Pogacar begins final week of 2025 Tour de France
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Tadej Pogacar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals by dominating an uphill time trial and reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday.
Tadej Pogacar continued his charge towards an anticipated fourth Tour de France title when he stretched his overall lead to over four minutes by winning the 13th stage, a lung-busting 10.9-km uphill time trial on Friday.
Pogacar was even better as soon as the road started to climb and he crossed the finish line at Peyragudes with a lead of 36 seconds over Vingegaard, his closest challenger. Primoz Roglic was third, 1 minute, 20 seconds off the pace.
The defending champion proved he was a class above the rest with a dominant 12km solo win on the Hautacam climb
Tadej Pogacar unleashed a vintage assault on the unforgiving slopes of Hautacam, crushing the Tour de France 12th stage and leaving chief rival Jonas Vingegaard gasping for air and clinging to fading hopes on a brutal,
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Tadej Pogacar reflects on winning the first mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France, explaining how he was able to rebound from his Stage 11 crash and pick up his 20th Tour de France stage victory.
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Pogacar gives candid response to Visma | Lease a Bike tactics: "If I were Vingegaard, I wouldn’t be happy with that"When Vingegaard’s team waited for Pogacar after a crash on stage 11, tensions seemed to ease. But after stage 15, when the Slovenian was asked directly about Visma’s tactics during the second week, he gave a very honest answer.