Both men would go on to beat Iban Mayo’s long-held climbing record, set in the 2004 Criterium du Dauphine, by more than a minute.

Tour de France overall leader Tadej Pogacar suffered a big scare on Thursday when he bumped into the team car of his chief rival Jonas Vingegaard before the start of the 18th stage, a brutal mountain...

Pogacar finally created a gap in the final few hundred metres of the climb, and will be satisfied that he successfully dealt with everything Visma threw at him throughout a taxing day.