Vingegaard grabs the yellow jersey from Pogacar after winning stage 11 at the Tour de France

Jonas Vingegaard gained stage 11 of the Tour de France to take the yellow jersey as Tadej Pogacar cracked on the Col du Granon in a shocking finale.

Vingegaard, second general to Pogacar 12 months in the past, took the rewards after he and Jumbo-Visma team-mate Primoz Roglic had labored to isolate and weaken Pogacar on a punishing day in the Alps, with the climbs of the Telegraphe, Galibier and Granon altering the face of this race.

Jumbo-Visma’s ways labored as Pogacar was unable to answer an assault from Vingegaard round 4 and a half kilometres from the summit end above Serre-Chevalier, being distanced too by Geraint Thomas as big gaps opened up in the common classification.

Jonas Vingegaard gained stage 11 of the Tour de France to take the yellow jersey on Wednesday

Pogacar had been smiling and joking on the method to the remaining climb having seemingly seen off the worst Vingegaard and Roglic might throw at him on the Galibier, however he would quickly be rocking and rolling in agony as the yellow jersey was ripped from his shoulders on this brutal mountain.

Vingegaard took victory forward of Nairo Quintana by 59 seconds, with Romain Bardet third and Thomas fourth, one minute and 38 seconds behind Vingegaard.

David Gaudu and Adam Yates additionally made it in earlier than a dejected Pogacar lastly rolled over the line some two minutes and 51 seconds down.

Jonas Vingegaard leads by two minutes and 16 seconds with Tadej Pogacar again in third

Vingegaard leads the reshaped common classification by two minutes and 16 seconds from Bardet, who vaulted up the rankings from seventh.

Pogacar now sits third, two minutes and 22 seconds down and solely 4 seconds forward of Thomas in fourth.

Quintana was the different huge mover on the day, as much as fifth place with Yates in sixth, a bit of over three minutes off yellow.