And there will be a new man in the yellow jersey, as after stage 10, Ben Healy became just the fourth Irish rider to claim the overall lead in the world's greatest cycling race.

Pogačar, the three-time champion, crashed with 2.4 miles remaining after hitting the wheel of Tobias Johannessen in front.

Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen won an incident-packed stage 11 at the Tour de France on Wednesday, outsprinting Mauro Schmid in Toulouse. Behind them, race favorite Tadej Pogačar crashed in the final minutes, but did not lose any time to his general classification rivals after they sportingly waited until he rejoined them.