Tadej Pogacar SHATTERS Pantani's Alpe d'Huez Record | Tour de France 2026 Stage 19

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write history. We have the Alpe d'Huez stage, a short stage, not that hard before in terms of multiple mountains. That meant we were up for a big fast climbing a 10-minute and a 20-minute climb to start for break formation, then a long valley in between. Another 6K [clears throat] 6% climb in the famous

Alpe d'Huez. Pantani has the record from '97, 36 minutes 30 or something like that, 36:50. And UAE were trying to control break formation. Everyone called their bluff and a big break went. So, they had to wait for Vermeersch. Wellens was not on his best shape in this huge break goes. Visma got half the team in.

Politt's controlling it. Then we have the next climb. I mentioned that 20-minute climb. Trek in. Louis Meintjes, he sneaks in this break. There's nothing anyone can do about it. He's seventh in GC. And he's just gone in the breakaway. And he's on 12 minutes 50. Trek though pace for Pedersen's intermediate sprint so he can take 25

points against Philipsen who's not in the breakaway. But then Trek [snorts] don't want to go too hard on the climbs. EF want to go faster. Visma, Ineos want to go faster. VPP wins the KOM sprint of course, but Trek are trying to nurse Pedersen over that climb. UAE were trying to nurse Florian Vermeersch over that climb. We

get to the valley, 3 minutes 25. Trek are pulling. Trek are pulling in the breakaway. The sprint is in 40K. It's in about 55 minutes. The UAE are not bringing the break back. Ayuso and Skjelmose are now virtually leapfrogged almost by Lenny Martinez on GC. Tiling's pulling Armirail huge shift today. Q365 start pulling whilst Lenny