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Hugo Houle (Israel-Premier Tech) took his first professional win on cycling’s biggest stage, winning the Tour de France stage in Foix from the day’s successful breakaway. The Canadian attacked from a reduced lead group before the Mur de Péguère, playing the job of compatriot and team-mate Michael Woods, and was alone for more than 27 kilometers to give Israel-Premier Tech the second stage of the race after Simon Clarke. victory in stage 5. Houle dedicated the win to his brother Pierrick, who died after being hit by a drunk driver in 2012 while out for a run. The emotion was clear on the 31-year-old’s face a decade later as he celebrated his success. Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ) overtook Woods for second, with Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) – who crashed on the descent of Péguère – remaining fourth. Despite numerous switchbacks and two category 1 climbs that marked the second half of the 178.5km route from Carcassonne to Foix, the top favorites finished together. Tadej Pogačar (UAE) tried to land a knockout blow in Port de Lers but found a well-armored Jonas Vingegaard well supported by his Jumbo-Visma teammates. Vingegaard was led to the line by green jersey holder Wout van Aert, who, having been called back from the day’s breakaway, shut down any potential move from second-placed Pogačar. Also present were Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) and David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ), although they struggled briefly on the Mur de Péguère, and Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic). Adam Yates and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) and Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) lost contact and finished 1:19 behind the Vingegaard group, but the biggest loser on the day was Romain Bardet (Team DSM) , who lost contact on the Mur de Péguère, lost 3:45, and dropped in the standings from fourth to ninth. Vingegaard continues to lead the Tour de France by 2:22 over Pogačar, with Thomas third in 2:43. Quintana climbed over Bardet and Yates into fourth at 4:15, while Gaudu moved up three places, moving from eighth to fifth, moving ahead of Yates. Of the rest of the top 10, Meintjes remains seventh in 5:46, while Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) made the day’s cut and gained over four minutes to take on Bardet, Pidcock and Enric Mas ( Movistar) in eighth place. Spaniard out of the top 10. Results powered by FirstCycling (opens in new tab)
