Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 8 - Oyonnax to Le Grand-Bornand - France - July 3, 2021 UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia celebrates on the podium wearing the white jersey REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
LE GRAND BORNAND, France (Reuters) -Defending champion Tadej Pogacar put the hammer down on the Tour de France on Saturday as he claimed the overall leader's yellow jersey with a vintage ride on the eighth stage, a 150.8-km Alpine trek from Oyonnax to Le Grand Bornand.
The young Slovenian attacked on the penultimate ascent of the day, the Col de Romme, to distance all his rivals in a long-range move reminiscent of racing in the 1980s, as Belgian Dylan Teuns won the day’s laurels from the early breakaway.
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