{"id":4361,"date":"2026-07-05T23:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4361"},"modified":"2026-07-05T23:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T23:05:13","slug":"tadej-pogacar-gifts-victory-to-teammate-isaac-del-toro-on-second-stage-of-tour-de-france-vingegaard-keeps-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4361","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Pogacar gifts victory to teammate Isaac Del Toro on second stage of Tour de France, Vingegaard keeps lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>In a gesture of sportsmanship which left his novice teammate stunned, cycling great Tadej Pogacar gifted victory to Isaac Del Toro on the second stage of the Tour de France on Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4359\">Naomi Osaka into Wimbledon quarterfinals after overpowering win over top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>While Pogacar\u2019s rival Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall race lead, the day belonged to Del Toro, a 22-year-old Mexican making his Tour debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m super proud to have the level to manage these kind of situations,\u201d Del Toro said. \u201cI cannot believe I just did this, just full emotions. You cannot believe how it feels for me, especially for my country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Del Toro attacked on the 700-meter climb to the finish to put Pogacar in a position to win, but Pogacar instead slowed down and put his arm on Del Toro\u2019s shoulder as he let him cross the line first. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Del Toro looked open-mouthed with surprise at the gesture from Pogacar, who is looking to win the race for the third straight time and fifth overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>As an exhausted Del Toro sat on the ground to get his breath back on a hot day, Pogacar went over to tightly hug his UAE Emirates-XRG teammate, who looked emotional after clinching his first Tour stage win.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Belgium rider Remco Evenepoel finished the stage in third place, just ahead of Vingegaard in the fourth spot. The top four all clocked a time of 3 hours, 40 minutes, 1 second, but with the top three receiving time bonuses, Vinegaard\u2019s lead over Pogacar was trimmed from 12 seconds to six seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI am very satisfied to be honest. As I said yesterday I will just enjoy every day I have in the yellow jersey,\u201d Vingegaard said. \u201cSo far, so good. I cannot complain with how the GC (General Classification) looks for now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vingegaard is looking to win the Tour for the third time after triumphing in 2022 and \u201923. The Danish rider took the yellow jersey on Saturday after leading his Visma-Lease a Bike team to victory in the opening-day time trial around Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stage 2 took riders on a hilly 168.5-kilometer (104.5-mile) route starting from the Catalonian city of Tarragona, and featured three ascents to the 17th century Montju\u00efc castle before ending in Barcelona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Two breakaway riders \u2014 Dutchman Alex Molenaar and German Felix Engelhardt \u2014 were caught with about 30 kilometers to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4357\">Cape Verde\u2019s soccer team returns home to huge welcome after impressive World Cup performance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>As the peloton increased its speed, Vingegaard and Pogacar positioned themselves near the front to minimize the risk of being caught in a crash. Mindful of Pogacar launching one of his trademark sudden attacks, Vingegaard sat on Pogacar\u2019s wheel on the climbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But the pace was too high for one-day classics specialist Mathieu van der Poel and he dropped back. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The three-week race hits the mountains early on Monday\u2019s 196-kilometer (121.5-mile) third stage, starting from Granollers in Spain \u2014 near to where Formula 1 used to hold pre-season testing \u2014 and concluding with a short but sharp uphill dart to Les Angles in the French Pyrenees. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Stage 3 features a 9.3-kilometer (5.8-mile) ascent up Col de Toses at an average gradient of 6.5 percent. The climb is ranked as Category 1, the second-hardest level behind Hors Categorie (which means beyond classification).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, fans will not be allowed on the roadside when the stage reaches France for the last 40 kilometers because of fires in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pierre Regnault de la Mothe, the prefect of the Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es-Orientales department, said that only accredited vehicles would be allowed through with the riders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI regret having to announce that, in France, at least, it will be a stage of the Tour de France held without spectators,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many observers predict it will be a two-way tussle again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 27-year-old Pogacar, who won his first two Tours in 2020 and 2021, recently won the Tour de Suisse stage race amid another ultra-dominant season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 29-year-old Vingegaard won the Giro d\u2019Italia to become the eighth man to win all three Grand Tours, and last year clinched his first Spanish Vuelta title.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4355\">How to relive a mid-century vacation on Cape Cod<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Del Toro attacked on the 700-meter climb to the finish to put defending champion Pogacar in a position to win, but Pogacar instead slowed down and put his arm on teammate Del Toro\u2019s shoulder as he let him cross the line first. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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