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2025環法自由車賽：Pogacar 6年內奪第4冠，奧運雙金得主Evenepoel退賽稱「感到疲憊是可以的」 - TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網
2025年環法自由車賽於昨（27）日落幕，第21站由沃特・范・阿爾特（Wout van Aert）獲勝擊敗強敵，在主將喬納斯・溫格高（Jonas Vingegaard）身陷苦戰之際為車隊畫下完美句點。而冠軍塔德伊・波加薩爾（Tadej Pogačar）不僅在6年間4度奪下冠軍，本屆更是同時穿上象徵登山點積分王的「紅點衫」。2025環法有哪些值得回顧的亮點，本篇為您整理！ 2025年環法自由車賽（Tour de France）於昨（27）日落幕，總成績排行榜由UAE Emirates-XRG（UAD）車隊的主將塔德伊・波加薩爾（Tadej Pogačar）以4分24秒的差距擊敗TVL的喬納斯・溫格高（Jonas Vingegaard）奪得冠軍，是其自2020年來首次參賽後的第6次冠軍。 為期23天的21站賽事中，波加薩爾在第4站奪下職業生涯的第100個勝利後，同天便穿上代表總成績排行榜（G eneral Classification, GC）第1名的黃衫，雖然途中短暫地遭到超越，他仍在本屆環法推進自身擁有黃衫的紀錄達到54天。 而GC榜上最具競爭力的溫格高，雖曾在2022、23年度擊敗Pogacar獲得環法冠軍，但在2024年初的環巴斯克嚴重摔車後，連兩年在環法屈居亞軍。對於如此強勁且難以擊敗的對手，溫格高受訪表示「我感覺比2024年好上許多，Pogacar是最強的車手，他值得這個勝利。有時，你必須接受」。 出人意料的Alpecin車隊：短暫的黃衫與驚人的表現 以賈斯珀·菲利普森（Jasper Philipsen）極具特色和爭議的衝刺能力和「單日賽王者」馬修·范德普爾（Mathieu van der Poel）著名的歐倍青－迪歐尼克車隊（Alpecin-Deceuninck）車隊，在首站激烈的競爭中，擊敗去年的衝刺綠衫得主比尼亞姆·格爾梅（Biniam Girmay）奪下勝利。 首站的單站冠軍，不僅是比利時車手Philipsen在4屆環法以來的個人第10勝，更是穿上生涯首件黃衫。然而，好景不常，Philipsen在第3站便因嚴重摔車導致鎖骨、肋骨骨折，不得不宣布退出比賽。 不過，其出身於自行車世家的隊友范德普爾在首週展現極具競爭力的表現，不僅在第2站接手穿上黃衫，第6站時以一秒之差二度穿上黃衫，更於第9站因隊友Jonas Rickaert一句「想站上頒獎台」而與其一同突圍長達174公里，在主集團強力的追擊下，以50.013公里的時速成為環法史上第二快的一站。 最終，歐倍青－迪歐尼克車隊在本屆環法奪下3個單站勝利，菲利普森與范德普爾分別短暫的穿上黃衫，即使前者因摔車、後者因感冒導致肺炎而最終皆未完賽，兩人仍成功以精彩的表現，展現自身的實力與企圖心。 奧運雙金得主兩度摔車後疲於恢復，「作為普通人是被允許的」 2024年環法獲得最佳年輕車手肯定的雷姆科・埃文內普爾（Remco Evenepoel）在2024年奧運公路、計時賽奪下雙金後，在本屆環法的第5站個人計時賽終以16秒的差距擊敗波加薩爾奪下單站勝利，並在總成績排行榜中保持絕佳的名次。 然而，在2024年底訓練時發生車禍重摔後，身為快布車隊（Soudal–Quick-Step, SOQ）的主將，埃文內普爾被迫盡快恢復訓練以備戰即將展開的賽季。第13站，極大坡度的個人計時賽中埃文內普爾出乎意料的遭到晚兩分鐘出發的溫格高「倒追」，最終以落後2分36秒差距完賽。 第十四站途中，埃文內普爾宣布退出比賽，放棄當時為居GC第三以及最佳年輕車手的榮譽。經過多天沉澱，他在個人社群發文表示近期兩次的意外導致身體並未達到最佳狀態，在拼盡全力後必須做出如此「艱難但正確的決定」。 「感到疲憊是可以的，成為一位普通人是可以的。有時，退一步反而是你能做的最堅強的事。」埃文內普爾聲明中表示。 「單飛」好手班·希利獲敢鬥賞，綠衫、白衫得主首次參賽獲佳績 擅於發動長距離突擊的英孚教育－易郵車隊（EF Eduacation Easypost, EFE）車手，愛爾蘭國家冠軍班·希利（Ben Healy）在第6站最後40公里進攻，一人對抗領先集團的追擊，奪下生涯首座單站冠軍。第10站，希利同樣展現積極的企圖心，於逃脫集團不斷拉開分差，當天GC排名一舉躍升至10名穿上黃衫，最終更奪下本屆「敢鬥賞」。 在衝刺與最佳年輕車手部分，最終皆由首次參賽的車手拿下。