{"id":4458,"date":"2026-07-07T08:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4458"},"modified":"2026-07-07T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T08:33:47","slug":"tadej-pogacar-wins-stage-3-and-takes-the-tour-de-france-yellow-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4458","title":{"rendered":"Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 3 and takes the Tour de France yellow jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>LES ANGLES, France \u2014 After just three days of racing at the Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar is already wearing yellow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4456\">Flavio Cobolli performs Ronaldo celebration as Jasmine Paolini wins before Roger Federer on Italy\u2019s big day at Wimbledon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>The overwhelming favorite made the most of the first mountain stage to post his 22nd career stage win at cycling\u2019s biggest race and seize the race leader\u2019s jersey on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pogacar sprinted away from his rivals from about 200 meters to the finish line at Les Angles in the French Pyrenees, and no one could match his speed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The UAE Emirates-XRG leader held his arms out in triumph and clenched his fists at the summit as he crossed with a two-second lead over Jonas Vingegaard, Richard Carapaz and Paul Seixas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pogacar took 10 bonus seconds for his win, and Vingegaard was awarded a six-second bonus for his second place. Overall, Pogacar and Vingegaard were level on time but Pogacar\u2019s stage win coupled with his second place in Sunday\u2019s Stage 2 earned him the yellow jersey.<\/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>\u201cTo take the yellow jersey is a dream for any cyclist,\u201d Pogacar said, \u201cEvery time I can get it again on my shoulders feels really special. I don\u2019t know how long it will last but we\u2019ll try to enjoy every moment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pogacar, who gifted victory to teammate Isaac del Toro on the second stage, has crushed his rivals this season and chases a record-equaling fifth Tour victory. The only four riders to have won five Tours are Belgian Eddy Merckx, Spaniard Miguel Indurain, and Frenchmen Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4454\">Ahead of Saturday\u2019s MLB Draft, Brody Bumila is dealing with left elbow injury<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><span>Pogacar thanked Del Toro for his efforts in the final ascent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s thanks to Isaac that I got extra power today. He committed more than 100 percent on the final climb,\u201d he said. \u201cThe team feels super good and when we can win we have to take the opportunity. We tried, we gave it all and we won.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Monday\u2019s win marked his 14th victory this season, a run that includes general classification wins at the Tour de Suisse and the Tour de Romandie, as well as one-day triumphs at Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Tour of Flanders, Milan San Remo, and Strade Bianche.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vingegaard, of Visma-Lease a Bike team, is looking to win the Tour for the third time after triumphing in 2022 and \u201923. The Danish rider had taken 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>The three-week race hit the mountains early on the 121.5-mile third stage, starting from Granollers in Spain and concluding with a short but sharp uphill dart to Les Angles in the French Pyrenees. Pogacar\u2019s team worked hard to keep the day\u2019s breakaway on a short leash and the last remaining escapee, Alex Baudin, was caught with about 6 miles to go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The stage finish was about 37 miles from a large wildfire that has burned large swathes of land. As a result, organizers decided that once the peloton reached France for the last 25 miles, the publicity caravan \u2014 a 6-mile-long procession of sponsor vehicles that precedes the race \u2014 would not operate. Only riders and vehicles essential to the race were allowed on the route, and spectators were asked not to gather on the roadside or at the finish area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Once in France, the number of fans along the roads \u2014 usually present in their thousands \u2014 decreased. But there were actually a lot of spectators when the riders passed through villages further down the road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=4452\">The Jaylen Brown trade makes it seem like the Celtics are no longer completely focused on winning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The overwhelming favorite made the most of the first mountain stage to post his 22nd career stage win at cycling\u2019s biggest race and seize the race leader\u2019s jersey on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4458","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tadej Pogacar wins Stage 3 and takes the Tour de France yellow jersey - 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