Jonas Vingegaard threw everything at Tadej Pogacar to replace the defending champion as the overall Tour de France leader with a win in an epic and grueling 11th stage on Wednesday.
Vingegaard, last year's runner-up, attacked 4.9 km from the finish to drop Pogacar, who was attacked relentlessly by the Dane's Jumbo-Visma team all day and cracked after looking unbreakable during the first block of racing.
Pogacar held off his rivals in the Col du Telegraphe, where the offensive began 90 km from the line, and the lung-busting Col du Galibier, even winking at the cameras before the final ascent, a dreaded 11.3-km climb at 9.2% gradient to the Col du Granon, which culminates at 2,412 meters.