Tadej Pogaar has moved into the top five for all-time Tour de France stage wins having claimed victory on stage three of the 2026 race, moving into the yellow jersey in the process.Pogaar distanced Jonas Vingegaard on the uphill finish to Les Angles and the Dane simply had no response to his rivals acceleration.Pogaar can seemingly win at ease at the Tour de France the four-time champion effectively gifted his team-mate, Isaac del Toro, the win on Sundays stage and that proved to be the case once again in the eastern Pyrenees.Its because of him, said Pogaar at the finish, referring to del Toro, who won stage two. Its because of Issac today, I got some extra power in the final."In the middle of the stage, we decided its possible to go for the stage win. Im really happy we started the Tour like this. Its an incredible stage today."To take the yellow jersey is a dream of any cyclist. Every time I put it on my shoulders again, it feels really special." UAE Team Emirates-XRG took up the chase midway through the stage. Getty Images Pogaar put a two-second time gap into Vingegaard at the stage three finish and earned a ten-second time bonus as a result of his victory, with Vingegaard securing a six-second bonus.That puts Pogaar and Vinegaard on the same time in the general classification after three stages, but sees Pogaar pull on the yellow jersey on countback.Tadej Pogaar draws level with Andr Darrigade in stage-win standings Mark Cavendish won stage five of the 2024 Tour de France to move ahead of Eddy Merckx in the all-time standings. Getty Images A 22nd stage win for Pogaar sees the Slovenian move level with French sprinter Andr Darrigade in the all-time standings. Darrigade won his 22 stages between 1953 and 1964.Mark Cavendish holds the record for the most Tour de France stage wins, with 35 victories to his name. Cavendish replaced Eddy Merckx in the record books when he claimed his final stage win in 2024.Bernard Hinault (28) sits third on the list of stage winners, with Andr Leducq (25) fourth.Pogaar pursuit of cycling records knows no bounds and, with four overall titles to his name, the 27-year-old is also gunning for a record-equalling fifth Tour de France victory.That would put Pogaar level with Merckx, Hinault and Jacques Anquetil on five wins, and cement the UAE Team Emirates-XRG star as one of the Tours all-time greats if not the greatest. Name Number of stage wins Mark Cavendish 35 Eddy Merckx 34 Bernard Hinault 28 Andr Leducq 25 Andr Darrigade 22 Tadej Pogaar 22 Nicolas Frantz 20 Franois Faber 19 Jean Alavoine 17 Jacques Anquetil 16 Ren Le Grevs 16 Charles Plissier 16