2023 Tour de France Stage 6 Results & Recap
Stage 6 of the 2023 Tour de France is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Pogačar wins solo
Tadej Pogačar (UAD) won stage 6 solo at Cauterets-Cambasque after attacking his closest rival Jonas Vingegaard on the final Cat. 1 climb of the day just 2.7km from the uphill finish. The defending champion couldn't respond, but retained the jersey after limiting his losses.
"I wouldn’t say it's revenge, yet it feels sweet to win today and take some time back," Pogacar said. "I feel a little bit relieved. I feel much better now. Who wouldn’t be worried after yesterday’s time loss? The performance that Jonas [Vingegaard] displayed yesterday was incredible. I was thinking, when they [Jumbo-Visma] started pulling in the Tourmalet: ‘sh*t if it happens like yesterday, we can pack our bags and go home.’ Luckily, I had good legs today and could follow quite comfortably on the Tourmalet. In the end, when I felt it was the right moment, I attacked. It was a big relief. It’s my 10th stage victory – I’m coming for you Mark! Nah, I’m joking. He is still so far away. I would say now it’s almost a perfect gap. It’s going to be a big battle until the last stage. I would of course, dedicate my victory to Urska. Today she was at home, not racing, and she gave me all the power to do it. This one is for her."
Vingegaard has an advantage of 25’’ over Pogacar and 1’34’’ over Hindley going into tomorrow's flat stage.
“First of all, I’m super happy to be back in the yellow jersey," he said. "Obviously we wanted to attack on the Tourmalet but it cost energy. Tadej was really strong. He deserves the stage win. I was not at all surprised to see him bouncing back after yesterday. It’ll make an exciting Tour de France for what is left. I would have preferred to have two minutes lead than twenty-five seconds but it’s always better to be ahead and have the yellow jersey. We’ve had beautiful stages in the Basque Country and we’ve probably experienced one of the hardest starts of the Tour de France. President Macron remembered me from stage 18 last year and he wished me good luck for the rest of the race.”\n
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