Highlights: 2025 Tour de France, Stage 3
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BBC News
24 minutes ago
- BBC News
Pogacar claims 100th victory on stage four of Tour
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Vingegaard as he claimed his 100th professional victory on stage four of the Tour de France. The result means that the Slovenian moves level on time with Dutch rider at the top of the general classification with Van der Poel retaining the leader's yellow jersey on count-back. With five categorised climbs in the final 50km of the 174.2km route into Rouen, all the main favourites were involved in a series of attacks that split the race open and delivered a compelling finale. However, Pogacar, delivered a show of strength on another classics-style stage to surge away from Van der Poel in an uphill dash to the finish having initially distanced all his rivals, bar Danish rival Vingegaard, on the short but punishing climb up the Rampe Saint-Hilaire, five kilometres out. "I hope today that everyone was on the limit. I tried with an attack on the second last climb and last climb and Jonas [Vingegaard] followed me and everything came together," Pogacar said."Joao [Almeida] did such an amazing job to lead me out to the end even if everyone was attacking. I am super proud of the team today. Amazing. It was such a nice victory."To win at the Tour is incredible, in this jersey even more and to have 100 victories is amazing. "With so many good riders in the final, you're always a bit on the edge and nervous about what's going to happen. You get this adrenaline and it's pure racing and I enjoy it."It is the 18th time Pogacar, 26, has won a stage in cycling's greatest race as he goes for a fourth Tour Scotland's Oscar Onley, 22, who is featuring in only his second Tour, produced a superb ride despite being delayed by a late crash to finish fourth among the elite GC riders, to move up to seventh in the overall Wednesday the riders tackle the first of two individual time trials on a 33km course around Caen, on a stage that Remco Evenepoel has been tipped to triumph 25-year-old Belgian world and Olympic champion in the discipline is currently almost a minute down on Pogacar in the GC race. Stage four results 1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) 3hrs 50mins 29secs2. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned/Alpecin - Deceuninck) Same time3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma - Lease a Bike) "4. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) "5. Romain Grégoire (Fra/Groupama - FDJ) "6. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates - XRG) "7. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +3secs8. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) "9. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek)+7secs 10. Kévin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels) +10secs General classification after stage four 1. Mathieu Van der Poel (Ned - Alpecin-Deceuninck) 16hrs 46mins 00secs2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time3. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +8secs4. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +19secs5. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) +26secs6. Enric Mas (Spa-Movistar) +48secs7. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +55secs8. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates-XRG) Same time9. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal Quick-Step) +58secs10. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +1min 02secs
San Francisco Chronicle
28 minutes ago
- San Francisco Chronicle
Pogačar beats Van der Poel in sprint to win stage 4 of Tour de France
ROUEN, France (AP) — Tadej Pogačar showed his sprinting skills by beating Mathieu Van der Poel in a dash to the line to win the hilly fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Van der Poel was the better sprinter of the two at the end of Sunday's second stage and looked set to clinch a second win in this year's race when he attacked about 200 meters from out and led. But the defending Tour champion somehow found another gear to surge past him at the line, then pumped his fists in celebration. They both have exactly the same overall time of 16 hours, 46 minutes after four stages, and count one stage win each, but Van der Poel kept the yellow jersey because of better finishing positions in the other two stages. The 174-kilometer stage suited allrounders, starting from Amiens and ending with five consecutive small climbs to the Normandy city of Rouen. The first of the climbs — Côte Jacques Anquetil — bore the name of a five-time Tour champion. The Frenchman dominated cycling in the 1960s, when he also won the Giro d'Italia twice and the Spanish Vuelta. The peloton's pace picked up strongly heading into the last two climbs, with speeds reaching 60 kph (37 mph). Pogačar attacked on the last climb up Rampe Saint-Hilaire and initially dropped archrival Jonas Vingegaard, but the two-time Tour winner responded well and caught up. But this time roles were reversed as the Slovenian star claimed the 18th stage win of his Tour career. Vingegaard finished third. ___
Straits Times
29 minutes ago
- Straits Times
Tadej Pogacar beats Mathieu van der Poel to win Tour de France's Stage 4 in 100th career victory
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox – Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar overtook race leader Mathieu van der Poel just before the line to win Stage 4 of the Tour de France on July 8, and is now level at the top of the general classification after earning his 100th career victory. The 174.2km ride from Amiens to Rouen came down to a sprint finish between the top three in the overall standings, with the Slovenian world champion getting the better of van der Poel, and Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard coming in third. Pogacar, chasing his fourth Tour overall title, said: 'I think today I hope everyone was on the limit. 'I'm super happy and proud of the team today. To win at the Tour is incredible, in this jersey even more, and to have a hundred victories is amazing. 'With so many good riders in such a final, you're always a bit on the edge and nervous about what will happen. 'In the end, you have this adrenaline with this pure racing and I enjoy it. We will see tomorrow (with the time trial), which is the real test.' A breakaway group of four riders – Lenny Martinez, Jonas Abrahamsen, Thomas Gachignard and Kasper Asgreen – got away early but the peloton, led by van der Poel's Alpecin-Deceuninck team, kept them well within reach. Top stories Swipe. Select. Stay informed. Singapore NDP celebrations to be held at 5 heartland sites, including Bishan and Punggol, on Aug 10 Singapore Keep citizens at the centre of public service, Chan Chun Sing tells civil servants Singapore Man arrested for allegedly throwing bottle at SMRT bus, injuring passenger Asia As Trump plays tariffs hard ball, Asean has little choice but to play on Asia PM Anwar called out by his own lawmakers as Malaysia's judicial crisis heats up Singapore SIA flight from Brisbane to Singapore diverted to Perth due to technical issue Sport Speeding likely cause of Diogo Jota car crash: Police Business Great Eastern could resume trading after delisting vote fails to pass; OCBC's exit offer lapses The action was always going to come in the closing 50km, with five categorised climbs packed into the finale, and Martinez was the last to be caught with 20km remaining, shortly after a crash had brought down several riders in the bunch. Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates took control at the front coming to the penultimate climb, before Vingegaard's Visma-Lease a Bike team took over, pushing hard on the descent as anticipation grew for a late attack. When it came on the final climb, it was the expected break from Pogacar, but he was unable to shake off two-time champion Vingegaard, and the pair were joined by five other riders, including van der Poel, to set up a high-stakes finish. Van der Poel went first, looking for his second stage win in three days, but Pogacar had the legs to overtake before the line, and made up the four seconds which separated the pair overall thanks to the stage win bonus. Stage 5 will shake up the overall standings with a 33km individual time trial around Caen. The stage is being billed as the day Remco Evenepoel will finally slip into the overall leader's yellow jersey. To do so, the 25-year-old Belgian world and Olympic champion in the discipline will need to cover the 33km course almost a minute faster that Pogacar and Vingegaard. REUTERS, AFP
