Tour de France Stage 12 results, standings: Tadej Pogacar takes control of yellow jersey
The 2025 Tour de France entered the French Pyrenees for its most daunting mountain stage thus far, and the favorite to win cycling's biggest event put his stamp on the race with a spectacular ride over a 180.6-kilometer course full of climbs. Pogačar pulled away from the peloton and all of his top challengers up the Hautacam to win Stage 12 and took a commanding lead in the chase for the yellow jersey with French president Emmanuel Macron watching.
Pogačar's 20th career Tour de France stage win came one day after he emerged mostly unscathed from a late crash during Stage 11 and put him in position to win the fourth Tour de France of his decorated career. Pogačar entered Thursday's race in second place for the overall 2025 lead, 29 seconds behind Ben Healy. The Slovenian will begin Friday's individual time trial with a 3-minute, 31-second advantage over second-place Jonas Vingegaard.
"We had this stage in mind a long time, and we did it," Pogačar said.
Here's a look at the complete stage 12 results and 2025 Tour de France standings after Thursday, July 17, as well as what's coming up for cycling's biggest race:
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Stage 12 results
Final results of the 180.6-kilometer Stage 12 from Auch to Hautacam in the French Pyrenees at the 2025 Tour de France on Wednesday, July 16.
Pos.
Rider
Team
Time
Gap
B
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates XRG
04h 21' 19''
-
B : 10''
2
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
04h 23' 29''
00h 02' 10''
B : 6''
3
Florian Lipowitz
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
04h 23' 42''
00h 02' 23''
B : 4''
4
Tobias Johannessen
Uno-X Mobility
04h 24' 19''
00h 03' 00''
-
5
Oscar Onley
Team Picnic Postnl
04h 24' 19''
00h 03' 00''
-
6
Kevin Vauquelin
Arkea-B&B Hotels
04h 24' 52''
00h 03' 33''
-
7
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal Quick-Step
04h 24' 54''
00h 03' 35''
-
8
Felix Gall
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
04h 25' 21''
00h 04' 02''
-
9
Primoz Roglic
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
04h 25' 27''
00h 04' 08''
-
10
Christian Rodriguez
Arkea-B&B Hotels
04h 28' 45''
00h 07' 26''
-
Tour de France 2025 standings
Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia: 45h, 22' 51''
Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark: 45h 26' 22'' (3 minute, 31 seconds behind)
Remco Evenepoel, Belgium: 45h 27' 36'' (4 minutes, 45 seconds)
Florian Lipowitz, Germany: 45h 28' 25'' (5 minutes, 34 seconds)
Kevin Vauquelin, France: 45h 28' 31'' (5 minute, 40 seconds)
Oscar Onley, Great Britain: 45h 28' 56'' (6 minutes, 5 seconds)
Primoz Roglic, Slovenia: 45h 30' 21'' (7 minutes, 30 seconds)
Tobias Johannessen, Norway: 45h 30' 35'' (7 minutes, 44 seconds)
Felix Gall, Austria: 45h 32' 12'' (9 minutes, 21 seconds)
Matteo Jorgenson, USA: 45h 35' 03'' (12 minutes, 12 seconds)
2025 Tour de France jersey leaders
Yellow (overall race leader): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
Green (points): Jonathan Milan, Italy
Polka dot (mountains): Tadej Pogačar, Slovenia
White (young rider): Remco Evenepoel, Belgium
Who's wearing the rainbow jersey at 2025 Tour de France?
In addition to the four traditional colored jerseys at the Tour de France, the reigning world road race champion wears a rainbow-colored jersey. It's white with five colored stripes – blue, red, black, yellow and green (same as the colors of the Olympic rings) – and is currently worn by Tadej Pogačar of Slovenia.
2025 Tour de France next stage
Stage 13 is a 10.9-kilometer individual time trial from Loudenvielle to Peyragudes on Friday, July 28. It's the final time trial of the 21 stages during the 2025 Tour de France.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Tour de France Stage 12 results: Tadej Pogacar gets statement win
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