Pogacar Dominates Tour de France 10th Stage on Bastille Day, Extends Lead

Tadej Pogacar celebrated Bastille Day with a dominant victory on the mountainous 10th stage of the Tour de France, further solidifying his overall lead. The Slovenian rider shrugged off some jeers from the roadside to claim his third stage win of this year's race.

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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.

Pogacar's commanding performance extended his lead over rival Jonas Vingegaard to more than three and a half minutes. This significant gap represents the largest advantage Pogacar has held over his competitors at this point in the Tour de France. The victory also marked his 24th career stage win, bringing him within one stage of Frenchman Andre Leducq on the all-time list.

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I didn't know I'm gonna win until the last kilometre and then I remember it's Bastille Day and I try to honour the yellow jersey.

"Today was an incredible day. The team did a super good job," said the 27-year-old Pogacar. "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." He added, "I didn't know I'm gonna win until the last kilometre and then I remember it's Bastille Day and I try to honour the yellow jersey."

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All the guys that were booing, they give us more power.

Pogacar launched his decisive attack 15.5km from the finish of the 166.6km stage in the Cantal mountains. While Pogacar secured the win, the battle for second place saw Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel finish 32 seconds behind, with French rider Paul Seixas taking third. Vingegaard finished seventh, 44 seconds adrift, and has now fallen to third overall in the standings.

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It was an extremely hard day and being able to take third place on a day for the Tour's toughest guys is brilliant.