Vingegaard-Pogačar Tour duel swings Dane’s way; Jumbo-Visma ponder legal action against fan; Israel boss doubles down on Froome comments; cycling’s po...

After Jonas Vingegaard's torching of his rivals in the Combloux time trial, these are RadioCycling's latest headlines...

Like Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault or Miguel Induráin in their time trialling pomp, Jonas Vingegaard not only beat Tadej Pogačar in the Tour's only TT, but blitzed him, putting an astonishingly large gap between himself and his arch-rival. We reflect on this incredible performance, on what it means for the GC battle, and on whether Pogačar has the ability – and enough road left – to surpass his first-week comeback and turn the battle for the yellow jersey around again.

As is the case all too often nowadays, the Tour has seen further big crashes caused by the recklessness and witlessness of fans. The latest, last Friday, saw American climber Sepp Kuss felled and injured. With his Jumbo-Visma team considering whether to sue the fan who caused the pile-up, we get reaction from Groupama-FDJ DS Philippe Mauduit and ask whether the legal path is the right one to go down on these occasions.

Our recent interview with Israel-PremierTech owner Sylvan Adams on the future of veteran team leader Chris Froome led to some kickback, not least from the four-time Tour winner's camp.  In order to clarify some of his previous comments, notably on the length of Froome's IPT contract, we went back to Adams, who not only outlines the key details but also doubles down on his comments about the British rider.

It's now 25 years since the Festina affair, when doping was revealed to be rife in the sport and Tour almost came to a halt before it had reached Paris. With the aim of gauging what and how much has changed in the interim, we speak to three team directors who were racers back then. EF Education's Charly Wegelius, Jayco-AlUla's Matt White and Jumbo-Visma's Frans Maassen explain how the difference between then and now is "like night and day". We hear about eating "slop", "the Belgie clean", and how not all of the changes over the last quarter of a century have been for the best.

And finally, in our Coffee Beans section...

– Citroën to part ways with AG2R team
– Ineos boss Ratcliffe throws a big bash in Courchevel for his team
–  Carlos Rodríguez caught in Ineos-Movistar contractual tug of war

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