Tour de France gallery: Vingegaard and Pogacar's two-day battle to Mont Blanc

Bahrain-Victorious ahead of stage 14

An unassuming Wout Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) at the start of stage 14, his performance on stage 15 the next day saw him take his first stage victory at the Tour de France

Peter Sagan in his typical aero tuck, seemingly enjoying his final Tour de France

Egan Bernal has suffered through this year’s Tour de France, but his Ineos Grenadiers team has enjoyed notable stage win success, and still has a chance at the podium

Tom Pidcock attacking on his descent from Ramaz, but his efforts weren’t enough for him to regain touch with the GC favourites group which dropped him on the ascent

Wout van Aert leading the GC favourites group on the descent from Ramaz

Mathieu van der Poel leading on the descent, his illness at the Tour has been one reason he hasn’t competed for individual stage wins

Ineos’ Jonathan Castroviejo and Omar Fraile descending Ramaz

Pierre Latour found himself out of touch with the stage’s fastest climbers

Carlos Rodriguez’s stage victory marked a landmark moment in the Spaniard’s career, his move onto the podium, and offered a saving grave for Ineos Grenadiers

Pogacar and Vingegaard’s battle up the Col de Joux Plane was yet another game of cat-and-mouse between the Tour’s two strongest riders, where Vingegaard would finish the stage with a single second gained over the Slovenian

Jai Hindley had a tougher day on the bike, he went down in the crash that neutralised the early part of the race, “I had quite a bit of pain in my backside” he said after the stage

Wout van Aert served as an impressive lieutenant on stage 14, bridging back to the yellow jersey group one kilometre into the Col de Joux Plane

Pidcock rode over the finish after a hard day which saw him lose his place in the top 10 in the general classification

Jonas Vingegaard held his grip onto the yellow jersey by a margin of 10 seconds, and he also took the polka dot jersey from Neilson Powless

Tadej Pogacar remains in the white jersey, and a slim 10 seconds off the race lead

Some fans were worn out by the heat and excitement of a fascinating Tour de France

Others were decked out in Tour de France regalia and ready to witness history

Simon Yates gives an interview before the start

Peter Sagan has had a low-key Tour de France

The Flemish flag in the hands of a Tadej Pogacar fan

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) in the chasing group

Race leader Jonas Vingegaard in the bunch

The pace was frantic in the yellow jersey group

Mathieu van der Poel couldn't hold on the breakaway

Tom Pidcock lost ground on the stage

Fans await the arrival of the Tour de France

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Fans cheer on the riders

Flemish and Danish flags on the climb

Jai Hindley suffered and lost time

Tom Pidcock lost time on stage 15

Pidcock came in over two minutes behind the race leader

Julian Alaphilippe soaks in the atmosphere

Julian Alaphilippe recognizes his fans

Jonas Vingegaard comes over the top of Pogacar in the final turn

Vingegaard and Pogacar drive to the line

The publicity caravan

Mountains classification leader Neilson Powless

Mikel Landa and Thibaut Pinot come in fifth and sixth on the stage

Tadej Pogacar on the podium in front of his fans