so much for that beautiful summer weather!
An extraordinary ride from Pogacar yesterday sees him take more than a 5 minute lead over most of his rivals. Last year's TDF winner has shown that he is again the man to beat this year, and barring disaster I think it is highly likely that Pogacar will ride the rest of the race wearing the yellow jersey. Carapaz was the only man who could go with Pogacars attack yesterday but he couldn't stay the distance. It really doesn't look like there are any other challengers this year!
Stage 9 ends in Tignes today, although it looks like it's going to be a wet one again!
In overnight news Primoz Roglic has announced that he will not be starting Stage 9.