代表衝刺積分居冠的綠衫，由 利多－崔克車隊（Lidl–Trek, LTK） 車隊的義大利籍衝刺好手Jonathan Milan拿下，他不僅在第8、第17站奪得單站冠軍，衝刺積分更是自第3站便登上首位。 象徵25歲以下最佳年輕車手的白衫，則在埃文內普爾宣布退出比賽後有重大變化，紅牛－博拉－漢斯格雅車隊（RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE, RBH）車隊的德國籍車手弗洛里安·利波維茲（Florian Lipowitz）雖未能取得單站勝利，但自13站後便持續穩坐GC榜上第三位，也使得車隊變換戰術，由35歲老將普里莫茲・羅格里奇（Primoz Roglic）擔任其「護衛」。 溫格高信心喊話「比賽尚未結束」，范・阿爾特為車隊畫下美好句點 2021年是溫格高第一次參加環法自由車賽，當時他以總排第二之姿強勢完賽，至此，他與波加薩爾變包辦了近5屆環法的冠亞軍，即使在2024年初摔車傷及肋骨與肺部後，他仍被視為「唯一」能與波加薩爾抗衡的「外星人」。 然而，在第5站33公里的個人計時賽中，溫格高以落後單站冠軍埃文內普爾1分21秒的成績完賽，與波加薩爾的總成績差距更拉開到1分13秒。賽後，溫格高坦言狀況不佳，並表示是艱難的一天，「我的腿使不上力，沒什麼好說的」，但仍對總冠軍抱有希望。 第一個休息日後的連續大山站與登山個人計時賽，雖然溫格高仍展現極高的水準，甚至在第13站「倒追」奧運雙金得主埃文內普爾，但仍不敵波加薩爾的單站冠軍減秒獎勵、計時賽的分差，以及登山站中一點一滴損失的時間，在第二週結束時的差距來到4分13秒。 賽程進入第三週時，兩人表現並未出現明顯差距，但溫格高的攻擊和TVL車隊的戰術始終無法奏效，未能如願在又長又陡的18、19站扳回戰局。直到最後，溫格高受訪時皆表示「雖然無法搶下秒差，但比賽尚未結束」，對於自己與團隊的能力表示信任與肯定。 最終，溫格高以4分24秒的分差奪下亞軍，未能阻止波加薩爾的二度衛冕。對於一個月後的環西班牙提問，他表示目前相較於去年的狀態好上許多，會在短暫休息後持續備戰。 在最後的第21站，比利時籍隊友沃特・范・阿爾特（Wout van Aert）在最後6.5公里處的石板路上坡發動攻擊，成功甩開波加薩爾，不僅在極具意義的巴黎香榭麗舍大道奪下個人環法的第10次單站勝利，更為TVL車隊畫下本屆環法最好的句點。 波加薩爾獨霸環法，高山站無人能敵 本屆環法不同以往慣例，不僅直到第11天才規劃休息日，第一週的賽事更是以平地衝刺站為主，賽前各界預期總成績排行的黃衫之爭將在入山後展開。出乎意料地，奪冠熱門人選溫格高與波加薩爾在開賽之初便展現極高的企圖心。 第四站波加薩爾在最後衝線階段擊敗范德普爾，不僅奪下本屆環法首勝，更是其生涯第100個單站勝利。第7站波加薩爾同樣在終點前的上坡發動進攻，擊敗溫格高拿下單站冠軍並重新穿回黃衫。 休息日後首座大山的第12站，以及第13站計時賽，波加薩爾仍保持強勁的實力，一舉從溫格高身上搶下2分10秒及36秒的決定性差距。 截至本屆環法結束，他共在GC排行榜中位居首位達到54天，在環法男子自行車史上排行第5。環法單站冠軍方面也進帳4座來到20座，更同時穿上代表登山點積分王的紅點衫。 而波加薩爾與溫格高自2020年包辦環法冠亞軍後，奪下總冠軍的比數來到4比2。兩人「統治」自行車界最高層級賽事－環法自由車賽的現象，也引發各界對於車隊資金、資源落差懸殊的討論，在Netflix製作的三季紀錄片中，許多車隊對此表達了看法。 2025最後一場大環賽——環西班牙——將於8月23日至9月14日舉行，奪下環義粉紅衫的TVL車隊是否能再下一城？環法冠軍所在的UAD又會派出哪些精銳選手參賽，又或是劍指9月21日至28日於盧安達首都吉佳利（Kigali）舉行的世錦賽呢？ 另一方面，奪下本屆環法首站冠軍的賈斯珀·菲利普森（Jasper Philipsen），受邀來台參加「環法自行車挑戰賽」（L'Étape du Tour de France），賽事將在10月18日於南投日月潭登場，屆時其恢復狀況如何，備受關注。 資料來源 Official website of Tour de France 2025 延伸閱讀 【加入關鍵評論網會員】每天精彩好文直送你的信箱，每週獨享編輯精選、時事精選、藝文週報等特製電子報。還可留言與作者、記者、編輯討論文章內容。立刻點擊免費加入會員！ 核稿編輯：翁世航
The Citizen
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Citizen
Battle for white jersey takes centre stage on Tour
