Tadej Pogacar pointed to the sky when he crossed the finish line and he finished his post-stage interview by dedicating his victory to 19-year-old Italian rider Samuele Privitera, who has died following an accident during the first stage of the Giro della Valle d’Aosta, an Under-23 event.

One day after crashing, the 3-time champion powers through the Pyrenees to overtake Ben Healy and put himself 3½ minutes of main rival Jonas Vingegaard.

With a crushing seated attack, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) soloed to his third stage win of this year’s Tour de France on Thursday, and regained control of the yellow jersey. The world champion put more than two minutes into his GC rival Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike),