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Tadej Pogačar clinched a fifth Tour de France in what Philippa York calls his least stressful edition, as rivals faltered and Jonas Vingegaard faded after illness and a late crash. York argues the dominance sets up a calmer transition to Pogacar’s heir apparent, Isaac del Toro, with the field’s evolving dynamics—including stars like Evenepoel and Carapaz—shaping the post-Pogačar era.
Eight takeaways from Cyclingnews' Tour de France analysis: Tadej Pogačar secured a record-tying fifth victory and showed leadership by riding for his teammate at times, Remco Evenepoel made significant climbing progress signaling a tougher future duel, Jonas Vingegaard’s absence reshaped the podium dynamic, debates mounted over route choices and the heat’s impact on July racing, Paris delivered a dramatic finale and atmosphere, teen prodigy Paul Seixas impressed with a strong debut, a wake‑up call on anti‑doping emerged, and the Tour proved the fastest ever but also among the hardest—raising big questions about staging July cycling in a warming climate.
Stage 20 delivered a dramatic Alpine test: Richard Carapaz won the stage and sealed the polka-dot jersey, while Tadej Pogacar protected his Yellow Jersey and stretched his overall lead to about 6.5 minutes over Remco Evenepoel, setting up a Paris finale where Pogacar could join Merckx, Indurain, Anquetil and Hinault with a fifth Tour title.
Tadej Pogačar blasted clear on Alpe d'Huez to win Stage 19 of the Tour de France in 35:27, erasing rivals from the GC group and tightening his grip on yellow as Remco Evenepoel finished as the best GC rider about 2:29 back.
Tadej Pogacar stormed clear on the Alpe d'Huez final climb to win stage 19 and move within a potential fifth Tour de France, approaching a record-tying tally; Lenny Martinez finished second as Remco Evenepoel stayed about seven minutes back, while Carapaz claimed the King of the Mountains jersey and Adam Yates aided Pogacar on the climb.
Tadej Pogačar rode solo from the break on the iconic Alpe d'Huez to win stage 19 of the Tour de France, breaking the climb's fastest ascent record. He outpaced Lenny Martinez and Richard Carapaz in the final kilometers as Remco Evenepoel chased in the GC group, boosting his yellow-jersey bid ahead of Paris.
Remco Evenepoel posted the fastest time in Stage 16's 26.1 km individual time trial (32:19) to win back-to-back Tour TT stages, finishing ahead of Mattias Skjelmose. Pogacar delivered the second-fastest time and still leads the general classification by 4 minutes, 32 seconds with five stages to go. Teammate Florian Lipowitz crashed near the finish, while earlier in the race rivals faced early-morning doping-controls amid ongoing concerns; the Tour de France ends in Paris on Sunday.
Remco Evenepoel won the stage 16 time trial from Evian to Thonon-les-Bains, eroding Tadej Pogacar’s overall lead to just over four-and-a-half minutes and marking a third career Tour time trial win. Teammate Florian Lipowitz crashed out with a broken collarbone late in the day. Off the road, ITA’s nocturnal drug tests on Pogacar (and Vingegaard) at 2am and 5am sparked debate about testing windows, though the results remain unknown as the race continues.
Remco Evenepoel won Stage 16's 26.1km time-trial around Lake Geneva in 32:19, cutting Tadej Pogacar's GC lead by 28 seconds to 4:32 as Mattias Skjelmose finished third; Florian Lipowitz crashed and was evacuated with a left-arm injury, while Evenepoel secured his second straight stage win and a fourth Tour stage overall on Belgium's national day.
Tadej Pogačar attacked with about 15km to go to win Stage 10 of the Tour de France, pulling away from the chasers for his third stage win of the race as Remco Evenepoel sprinted to second and Paul Seixas took third. Jonas Vingegaard was dropped and finished seventh, ceding more time in the GC. The victory widens Pogačar’s overall lead to 3:36 over Vingegaard as UAE Emirates-XRG pressed the pace on a brutal Massif Central stage with seven climbs, leaving the field buzzed and the home fans buzzing on Bastille Day.
Remco Evenepoel admitted he would have exploded if he had tried to follow Tadej Pogačar’s searing attack on La Redoute, finishing Liège-Bastogne-Liège in third and saying that position was the maximum he could manage. He then sprinted to third behind Pogačar and Paul Seixas. The result caps Evenepoel’s Spring Classics with two third-place finishes (Liège and Tour of Flanders on debut) and a win at Amstel Gold Race, as Pogačar secured La Doyenne.
Tadej Pogačar won the men's road race at the 2025 World Championships in Rwanda, becoming the first to win the Tour de France and World Championships in consecutive seasons, with Remco Evenepoel and Ben Healy completing the podium in a highly attritional and challenging race.
Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel are set to compete in a challenging hilly time trial at the Road World Championships in Kigali, with Pogačar eyeing a potential upset on a course that favors climbers and specialists, making it a highly anticipated showdown between two cycling titans.
In stage 12 of the 2025 Tour de France, Evenepoel struggles to maintain his GC position as Armirail gains a significant lead, while the peloton faces intense climbing action towards the Hautacam finish, with key riders dropping back and the race dynamics shifting dramatically.
Remco Evenepoel won stage five of the Tour de France 2025 time trial, but Tadej Pogacar took the overall race lead and the yellow jersey, surpassing Jonas Vingegaard. Pogacar's strong performance in the stage allowed him to gain significant time on his rivals, and he now holds the race leader's jersey along with the green and polka-dot jerseys, while Evenepoel remains in the white jersey.