Vingegaard under fire, Sagan in the spotlight, and Rousse talks Tour de France Femmes

After two weeks of frenzied and close-fought action, the Tour leaves the Alps with its leader holding the biggest lead of this century. As the race pauses in "Chickentown", these are RadioCycling's headlines...

At Combloux and Courchevel, Jonas Vingegaard became the demolition man, putting a wrecking ball through the general classification and eviscerating Tadej Pogačar. With scepticism of his performances spreading, we get a Danish perspective on the Jumbo-Visma leader and his place in his country's sporting pantheon, and also hear from his team director Grischa Niermann.

Sunday will be Peter Sagan's last day at the Tour de France. Winner of 12 stages and a record-setting seven green points title jerseys, the Slovak remains one of the peloton's most popular racers and also one who has had an immense impact on the sport. We hear from his right-hand man, Daniel Oss, about what made Sagan such a phenomenon when he was in his pomp and examine why his road career is ending in relative anonymity.

As one Tour de France ends, riders are gathering in Clermont-Ferrand for the start of another, the Tour de France Femmes. We hear from race director Marion Rousse about this race's second edition, which not only features the event's first sortie into the high mountains with a finish atop the Col du Tourmalet and its first time trial, but leads up to those tests with six stages full of tests and potential traps in the Massif Central and France's south-west.

And finally, in our Coffee Beans section...

– Lotto-Dstny to allow sprinter Caleb Ewan to leave
– Champagne start to the day for Intermarché
–  Wout van Aert puts family first and leaves the Tour 

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