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Australian Jai Hindley won stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday to take the overall leader's yellow jersey, as defending champion Jonas Vingegaard won a tactical battle with key rival Tadej Pogacar. | Sport24news

Vingegaard's Jumbo-Visma stunned the UAE Team when Wout Van Aert dropped back from an early break and led Vingegaard uphill with an impressive 500m pull.

"It was a really hard day," admitted Van Aert, one of the stars of the peloton with three stage wins in last year's race. Meanwhile, UAE Team rider Pogacar, the 2020 and 2021 champion, was left isolated as overnight leader Adam Yates appeared unable to help in the chase. "He was much faster on that climb. He was really strong, and there was just nothing you can do," he said.

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