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Stunning how Pogacar crushed his GC rivals.

Only Carapaz had the legs to challenge Pogacar on the Col de Colombiere, Pogacar offered to cooperate, Carapaz declined, and Pogacar put THREE AND A HALF MINUTES into Carapaz in the last 30 km or so.

He then went on to nearly close the FIVE MINUTE lead of breakaway leader Teuns, and didn’t take the stage only because he didn’t want to take chances on the wet descent.

This kind of solo heroics is reminiscent of the olden greats like Hinault, when GC stars went off on their own, “mano a mano”, or in this case, “mano a mouse”.

Or, more recently, Contador on the Mortirolo.