{"id":8633,"date":"2026-07-09T20:51:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/?p=8633"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:52:20","slug":"business-as-usual-in-the-mountains-on-stage-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/2026\/07\/09\/business-as-usual-in-the-mountains-on-stage-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Business as Usual in the Mountains on Stage 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#D06060\">Business as Usual in the Mountains on Stage 6<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-07-09T12:04:28.362Z\">9 July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stage-6-2026-700.jpg\" alt=\"Paul Seixas on Stage 6, by ASO\/Thomas Maheux\" class=\"wp-image-8635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stage-6-2026-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stage-6-2026-700-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stage-6-2026-700-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Paul Seixas on Stage 6, by ASO\/Thomas Maheux<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was business as usual on the first proper mountain stage of the Tour de France 2026, Stage 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pogacar attacked on the Col du Tourmalet, then rode alone to the finish at Gavarnie Gedre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonas Vingegaard was second best, 2min38 behind the Slovenian. After him there was a group at 2min57 containing del Toro, Evenepoel, Seixas, Lipowitz, Ayuso and Skjelmose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are highlights of Stage 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cmjmMwnfX3c?si=ocqSK9dm0MI3xWw5\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business as Usual in the Mountains on Stage 6 It was business as usual on the first proper mountain stage of the Tour de France 2026, Stage 6. Pogacar attacked on the Col du Tourmalet, then rode alone to the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123,169,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cycling","category-tour-de-france-2026","category-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8633"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8638,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633\/revisions\/8638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}