Cycling-Pogacar and Vingegaard set for vintage Tour de France duel

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 9 - Saint-Leonard-De-Noblat to Puy De Dome - France - July 9, 2023 Israel–Premier Tech's Michael Woods celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win stage 9 REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

ORCINES, France (Reuters) -The Tour de France is expected to turn into an all-time classic as Tadej Pogacar narrowed the gap with defending champion and overall leader Jonas Vingegaard in the iconic climb to the Puy de Dome on Sunday.

The Slovenian jumped away from a group of top guns 1.5km from the top of the 13.3-km ascent at 7.7% with only Vingegaard able to follow but the Dane lost his rival's wheel some 100 metres further up.