Valentin Paret-Peintre triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year’s Tour de France, while Tadej Pogacar consolidated his overall lead Tuesday. Paret-Peintre followed former yellow jersey holder Ben Healy on a breakaway and then beat the Irish rider in a sprint for

Lease a Bike executed its plan to perfection. With Victor Campenaerts and Tiesj Benoot in the breakaway, team leader Jonas Vingegaard had two perfect launch pads. Despite this support, he couldn’t shake Tadej Pogacar.

Three-time champion Tadej Pogacar will spend Monday's rest day of the 2025 Tour de France savouring his feats in the Pyrenees of southern France that have helped him establish a four-minute lead over his arch rival and two-time victor Jonas Vingegaard.

When the reigning champion suffered a 40 mph crash, his title defense was in jeopardy. Until a man in blue overalls jumped off his motorbike and leapt into action.

Tadej Pogacar can now call himself the new record holder on the Mont Ventoux after stage 16 of the Tour de France. The Slovenian star of UAE Team Emirates-XRG stormed up the “Bald Mountain,” initiated by rival Jonas Vingegaard’s attack,

Tadej Pogacar said Monday he was ready to fight every kilometre with arch-rival Jonas Vingegaard in his bid for a fourth Tour de France title. Far from resting on his laurels with a four-minute lead in the standings, defending champion Pogacar insisted his thoughts were on closing out the win in the six days of riding left.

Tadej Pogacar continued his charge towards an anticipated fourth Tour de France title when he stretched his overall lead to over four minutes by winning the 13th stage, a lung-busting 10.9-km uphill time trial on Friday.

Tadej Pogacar delivered another crushing defeat to his Tour de France rivals by dominating an uphill time trial and reinforcing his grip on the yellow jersey on Friday.

A promised two-rider battle fades away as the three-time winner from Slovenia shows his superiority in the Pyrenees—and everywhere else.

With two weeks behind him, Tadej Pogacar is in an excellent position in the Tour de France. The gap with rival Jonas Vingegaard is more than 4 minutes, but this last week will be incredibly tough. The yellow jersey wearer riding for UAE Team Emirates - XRG knows that Visma | Lease a Bike will put him under pressure on terrain where the Slovenian has already struggled on several occasions.