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Wall Street Journal
4 days ago
- Sport
- Wall Street Journal
‘We Flipped the Tables.' Tadej Pogacar Gets Sweet Tour de France Revenge
Hautacam, France The careful thing to do is remind you that the 2025 Tour de France isn't over—that there's more than a week and several very difficult stages left before the finish in Paris, and any declarations about the winner of this bike race are premature and probably irresponsible.
Japan Times
5 days ago
- Sport
- Japan Times
Vingegaard and team get a taste of their own medicine on the Tour
While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday. Vingegaard was left shattered by Pogacar's brutal attack in the climb up to Hautacam in the 12th stage, leaving the two-time champion 3:31 behind his rival in the overall standings. "On the last climb Tadej was clearly the best and in the end Jonas also suffered a lot. Tomorrow is a new day, we will keep fighting," Vingegaard's Visma-Lease a Bike sports director Grischa Niermann told reporters. "He is the best of the rest." In 2022, Visma-Lease a Bike riders pulled off a tactical coup in the Alps by trapping Pogacar, before Vingegaard effectively sealed his maiden Tour title in Hautacam by humiliating the Slovenian. He added another title in 2023 by beating Pogacar by more than seven minutes, with the Slovenian having broken his wrist two and a half months before the Tour. Pogacar emerged triumphant at last year's edition, when Vingegaard's preparation was hampered by a freak crash a few months before the Tour. This year, however, the rivalry could reach new heights as both riders announced they were at their peak. Suffer fest Pogacar hammered Vingegaard in the first individual time trial and was merciless on Thursday as the Dane's teammates were a shadow of their dominant selves. Key mountain lieutenants Matteo Jorgenson and Simon Yates were of no help as they struggled as early as the Col du Soulor and left Vingegaard fighting on his own at the bottom of Hautacam. Memories of the humiliation three years ago must have been at the forefront of Pogacar's mind and everything clicked when he realised Visma-Lease a Bike was not as strong as he had expected. The team's attempts at upping the pace failed and the world champion smelled blood. "The biggest switch in my head happened when I saw what Visma tried. They followed their plan, but I noticed not everyone (in their team) was feeling great," he said. "That was the moment I mentally switched — I thought, OK, today can actually be a really, really good day. Johnny (Jhonatan Narvaez) was still there, Marc Soler wasn't far behind — we even thought he might come back. Adam (Yates) was there, Tim (Wellens) was up front. All of that gave us the belief, the mental boost, that today could really go our way." At the end of the day, Pogacar won a Tour stage by 2:10 — his biggest margin on a Tour win. "Based on my feelings, I feel like it is the best moment of my career. I'm riding in a rainbow (world champion) jersey. I ride with an amazing team. Amazing teammates, so it's like a fairytale for me riding on the bike these couple of years now," he said. "I just feel like until I enjoy this bike riding stuff and enjoy this suffer fest but with the fans on the side of the road, then I think I can still go on."
France 24
5 days ago
- Sport
- France 24
Tour de France: Pogacar's Solo Masterclass Seals Stage 12 Victory
05:04 05:04 min From the show Tadej Pogacar delivered a stunning solo performance on Thursday to win Stage 12 of the Tour de France at Hautacam. The Slovenian rider, racing for UAE Team Emirates - XRG, claimed a prestigious mountain victory and struck a decisive blow in the general classification. He reclaimed the yellow jersey and now holds a lead of over two minutes on rival Jonas Vingegaard. Elswhere in Sports News: In football, the summer transfer market is heating up: Liverpool have reached an agreement with Hugo Ekitike, Thiago Almada is set to join Atlético Madrid, Noa Lang is heading to Napoli, and promising Norwegian talent Sverre Nypan has signed with Manchester City. In the Women's Euro, England booked their spot in the semi-finals after a dramatic win over Sweden on Thursday. Other headlines include a record-breaking transfer in women's football, the suspension of the women's marathon world record holder for doping, and a major comeback story in the NBA.
Arab News
5 days ago
- Sport
- Arab News
Pogacar retakes Tour de France lead in crushing mountain win
HAUTACAM, France: Tadej Pogacar said he was in the form of his life after climbing to a commanding Tour de France stage win on the Hautacam mountain in the Pyrenees on Thursday. For the latest updates, follow us @ArabNewsSport
Malay Mail
5 days ago
- Sport
- Malay Mail
Can anyone stop Pogacar? Slovenian crushes rivals on Pyrenees climb to reclaim Tour de France lead
HAUTACAM (France), July 18 — Tadej Pogacar reclaimed the leader's yellow jersey at the Tour de France with an imperious stage 12 triumph on the Hautacam mountain in the Pyrenees on Thursday. Pogacar skipped away on an 11km solo ascent of the fabled climb to finish 2min 10sec ahead of key rival Jonas Vingegaard while overnight leader Ben Healy wilted to a 13min deficit on the day. French president Emmanuel Macron was on hand at the mountaintop finish to congratulate the Slovenian Team UAE rider. Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel dug deep after being dropped on the first of three climbs to claw back level, before eventually losing 3min 35sec on the day's 180.6km ride from Auch, finishing seventh. In the overall standings Pogacar now leads the Tour de France by 3min 31sec over Denmark's Vingegaard while Evenepoel is third at a daunting 4min 45sec. Worse for any pretenders hoping to stop the defending champion is that Friday's stage 13 comes in the shape of an uphill individual time-trial that the Slovenian said this week he was looking forward to. Overnight leader Healy took a beating on his second day defending the yellow jersey as the EF rider slipped off the pace on the first climb, while doggedly trying to limit his losses. He is now eleventh, over 13 minutes behind Pogacar. — AFP
