GAVARNIE-GEDRE, France, July 9 : Tadej Pogacar's attack during the punishing climb to Col du Tourmalet led him to a spectacular solo victory in Thursday's sixth stage of the Tour de France.

Jonas Vingegaard, who failed to keep up with Pogacar during the ascent to Tourmalet, finished a distant second over two minutes later.

Torstein Traeen, who held the overall lead coming into the stage, suffered a crash during the descent from Tourmalet that derailed his attempt to reduce the gap with Slovenian Pogacar, who appears to be on course to reclaim the yellow jersey.