Young guns Onley and Lipowitz vie for the podium. The Tour de France will make its usual entry into Paris this weekend as the 2025 tour wraps up. Picture: Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images His rivals have tried mightily to dislodge Tadej Pogacar from the yellow jersey of the Tour de France but he has withstood all the tricks and tactics they've applied over three weeks and 18 stages – and simply counterpunched and left them floundering. He will win the race in Paris on Sunday – you can bet on it. Actually, there's no point in betting on it; you'll win just one cent for every rand wagered on the Slovenian superstar at odds of 1.01. Second-placed Jonas Vingegaard has blown out on an Alpine breeze to 23.00 for the Win. There are other bets to be had as the Tour winds up – with another mountain stage on Friday and a hilly stage on Saturday, before the honour parade into Paris on Sunday. Third place and best young rider One intriguing battle is between Germany's Florian Lipowitz and Britain's Oscar Onley for third place overall – and, simultaneously, for the white jersey that signifies the best young rider. Lipowitz leads Onley by 22 seconds after Thursday's brutal stage in the Alps, with the latter passing the former on the road of the climb to the Col de la Loze but just failing to pass him on the leaderboard. Lipowitz has had a superb Tour. He might have simply had a tough moment on Stage 8 and will bounce back on the ascent to the ski resort of La Plagne. However, Onley is looking stronger as the race reaches a climax. Lipowitz is a 1.65 chance to finish in the top three and Onley is at 2.65. Old warhorse Primoz Roglic is a 5.05 top three chance after hanging in bravely with the top General Classification contenders. Among the many other offerings from Betway are various prominent riders to win a stage. Among the more appealing here are: Vingegaard (no 1.03, yes 7.15), Onley (1.00, 32.00), Quinn Simmons (1.03, 7.15), Wout van Aert (1.10, 5.00) and Jordi Meeus (1.00, 9.90). These Betway odds are correct at time of publishing and subject to change.
