not relent before riding to victory at Le Lioran. Over the finish line, Pogačar held a 32-second gap over Remco Evenepoel of Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.

In taking his third win of the race and extending his lead in the general classification, Pogačar has earned himself a 60th Yellow Jersey. That marker will be celebrated by the UAE Team Emirates-XRG man on Wednesday.

Pogačar: "Today was an incredible day, the team did a super good job. We targeted this stage since a long time ago, and it also happens that two years ago Jonas beat me in the sprint fair and square. Today I had similar legs in the finish – completely destroyed!.

"I enjoyed the day and in the final I didn't know I was going to win until the final kilometre. Then I remembered it was Bastille Day and tried to honour the Yellow Jersey. Thansk to all the fans that came today to the road, it was an amazing atmosphere."

"Today we were trying new radios, and because there were so many fans, I couldn't hear anything. In the last 10km, I didn't know what the gap was, or who was doing what. All I had in my mind was to keep on pushing until the top.

"I think so far the Tour was perfect for me and the team. It suited us really well, today, for example, the perfect climbs for each rider in the team so everyone could do their job. I could finish it off, and Isaac did a super good job as well. He is a fighter, and now he is there fighting for a top spot."

Tour de France 2026 stage 10 results:

1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3:58:08

2. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +32″

3. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) +34″

8. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +1:31

Tour de France 2026 general classification after stage 10:

1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 36:15:02

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +3:36

3. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) +4:06

7. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) +5:08

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Posted on: 15 Jul 2026 6:23:00 AM (GMT+4)