Jonas Vingegaard was eager to win another mountain stage in the Tour de France on behalf of Visma | Lease a Bike. The Dane ultimately came up a few meters short of catching Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers),

While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday.

Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogačar suffered a big scare when he bumped into the team car of chief rival Jonas Vingegaard before the start of the 18th stage then went on to cement his grip on the yellow jersey.

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Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) riding his teammate Jan Tranik's bike (Image credit: Getty Images) After suffering a tyre puncture halfway in the gravel-packed chaotic Tour de France stage 9

Jonas Vingegaard remains adamant that he is still in with a chance of beating Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar despite losing a further nine seconds to the UAE Team Emirates-XRG racer in the closing metres of the brutally difficult Col de la Loze ascent on stage 18 on Thursday.

Lease a Bike is more than four minutes behind, and Tadej Pogacar seems unbeatable for now. Still, Vingegaard remains hopeful, especially since he lost ‘only’ two minutes on his worst Tour day ever. Criticism from his rival about his team was also discussed.

That was how Visma-Lease a Bike lead sports director Merijn Zeeman described one of the multiple memorable points on Jonas Vingegaard’s rollercoaster pathway from what Zeeman called the “worst ...