New Delhi, July 10 -- PARIS - The Col du Tourmalet silenced the arguments on Thursday. After five stages that had left the general classification competitive and the gap between favourites respectably tight, Tadej Pogacar accelerated with two kilometres remaining on the Pyrenees' most storied climb and made clear, without ambiguity, that what had appeared to be a race was, in some important sense, already over.

Pogacar won Stage 6 of the Tour de France, soloing to the Tourmalet summit with a performance that erased the mountain's climbing record. His power output was estimated at 6.39 watts per kilogram over the defining stretch of the ascent, with a vertical ascent rate of 1,875 metres per hour. He then exceeded 100 kilometres per hour ...