BBC News
19-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Tour de France stage 14 - third-placed Evenepoel forced to abandon race
Update: Date: 63km to go Title: Polka-dot jersey - Martinez leads chase duo by 40secs Content: Lenny Martinez summited the Col d'Aspin 40 seconds before Sepp Kuss and Valentin Paret-Peintre, with Michael Woods 2mins 20secs off the French youngster: Update: Date: 60km to go Title: Weather makes today's stage 'more equal' Content: Oscar Onley on today's weather: "I prefer the heat. We see that some guys struggle more in the heat, so it's nice to have a bit of an advantage there. I think today is more equal." Update: Date: 63km to go Title: Polka-dot jersey - Martinez takes maximum KoM points Content: Lenny Martinez bags another five mountain points on the category two climb of the Col d'Aspin. The young Frenchman is the first rider to reach 50 points, which earns him a special prize of 5,000 euros for the 50th anniversary of the polka-dot jersey. Update: Date: 65km to go Title: Johannessen set to climb GC standings Content: With a two-minute lead over the yellow jersey group, Tobias Johannessen has leapfrogged Primoz Roglic in the virtual general classification standings. The Norwegian rider, who races for second-tier ProTeam Uno-X Mobility, is currently sixth and is just one minute off the podium. Update: Date: 14:16 BST Title: General classification without Evenepoel Content: Update: Date: 14:13 BST Title: White jersey - British rider Onley closing on podium place Content: With Remco Evenepoel now out of the equation, British youngster Oscar Onley needs to gain 41 seconds on Florian Lipowitz to move into a GC podium place and wear the white jersey tomorrow for best young rider. Ben Healy is currently 11th in the GC standings but the Irish breakaway specialist could well lose time during this battle in the mountains. Update: Date: 14:09 BST Title: Get Involved - Evenepoel forced to withdraw Content: #bbccycling on X, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Tough start to the season following that crash, a superb Pogacar and clearly some underlying illness. Shame he has to retire but age is on his side. He'll be back next year and likely a lot stronger. Pieter ICYMI, Remco Evenepoel sustained rib, shoulder blade and hand fractures in a bike crash during a training ride in December. He also needed surgery on a dislocated collarbone after crashing into an open door of a postal vehicle while on a ride in his native Belgium. Update: Date: 70km to go Title: Martinez's lead stable Content: Sepp Kuss and Valentin Paret-Peintre were closing on Lenny Martinez, but his lead is now stable at about 50 seconds. The Tobias Johannessen group is about to start the climb, about a minute further back, with the yellow jersey group two minutes behind them. Update: Date: 14:03 BST Title: What climbs are to come on today's stage? Content: Mountains, 182.6km, Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres Now then, the leaders are now onto the next climb: Update: Date: 13:57 BST Title: Get Involved - Evenepoel forced to withdraw Content: #bbccycling on X, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Come off it BBC. this year's Tour de France route is no harder than most years. Remco is out of gas, legs are gone this year. That's all. Rob Update: Date: 75km to go Title: Post Content: Lenny Martinez is almost at the bottom, with Sepp Kuss and Valentin Paret-Peintre having closed to within a minute. The other chasers are a further 20secs back, with the peloton 3mins 40secs adrift of Martinez. Update: Date: 80km to go Title: Polka-dot jersey - KoM standings after Col du Tourmalet Content: 1. Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) - 47 points2. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG) - 37 pts3. Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) - 37 pts4. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) - 27 pts5. Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) - 18 pts Update: Date: 85km to go Title: Polka-dot jersey - Martinez claims maximum KoM points Content: Michael Woods is second over the Col du Tourmalet summit, leading a group that is 1min 45secs behind Lenny Martinez: Update: Date: 91km to go Title: Martinez begins treacherous descent Content: Lenny Martinez isn't the only rider chucking on the wet-weather gear. And visibility is pretty poor coming down from the summit. The riders are going to have to keep their wits about them, this is one treacherous descent. Update: Date: 93km to go Title: Polka-dot jersey - Martinez first over Tourmalet Content: Lenny Martinez is first to the top of the Col du Tourmalet to pocket 20 mountain points and claim the Souvenir Jacques Goddet. And as the young Frenchman summits, he whips out his rain jacket and puts it on as he prepares to head straight into a sharp descent. Update: Date: 94km to go Title: Post Content: The yellow jersey group is more than three minutes back from Lenny Martinez and features 41 riders. Update: Date: 95km to go Title: Post Content: Behind Martinez is a group of 16 riders, including Visma team-mates Simon Yates and Sepp Kuss, plus Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Ben O'Connor (Jayco AlUla). Tobias Johannessen, who is 10 minutes off Tadej Pogacar in eighth on general classification, is the highest GC rider in that group. Update: Date: 96km to go Title: Post Content: Back to the head of the course, and Lenny Martinez has gone clear - by more than a minute. He's now climbing into mist towards the top of the Col du Tourmalet. Update: Date: 13:21 BST Title: Get Involved - Evenepoel forced to withdraw Content: #bbccycling on X, WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Remco Evenepoel looked distressed as he stepped into the Soudal Quick-Step team car. For a supremely gifted young athlete, this has got to be hard to accept. What are your thoughts on the Belgian star being forced to withdraw? Is he ill? Is it a result of a brutal route for the start to this year's race? Let us know your thoughts via the usual channels above. Update: Date: 13:16 BST Title: Evenepoel & Skjelmose withdraw from race Content: Yep, he's done. Remco Evenepoel, who finished third in last year's Tour and was third at the start of the day, has had to withdraw from this year's race. So too has Mattias Skjelmose after hitting that traffic island earlier on.
Irish Daily Mirror
14-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Sean Kelly hails Ben Healy after racing to Tour de France yellow jersey
Ireland's Ben Healy has taken the Yellow Jersey in the Tour de France. It is a first Irish maillot jaune for 37 years, since Stephen Roche. This followed a powerhouse Bastille Day Stage Ten ride when having been prominent in an early break Healy spent most of the day in virtual a minute to defend on a steep climb some 2.5km out from the finish and in danger of being swamped, the Irish Olympian stayed in the fight and finished third overall. "It was insanely tough. It was a battle against myself and I had to dig in deep and my team-mates put in so much work for me that I really wanted to pay them back," said Healy who is looking to become the first Irish Tour de France winner since Roche won in 1987. "How often do you get an opportunity to put yourself into yellow? I had to take that with two hands and go for it." The first up good news is that Healy gets a day to rest on his laurels, as the riders have Tuesday off before racing resumes on Wednesday with a 156.8km stage around Toulouse. This is expected to produce a sprint finish and is therefore unlikely to shake up General Classification. It will be all change however as Thursday has been flagged as one of the 2025 Tour's hardest stages, a massive Pyrenees climb to the ski resort at Hautacam. As it stands, the UK's Simon Yates took the Stage 10 win with Dutchman Thymen Arensman second some nine seconds back and Healy 31 seconds in turn left Healy in yellow on 37hrs 41mins 49secs, three times winner and race favourite Tadej Pogacar 29 seconds back with Remco Evenepoel at one minute 29 seconds."What a performance by Ben Healy first of all," said Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly as Healy, who rides for the American registered EF Education-EasyPost team crossed the line."And we had seen Pogacar going with a really big attack there in the earlier part of the climb but then knocked it off."I'm sure he got information from his Director Sportif 'you do not have to ride here, you know it's going to be very close to the yellow jersey, let's not push on and allow Ben Healy, after the performance he put in, go'."I think the teams recognised that, we can see here, over there, realised that he was taking over the other jersey."This was the performance