Pogacar back in Dauphine yellow after sixth stage victory
AFP | Combloux
Tadej Pogacar soloed to victory in the sixth stage of the Criterium du Dauphine yesterday to reclaim the yellow jersey and put himself firmly in contention for overall victory.
With this 97th victory of his career, the Slovenian, who cruised in 1min 1sec ahead of Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, becomes the active rider with the joint-most victories -- on a par with French sprinter Arnaud Demare.
Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who was leading the overall classification, finished fifth at 1min 50sec.
Pogacar now has a 43sec lead over Vingegaard, 54sec over German Florian Lipowitz and 1min 22sec over Evenepoel.
The Slovenian had already worn the yellow jersey before in this 77th edition of the Dauphine after claiming victory in the first stage last Tadej Pogacar (R) in action weekend.
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