Tadej Pogačar propinó otra aplastante derrota a sus rivales del Tour de Francia al dominar el viernes una exigente contrarreloj en ascenso y se

Tadej Pogačar powered to an impressive stage win on the first day in the Pyrenees to take back the Tour de France yellow jersey on Thursday. On a day when many wondered if he would suffer any ill effects from his crash the day before,

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.

Former champion rider Dan Martin has ample experience in winning - and suffering - in the Pyrenees, both in the Tour de France and other top races, and the Irishman is convinced that the design of this year's Tour route will make the opening round in the high mountains even harder and more damaging than usual.

Fuck, what a shit birthday,” Laurence Pithie gasps. The Kiwi rider from Red Bull has just summited the Hautacam, a winding, rolling, and, today, infernally hot Pyrenean climb that takes roughly 40 minutes.

The Tour de France 2025 had its first real mountain stage on Thursday, finishing at Hautacam, and the second part of the Pyrenees block will also see the GC contenders giving it their all. There is a short but powerful climbing time trial on the program,

Vingegaard simply couldn't hold onto the attack Pogačar put in at the bottom of the Hautacam, and ended up finishing second, but 2:10 down on the Slovenian, dropping to 3:31 down on the overall. He's still in the runner-up spot, but Visma are looking at a very tough-to-fix deficit.