{"id":265265,"date":"2025-07-14T21:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265265\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T21:35:10","slug":"pogacar-nearly-drops-vingegaard-before-the-big-mountains-tour-de-france-2025-stage-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/265265\/","title":{"rendered":"Poga\u010dar Nearly Drops Vingegaard Before the Big Mountains | Tour de France 2025 Stage 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was the hardest stage of the 2025 Tour so far, with countless climbs and elevation gain packed into a 165.5 km route that suited a breakaway win, but it was not easy for the riders in the peloton.<\/p>\n

\"\"Tour de France stage 10 2025 profile<\/p>\n

Oscar Onley spent 4266 kilojoules over 4:16 hours, averaging 16.88 kj\/kg\/h before the final climb, making this one of the most demanding stages so far with Visma | Lease a Bike and UAE setting a relentless pace. On the final climb, Le Mont-Dore (3.25 km at 8%), Tadej Poga\u010dar had no teammates left to set up his attack, but he came close to dropping Jonas Vingegaard, but the Dane held his wheel. With Vingegaard managing to stay with him, the pace dropped slightly and both Tour de France favourites ended up sitting on Lenny Martinez\u2019s wheel, finishing together. Martinez, who was dropped from the breakaway, became the highest-placed French rider on Bastille Day.<\/p>\n

Tadej Poga\u010dar on Le Mont-Dore did 6.73 \u1d49W\/kg for 8:18 minutes, not a peak climbing performance as it was not evenly paced and he did not go full gas once Vingegaard proved able to follow. The stage was still tough enough to cause riders like Felix Gall, Carlos Rodriguez, and Kevin Vauquelin to lose at least 20 seconds, showing how hard it truly was.<\/p>\n

Simon Yates won the stage from a stacked early breakaway. On the final climb, he outclimbed Ben O\u2019Connor, Ben Healy, Thymen Arensman, and Michael Storer to take his third Tour de France stage win. Yates becomes one of the rare riders to win a Giro d\u2019Italia GC and a Tour de France stage in the same year. Ben Healy focused more on helping in the yellow jersey fight, pulled harder than others, and finished third, jumping to first in the general classification, 29 seconds ahead of Tadej Poga\u010dar.<\/p>\n

The first real mountain days begin from Stage 12, with six key days remaining for the climbers in this year\u2019s Tour.<\/p>\n

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