And 4! Already a winner three years ago at the Markstein, the summit of the Vosges near Mulhouse, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, yellow jersey, attacked 1.6 km from the top of the Col du Haag, located five kilometers from the finish, and won his fourth victory on this Tour with 38 seconds ahead of his teammate Isaac Del Toro and Paul Seixas. This is its 25th success on the Grande Boucle since its debut in 2020.
In the Vosges forests, Pogacar’s UAE team controlled the race and never left more than three minutes to escape.
The Frenchman Paul Seixas, 19 years old, at the same time climbs to 4th place in the general classification, 5 minutes and 19 seconds behind the leader, and only 15 seconds from the third place on the podium, occupied by the Belgian Remco Evenepoel, who limited the damage on Saturday.
🏆 Back to back at Markstein for Tadej Pogacar!
🏆 Tadej Pogacar wins again at Markstein!#TDF2026 pic.twitter.com/FPPIOBwPNR
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The general ranking
1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) 51 h 18:28.
2. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TVL) at 4:30.
3. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/RBH) 5:04.
4. Paul Seixas (FRA/DCT) 5:19.
5. Juan Ayuso (ESP/LTK) 5:22.
6. Florian Lipowitz (GER/RBH) 5:44.
7. Isaac Del Toro (MEX/UAD) 5:50.
8. Mattias Skjelmose (DEN/LTK) 7:35.
9. Tom Pidcock (GBR/Q36) 7:59.
10. Lenny Martinez (FRA/TBV) 8:25.
Sunday’s stage
Over 183.9 km, from Champagnole to the Solaison Brison plateau, the runners will face a fifteenth mountainous stage. “The battle will inevitably be started by going up to Salève via the Col de la Croisette, with almost 5 kilometers of an intractable climb at an average of 11.2%. For the final explanation, we reach the Solaison plateau by a narrow road through the villages of the Bornes massif, 11.3 kilometers long at 9.1% average elevation. A springboard to glory,” according to Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France.
