Tadej Pogacar is running away with the 2025 Tour de France. The Slovenian stormed to a 21st career stage win in the mountain time trial at Peyragudes, extending his already commanding lead over Jonas Vingegaard to 4’07”. It was a bad day for Remco Evenepoel, who faded on the climb and was caught by Vingegaard, while Pogacar edged closer to Mark Cavendish’s all-time Tour record of 35 stage wins.
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The 2025 Tour de France came alive on Stage 12 as Tadej Pogacar delivered an outrageous solo win on Hautacam. Jonas Vingegaard battled valiantly up the final climb but must overturn three and a half minutes if he wants to get his hands on a third Tour triumph. It was a sobering day for Remco Evenepoel, who was twice dropped, and Ben Healy, who blew up spectacularly and lost the yellow jersey.
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There was a classy truce at the Tour de France on Stage 11 as Tadej Pogacar’s rivals refused to take advantage of the Slovenian crashing late on. With Pogacar scrambling up off the tarmac after a dramatic spill, he looked certain to lose time in the yellow jersey battle until his rivals displayed remarkable sportsmanship. A wild day was won by Jonas Abrahamsen from the breakaway.
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Ireland’s Ben Healy prised the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar’s shoulders as Britain’s Simon Yates won a tough stage through the Massif Central on Bastille Day. Pogacar responded to several attacks from rivals Jonas Vingegaard and Matteo Jorgenson, but at the end of the day Visma-Lease a Bike had to make do with the stage spoils as opposed to any GC gains on the eve of the first rest day.
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Mathieu van der Poel made the running for all but the last 700 metres of Stage 9, but still ended empty-handed after his stirring two-man breakaway with Alpecin Deceuninck team-mate Jonas Rickaert was swallowed up in heartbreaking fashion by a charging peloton. Tim Merlier emerged from the bunch to take his second win of the race.
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