{"success":true,"data":{"id":"6aba654d-34b1-4f4a-a72a-d98565b515e5","title":"Pogacar extends Tour de France lead with Alpe d'Huez win","summary":"You can change your choice or withdraw your consent anytime by clicking \"Customize\" below or the \"Manage my privacy settings\" link available in the menu.","content":"*   You can change your choice or withdraw your consent anytime by clicking \"Customize\" below or the \"Manage my privacy settings\" link available in the menu.\n\n[See our 233 partners](javascript:Didomi.preferences.show('vendors'))\n\nWe and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent:\n\nstore and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development\n\nAccept Deny Customize\n\n*   en\n\n*   Settings \n\nClose\n\nHeadings\n\n Topics \n\n By region \n\nPrevious Next\n\nAdvertising\n\n# Pogacar extends Tour de France lead with Alpe d'Huez win\n\nL'Alpe d'Huez (France) (AFP) –  Tadej Pogacar took a stunning victory atop Alpe d'Huez after a long and tense chase up the iconic final climb of Friday's 19th stage of the Tour de France.\n\nIssued on: 24/07/2026 - 17:53\n\n 1 min Reading time\n\n Tadej Pogacar won a Tour de France stage on Alpe d'Huez for the first time © Jeff PACHOUD / AFP \n\nHaving launched his attack with 12km left, the reigning champion finally caught Richard Carapaz and Lenny Martinez inside the final two kilometres and then dropped them with just 800m left.\n\nIt was a fifth stage victory this year for the 27-year-old Slovenian and a 26th in total since his Tour debut in 2020.\n\nAnd, incredibly, it was Pogacar's first stage victory on Alpe d'Huez -- a remarkable statistic for a man who has dominated cycling for the last six years.\n\nMartinez trailed home six seconds behind Pogacar, with Carapaz, who had won the 18th stage the day before, third at 9sec.\n\nPogacar increased his lead in the overall standings to more than seven minutes to Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel, who finished the stage sixth, two and a half minutes down.\n\nEvenepoel managed to eke out a few more seconds in his advantage over third-placed Isaac Del Toro, who did likewise to Paul Seixas in fourth.\n\nDel Toro is now at 9min 42sec with Seixas at 10:06, meaning that their battle for the best young rider's white jersey will head to Saturday's decisive penultimate stage before Sunday's procession around Paris.\n\nMartinez did enough to jump two places to fifth overall, just nine seconds ahead of Mattias Skjelmose, who finshed the stage in eighth at 2min 45sec.\n\nToday's top stories\n\n*   ## 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