Jonas Vingegaard has cemented his claim on the Tour de France yellow jersey with an incredible climbing performance to win Stage 18. SBSSportau
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"I was just happy that it finally ended, it was incredibly hard. There's still two more days to come before Paris so we need to stay focused. In the overall battle, Tadej Pogacar waited until there were 40 kilometres left in the race to attack Jonas Vingegaard on the ascent of the Col de Spandelles, with the Dane again following and not giving an inch to the Slovenian.
The Welshman recovered the front pair, then decided it was time for his own attack before Pogacar went again and he and Vingegaard distanced the other top climbers in a show of strength.
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