Pogacar begins final week of 2025 Tour de France
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Tim Wellens’ Tour de France had been excellent but understated. The Belgian national champion is arguably Pogacar’s most important domestique — both a rouleur who looks after the yellow jersey on the flat, and a strong enough climber to set a punishing initial pace at the base of climbs.
While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday.
Jonas Vingegaard's wife Trine was brutally honest in her assessment of the Visma-Lease cycling team, as she blamed them for pushing her husband too far.
INEOS Grenadiers’ Thymen Arensman won stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday, riding solo for the final 37km of a brutal day in the Pyrenees. Behind him race leader Tadej Pogacar added six seconds to his lead over Jonas Vingegaard.
1. Thymen Arensman, Netherlands, Ineos Grenadiers, 4:53:35. 2. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 4:54:43. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:54:47. 4. Felix Gall, Austria, Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, 4:54:54. 5. Florian Lipowitz, Germany, Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe, 4:55:00.
Though it doesn’t always hold sway, Tour de France tradition dictates that in the event of an unfortunate crash or mechanical problem, the peloton sits up and waits for the rider in the yellow jersey. But Pogačar wasn’t in yellow on Wednesday. Irish rider Ben Healy snagged the overall lead earlier in the week and had the jersey on his shoulders.
The Tour de France enters the Pyrenees on Thursday. Here's how to watch all 180km from Auch to Hautacam at no cost.