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Tadej Pogačar leads Jonas Vingegaard on a section of white gravel roads on stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France.

Moods and mind games on the Tour de France’s first rest day

Tadej Pogačar on the attack in the yellow jersey during stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France.

Making sense of stage 9’s GC mayhem and mind games

The gravel stage 9 peloton at the 2024 Tour de France.

Fans delight as teams mop brows after surviving Tour’s gravel spectacular

Visma-Lease a Bike and Tadej Pogačar on stage 9 of the Tour de France.

Vingegaard and Visma only wanted to play defense on gravel stage

Tadej Pogačar warms down on his time trial bike. He's dressed in his yellow race leader's aero suit and in the aero tuck position as he spins on his TT bike on a stationary trainer at the finish.

A week of TT warm-downs will hopefully pay dividends in the real thing

The wheel selection crystal ball

Assessing the vibes at the Visma bus

A pack of riders climbs the Col du Galibier in the 2011 Tour de France. The road stretches down the steep slope behind them before switchbacking far below.

Andy Schleck: ‘Vingegaard is my main favourite’ for the Galibier

Evenepoel finishes stage three of the Tour de France 2024.

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Tadej Pogačar leads Jonas Vingegaard up the Côte de San Luca climb on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France. Pogačar's tongue is out from the effort as Vingegaard stands on the pedals to match him. To their left, fans line several tiers on a pink sandstone building to cheer.

They meet again

Primož Roglič leads Remco Evenepoel and a select group of chasers on the Côte di San Luca climb on stage 2 of the 2024 Tour de France. They're racing past a long, two-story building of red sandstone with many arches, the road lined with fans, and other riders including Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodriguez behind.

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Jonas Vingegaard watches Tadej Pogačar's Tour de France 2024 press conference.

The pressure of uncertainty mounts for Pogačar and Vingegaard