Summary

  • Stage 11 Albertville - Col du Granon Serre Chevalier, 151.7km

  • Col du Galibier is the high point of the race at an altitude of 2,642m

  • Col du Granon Serre Chevalier is the highest stage finish this century

  • Tadej Pogacar is the wearing the yellow jersey as overall leader

  • Britain's Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock are all in the top 10 overall

Live Reporting

Steve Sutcliffe

  1. Au revoir

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    Right that's me done.

    There's only another ascent of the Galibier, followed by the climb of the Col de la Croix de Fer, and then the famous 21 hairpins leading up to Alpe d'Huez to come on Thursday.

    And we've got a new man in yellow after a dramatic Alpine stage that saw the seemingly unbeatable Tadej Pogacar crack and Jonas Vingegaard take top spot in general classification.

    That's all in our report.

    We shall see you for more of the same tomorrow. Take care.

  2. What a day of drama and so much more still to come.

  3. 'We wanted to make it a super-hard race'

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    Race leader Jonas Vingegaard speaking after winning stage 11, was asked if he could believe he had taken the yellow jersey. He replied: "No. It is really incredible. It is hard for me to put words on. This is what I always dreamt of a stage in the Tour and now the yellow jersey. It is incredible.

    "We made a plan from the start of the day and obviously you could see what it was. We wanted to make it a super-hard race. We thought it was in my favour and in the favour of Primoz (Roglic) and I took a lot of time but I would never have done that without my team-mates. I want to thank all of them. They were all incredibly strong. I would never have done this without them.

    "On the Galibier he [Tadej Pogacar] was really strong and he dropped everyone else and I was a bit insecure if he was going full or not. And then on the last climb I was thinking 'if I don't try I am not going to win'.

    "Of course second place on the GC is a nice result but I tried this last year and now at least I want to try and go for the victory and that is what I did. Luckily it succeeded today and now I have the yellow jersey so I will keep on fighting for the yellow for Paris."

  4. Jonas Vingegaard post-stage press duties were interrupted by Wout van Aert dropping the F Bomb as he hugged his team-mate. All the quotes to follow...

  5. 'One for the ages'

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  6. General classification after stage 11

    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 41hrs 29mins 59secs

    2. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM +2mins 16secs

    3. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 22secs

    4. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 26secs

    5. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea Samsic) +2mins 37secs

    6. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +3mins 06secs

    7. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +3mins 13secs

    8. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +7mins 23secs

    9. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana) +8mins 07secs

    10. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +9mins 29secs

  7. Stage 11 results

    1.Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 4hrs 18mins 02secs

    2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea Samsic) +59secs

    3. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM) +1min 10secs

    4. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 38secs

    5. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +2mins 04secs

    6. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 10secs

    7. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 51secs

    8. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana) +3mins 38secs

    9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/Jumbo-Visma) +3mins 59secs

    10. Warren Barguil (Fra/Arkea Samsic) +4mins 16secs

  8. Fair play to Tadej Pogacar, he was straight out of the saddle to congratulate Jonas Vingegaard.

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  9. That winning feeling.

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  11. Pogacar trails home

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    Here comes Tadej Pogacar. He's lost almost three minutes as he crosses the finish looking absolutely exhausted.

  12. Vingegaard wins stage 11 to take yellow jersey

    What a magnificent ride. Jonas Vingegaard wins at Col du Granon.

    Not a bad way to claim your first stage at a Tour de France and with it the yellow jersey.

  13. Jonas Vingegaard leads Tadej Pogacar by almost two minutes. Geraint Thomas has gained around 40 seconds on the maillot jaune. What a day of racing.

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    Jonas Vingegaard's pace slows slightly as he approaches the finish...Tadej Pogacar is cycling through treacle about kilometre down the road.

  15. David Gaudu and Adam Yates press on.

  16. David Gaudu is catching and then passes Tadej Pogacar.

  17. Romain Bardet has Nairo Quintana in his sights. Jonas Vingegaard is still putting the hammer down.

    Adam Yates is glued to the wheel of Tadej Pogacar.

  18. Tadej Pogacar has his jersey unzipped. He is all over the place here wrestling with his bike and trying to use whatever energy he has left to limit his losses.

  19. Adam Yates is catching Tadej Pogacar.

    Up ahead Jonas Vingegaard flies past Nairo Quintana. The Dane is in complete command of the race and he has almost a minute on Pogacar.

  20. Tadej Pogacar has completely cracked. Geraint Thomas has left him. Jonas Vingegaard is going into the virtual lead.