Tour de France 2026: Pogacar Leads as Stage Nine Is Shortened

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• Updates on the shortened stage from Malemort to Ussel

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Here is the top ten, ahead of stage nine:

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 28hrs 49mins 07secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma-Lease a Bike): +2mins 42secs

3. Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG): +3mins 27secs

4. Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe): +3mins 30secs

5. Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek): +3mins 34secs

6. Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM Team): +3mins 55secs

7. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe): +4mins 00secs

8. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious): +4mins 21secs

9. Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek): +4mins 57secs

10. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek): +7mins 10secs

More on the decision to shorten the ninth stage from Jeremy Whittle in Bergerac:

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