of his life For Ben Healy. We've seen doing magnificent things before but today was another step up." Hopes had been high Healy might go well before the race began with Ian Dyer, High Performance Coach to the Ireland Olympic cyclists, noting: "Instinct says we could see Ben begin to prosper once it starts to get hilly. "But I think the complexities behind getting a stage race win kind of really rely on you often getting in the main breakaway of the day and being allowed a little bit of rope to make some headway."Anything in the big mountains would obviously suit Ben as opposed to the flatter stages because all the teams that have got a sprinter in the race are going to want to try and keep the race together, keep the peloton together to deliver a sprinter to the finish." The 24 year-old Healy was born near Birmingham. His grandparents on his father Bryan's side are from Waterford and Cork and they moved to London in the 1960s. He is a two time national champion (once each in the road race and time trial), ridden the road race at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships and represented Ireland at the 2024 Paris Olympics He has previously won a Giro d'Italia stage (2023). There were podium finishes in Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Amstel Gold Race - second to the 2025 tour de France favourite Tadej Pogacar a junior, he has also had stage wins on Tour de l'Avenir and Baby Giro Get the latest sports headlines straight to your inbox by signing up for free email.
Daily Tribune
17-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Tribune
Bahrain Victorious stands tall
Lenny Martinez produced a stunning solo ride to win the final stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné on Sunday, marking his third WorldTour stage victory of the season and salvaging what had been a frustrating week for the French climber. The stage, finishing atop Plateau du Mont-Cenis, held sentimental value for the 20-yearold Groupama-FDJ rider, who trained there with his father as a teenager. Having fallen out of General Classification (GC) contention after a tough Queen Stage, Martinez bounced back in style. Making the Break Count The final day's early breakaway gained a three-minute advantage on the peloton, and with 8km to go, only Enric Mas of Movistar remained ahead. Martinez launched his decisive move at that point, dropping Mas and attacking solo up the Col du Mont-Cenis — a 9.6km climb with a punishing average gradient of 6.9%. Despite the looming threat of GC heavyweights Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard behind, Martinez held a steady pace, crested the climb with over 40 seconds to spare, and maintained his lead to take a memorable stage win. Redemption for Martinez An emotional Lenny Martinez at the finish line said, 'Earlier, I was really bad, and I hadn't been feeling great the days before either. So I wasn't expecting much. But then I finally felt good at the start, so I decided to go for it. At one point, I thought Van der Poel was going to win, then I thought I was going to get caught by the Pogacar-Vingegaard duo a little later. It would have been a real shame, but it worked out! I was going all out until the last kilometre and it was only at the end that I really believed it was possible to win. I'm very happy with my performance in the Dauphiné. I came here for the overall classification: it didn't work out, but I've salvaged the week. The team told me never to give up, so that's why I tried again. Now we can be proud of what we've done here with this victory. I hope to win in the Tour too, we'll see.' Bahrain Victorious Impresses While Martinez took the headlines for the stage, Bahrain Victorious continued to make an impression throughout the race. Their aggressive tactics and strong team performances reinforced their presence in the peloton, setting the stage for a promising summer campaign. Pogacar Seals the Title Overall honours went to UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar, who secured his maiden Dauphiné crown with another dominant GC ride, holding off Vingegaard and the rest of the elite field across the week. With the Tour de France fast approaching, the Critérium once again proved its value as a proving ground — and for Martinez and Bahrain Victorious alike, it offered a timely reminder of what's possible when the strategy is right and
