Pogacar's 21st stage turns screw on rivals

TADEJ Pogacar became the youngest rider to reach 21 Tour de France stage wins as he stretched his advantage in the yellow jersey to more than four minutes in yesterday's mountain time trial to Peyragudes.

- BY IAN PARKER

Ireland's Ben Healy remains 11th in the overall standings after finishing 26th.

Pogacar completed the 10.9km route from Loudenvielle - 8km of which was made up of the first category climb to the mountain top airstrip - in 23 minutes flat, putting another 36 seconds into his rival Jonas Vingegaard as others fell even further back.

It was a fourth stage win of this year's Tour for the 26-year-old, who is now 14 shy of Mark Cavendish's all-time record.

A day after he underlined his dominance so far with a solo win on the Hautacam, Pogacar extended his lead over Vingegaard to four minutes and seven seconds, and barring misfortune, it is hard to see how anyone can stop him winning a fourth title.