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Since he attacked, Tadej Pogacar has taken two minutes and 10 seconds out of Matteo Jorgenson.
He's about 90 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.
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Since he attacked, Tadej Pogacar has taken two minutes and 10 seconds out of Matteo Jorgenson.
He's about 90 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.
Tadej Pogacar can see Richard Carapaz up the road. He looks a different animal.
He's 43 seconds back from Matteo Jorgenson now.
Simon Yates might do this you know. He's gained 10 seconds in just one kilometre.
That said, he's only got 40 seconds on Tadej Pogacar.
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American Matteo Jorgenson leads the race.
27 seconds back is Simon Yates.
One minute 21 seconds back is Tadej Pogacar.
Two minutes 26 seconds back is Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.
Simon Yates drops Richard Carapaz. The Britain is second on the road, 37 seconds behind Matteo Jorgenson.
Pogacar is already a minute ahead of Vingegaard and Evenepoel.
Vingegaard looks uncomfortable.
Simon Yates and Richard Carapaz are back together again in the second group on the road, 40 seconds behind Matteo Jorgenson.
They're rotating and working together.
Pogacar may even catch Matteo Jorgenson. He's just two minutes behind the stage leader, having taken 40 seconds since he attacked.
He's 23 seconds ahead of Jonas Vingegaard too.
Vingegaard and Evenepoel aren't responding. They're marking each other, trying to cement second place.
Pogacar has been left to go up the road. This could be the climb where the Tour is wrapped up.
The yellow jersey opens up a gap, about 10 metres.
Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel respond.
Tadej Pogacar attacks!
Richard Carapaz is on a mission! The gap is now just 20 seconds and, do you know, Simon Yates isn't out of this one just yet.
He's about 20 metres behind the Ecuadorian.
Richard Carapaz has to go now if he wants another stage win. He ups the pace and drops Simon Yates. He cuts Jorgenson's gap to 26 seconds.
Matteo Jorgenson has this. He has a 30 second gap to Richard Carapaz and Simon Yates, and a three minute lead over the yellow jersey group.
Giulio Ciccone - eighth overall - and Carlos Rodriguez - sixth - are both dropped from the yellow jersey group.
Matteo Jorgenson is all on his own at the front. Simon Yates, Richard Carapaz and Wilco Kelderman are 15 seconds or so down the road.
But Simon Yates looks like he's struggling to hold on to Carapaz's wheel. Is this where it falls apart?
Jorgenson attacks at the front!
Yates and Carapaz hesitate and a gap emerges.
Former Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley of Australia has been dropped from the group at the front of the race.
Just Yates, Carapaz, Matteo Jorgenson and Wilco Kelderman remain.
Simon Yates is targeting the stage. His twin brother Adam is setting the pace in the yellow jersey group down the road.
Egan Bernal drops out of that dwindling selection of riders.
Three minutes 48 seconds seems like a big ask for the yellow jersey group if they want to take this stage.
Tadej Pogacar's group hits the base of the climb.