14 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Result and standings as Ineos’s Thymen Arensman wins brutal stage 14 with solo attack

The Tour de France continued with the toughest stage of this year’s race, featuring four mammoth Pyrenean climbs

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14 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Arensman holds off Pogacar and Vingegaard for solo stage win

Ineos rider holds off rivals after going two minutes clearPogacar retains the overall leader’s yellow jerseyThymen Arensman rescued an otherwise anonymous Tour de France for Ineos Grenadiers with a solo stage victory in the final Pyrenean stage, to Superbagnères in the Haute Garonne.The Dutch rider, a close second to Simon Yates on the stage to Puy-de-Sancy, entered the final five kilometres almost two minutes ahead of his closest rivals and, despite being pursued by Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard, was able to hang on to take his first stage win in the Tour. Pogacar added 4sec to his overall lead, and is now 4min 13sec ahead of Vingegaard.This report will be updated shortly Continue reading...

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20 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage 14 sets blockbuster mountain test in Pyrenees – live

Updates from 182km ride, Pau to Luchon-SuperbagnèresStage-by-stage guide | And you can drop Luke a mailWe approach the départ réel, the reality of a heavy day in the saddle dawns. Here we go!In Pau, the rain is coming down but that’s cooled the temperature down to 19 degrees. Continue reading...

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21 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 14 route updates as peloton takes on epic climbs in Pyrenean high mountains

The Tour de France continues with the toughest stage of this year’s race, featuring four mammoth Pyrenean climbs

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22 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 14 route and updates from epic climbs in Pyrenean high mountains

The Tour de France continues with the toughest stage of this year’s race, featuring four mammoth Pyrenean climbs

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31 h. ago Tour de France peloton faces famous Tourmalet climb on brutal stage 14 – ‘there’s no easy way up’

The first and most common climb in Tour de France history is can be ‘make or break’, former Ineos Grenadiers’ road captain Luke Rowe tells The Independent

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38 h. ago Your Guardian sport weekend: Tour de France, the Open and Women’s Euro 2025

The first Lions Test, a golf major at Royal Portrush, a Euro 2025 quarter-final and heavyweight boxing are just some of our offerings this weekend Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 13 result and standings as Tadej Pogacar hammers rivals on Peyragudes time trial

Tadej Pogacar extended his advantage over his Tour de France rivals as he won his fourth stage of this year’s race

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38 h. ago Tour de France: Pogacar pulls more than four minutes clear with stage 13 victory

Defending champion eases to time-trial triumphVingegaard finishes second with Roglic in thirdTadej 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 10.9km uphill time trial on Friday.The defending champion dominated the eight-kilometre climb at 7.9% to clock 23mins and beat Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard by a massive 36secs, a day after leaving his closest rival shattered in the first major mountain stage in the Pyrenees.Jeremy Whittle’s report to follow Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 13 route and updates as GC favourites target mountainous time trial

Will Tadej Pogacar extend his advantage over his Tour de France rivals - or will his crash on stage 11 hamper him on today’s brutal time trial?

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43 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage 13 time trial sends riders up climb to Peyragudes – live

Live updates on 10.9km ITT stage to PeyragudesStage-by-stage guide | And mail Amy your thoughtsHere is the stage route and profile of stage 13:The first rider, Mattéo Vercher (TotalEnergies), has rolled down the ramp in Loudenvielle to kick of today’s time trial stage. On TNT Sports, they’re excited about the “first true mountain time trial in 21 years”. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 13 route and updates on monstrous mountainous time trial

Will Tadej Pogacar extend his advantage over his Tour de France rivals - or will his crash on stage 11 hamper him on today’s brutal time trial?

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55 h. ago Tour de France stage 13 preview: Route map, profile and start time on brutal Pyrenees time trial

Can Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel bounce back - or will Tadej Pogacar seal another Tour de France stage win?

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62 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 12 result and standings as Tadej Pogacar soars to victory on Hautacam

Tadej Pogacar demolished his rivals to storm back into the lead of the Tour de France with his 20th career stage win

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62 h. ago Tour de France: Pogacar demolishes rivals with devastating stage 12 win in Pyrenees

Slovenian shows his dominance a day after going downPogacar takes more than two minutes out of VingegaardA devastating attack from Tadej Pogacar on first Tour de France’s first day in the Pyrenees helped the defending champion reclaim the yellow jersey and leave his rivals trailing after stage 12.Many wondered if the three-time champion would suffer any ill effects from his crash on Wednesday but Pogacar put himself in prime position for his fourth Tour victory with a decisive break on the stage-ending climb to Hautacam. The Slovenian finished the stage more than two minutes ahead of his main rival Jonas Vingegaard.Jeremy Whittle’s stage 12 report to follow Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Tour de France 2025: Pogacar v Vingegaard as stage 12 heads for summit finish in Pyrenees – live

Updates from the 181km ride from Auch to HautacamStage-by-stage guide | And you can drop Luke a mail“I’m OK. Nothing too bad,” Pogacar tells Matt Stephens after his crash yesterday. “My whole left arm is open, burned off skin. And I hit my hip a little bit and my shoulder, but luckily I was back on the bike quite fast. Today is another day. It’s not the first time I crashed and continued the race. It’s more important the legs than my arm. I have a super-strong team around me. I am so grateful I can rely on them, even if I have a hard day today, but I hope not.“It’s really sad to lose another young talent,” Pogacar says of Samuele Privitera’s death at the Giro della Valle d’Aosta yesterday. “It’s devastating. It’s one of the most dangerous sports in the world. Sometimes the risks we are taking are too far. I’m really sad for all his family. May he rest in peace he deserves to “not be bothered” now. It’s a sad loss.” Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 12 route updates to summit finish in Pyrenees as Tadej Pogacar attacks

The Tour de France hits the high mountains with a feast of climbing in the Pyrenees, finishing on the summit finish at Hautacam

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64 h. ago Tour de France 2025: stage 12 heads for summit finish in Pyrenees with Evenepoel in trouble – live

Updates from the 181km ride from Auch to HautacamStage-by-stage guide | And you can drop Luke a mail“I’m OK. Nothing too bad,” Pogacar tells Matt Stephens after his crash yesterday. “My whole left arm is open, burned off skin. And I hit my hip a little bit and my shoulder, but luckily I was back on the bike quite fast. Today is another day. It’s not the first time I crashed and continued the race. It’s more important the legs than my arm. I have a super-strong team around me. I am so grateful I can rely on them, even if I have a hard day today, but I hope not.“It’s really sad to lose another young talent,” Pogacar says of Samuele Privitera’s death at the Giro della Valle d’Aosta yesterday. “It’s devastating. It’s one of the most dangerous sports in the world. Sometimes the risks we are taking are too far. I’m really sad for all his family. May he rest in peace he deserves to “not be bothered” now. It’s a sad loss.” Continue reading...

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65 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 12 route updates to summit finish in Pyrenees as Tadej Pogacar reveals crash injuries

The Tour de France hits the high mountains with a feast of climbing in the Pyrenees, finishing on the summit finish at Hautacam

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66 h. ago Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 12 route updates with Pogacar, Vingegaard and Healy set for fireworks in the Pyrenees

The Tour de France hits the high mountains with a feast of climbing in the Pyrenees, finishing on the summit finish at Hautacam

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