Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 11 - Sorgues to Malaucene - France - July 7, 2021 UAE Team Emirates rider Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia in action with riders during stage 11 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
MALAUCENE, France (Reuters) - Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogacar showed great composure to recover from a rare failure as he extended his advantage in the general classification at the end of a brutal 11th stage on Wednesday.
The defending champion cracked near the top of the second ascent of the punishing Mont Ventoux as one of his challengers, Dane Jonas Vingegaard, attacked.
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