Tadej Pogacar conquers his fourth Tour de France

Road 27/07/25 20:10 Migue A.

Tadej Pogacar now has his fourth yellow jersey from the Tour de France, leaving him just one away from entering the club of the greatest of all time, if he isn't already. All this after a spectacular stage with the introduction of the circuit from the last Olympic Games in Paris to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Tour de France arriving at the Champs-Elysées.

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A tremendous classic that the Tour de France has given us with the introduction of the ascent to Montmartre, which was already a decisive part of the race at the Paris Olympics last summer. A spectacular route that did not deter even the rain that made an appearance in the final part of the stage, leaving a course, with cobblestones and tricky curves, extremely dangerous. This led the organization to decide to stop the general time count after the fourth pass through the finish line, before facing the final climbs to Montmartre.

The first part of the stage unfolded as these final days in Paris usually do, with the typical photos of the teams, the wearers of the different jerseys, the champagne toast, those things that are only seen in cycling during a competition.

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Luckily, from the arrival at the Champs-Elysées, the stage began to be contested for real, although in the first four laps, with the traditional circuit of the Champs-Elysées as the setting, no breakaway succeeded due to the strong pace. In fact, in the last of these passes, the Intermediate Sprint of the day would be contested, once again won by Jonathan Milan, the brilliant winner of the green jersey.

From there, it was all-out war from the first ascent to Montmartre, where Julian Alaphilippe and Arnaud de Lie were the first to attack. This caused the race to split, with Tadej Pogacar, who had no need to push as the time count had already stopped, leading the way and neutralizing this initial breakaway. Others in the general classification, like Jonas Vingegaard or Florian Lipowitz, chose to just follow along to the finish line.

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In the second climb, Tadej Pogacar was once again in the spotlight. The Slovenian didn't attack, but set an intense pace that reduced the group to just five riders: himself, Ballerini, Wout van Aert, Matteo Jorgenson, and Matteo Trentin, who were joined by Matej Mohoric with a nearly suicidal descent. They opened a definitive gap with their pursuers and would be the ones to fight for victory in the third and final ascent.

On the climb, Tadej Pogacar didn't hold back and set a tremendous pace from the bottom that broke the group. Only Wout van Aert managed to stay on his wheel, and as the pace increased and the climb steepened, he switched to classic mode on the wet cobblestones of the Montmartre ascent to launch an attack worthy of his best years and be the only cyclist in this Tour de France to drop Tadej Pocagacar.

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Tension from there to the finish line due to the dangerous descent, but today no one was going to steal Wout van Aert that great victory he had been seeking since his terrible fall last year in the Vuelta a España. An image that puts the finishing touch on a new edition of the Tour de France that has seen the crowning of a Tadej Pogacar for whom adjectives are running out.