07-17 10:11Views 5415
Jonas Abrahamsen of Uno-X Mobility secured victory in stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse, a day dominated by breakaway riders that saw no significant shifts in the General Classification standings.
Race leader Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) retained the yellow jersey after demonstrating sportsmanship when rival Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) crashed within the final three kilometers. Pogačar, who fell after overlapping wheels and landed on his back, was allowed to rejoin the main group as Healy's peloton eased their pace. All top contenders finished together, 3 minutes 28 seconds behind the stage winner.
Pogačar maintains second place overall despite bruising, holding a one-minute advantage over third-placed Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) ahead of three decisive mountain stages: Thursday's summit finish at Hautacam, Friday's mountain time trial, and Saturday's climb to Superbagneres.
Current GC standings show Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) fourth at 1:46 behind Healy and 1:17 behind Pogačar, followed by Matteo Jorgenson (fifth, +2:06) and Kévin Vauquelin (sixth, +2:26). Positions seven through ten remain unchanged with Oscar Onley (+3:24), Florian Lipowitz (+3:34), Primož Roglič (+3:41), and Tobias Halland Johannessen (+5:03), who inadvertently caused Pogačar's crash.
The Tour now heads to its first major mountain test on stage 12—a 180.6km route from Auch featuring the hors-categorie summit finish at Hautacam.
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