Capable of letting go of the yellow jersey in the hill, the Belgian of Visma-Lease A Bike lifted his arms on the Champs-Elysées for the second time in his career on Sunday.
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The expected fireworks displayed did not turn into the wet firecracker despite the deluge, which suddenly fell out in Paris. Capable of letting go of Tadej Pogacar during the third and last ascent of the Côte de la Butte Montmartre, the Belgian Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) signed a memorable victory on the 21st and final stage of the Tour de France 2025, Sunday July 27. He raised his arms on the Champs-Elysées for the second time in his career, four years after the first.
For this, we had to follow the attacks of the best sneakers three times. Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) launched hostilities, being offensive from the first visit to Lepic Street, which was detached around thirty elements. The times of the general classification having been frozen 50 kilometers from the finish to preserve the runners in view of the weather conditions, almost all the runners of the Top 10 got up before the final excitement.
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But as a lover of classics, the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar took him, big risks to play the leading roles and print his rhythm during the second ascent. The fact remains that of the sixstrokes isolated in mind in the last kilometers, “Pogi” was ultimately not the strongest.
If Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike), Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious) and Davide Ballerini (Astana) all exploded in the last ramp, “WVA” has reached the Slovenian of Uae Team Emirates Xrg to the pedal to go to the tower. He who has never won any other monument than Milan-San Remo 2020, crossed by “Pogi” and Mathieu Van der Poel, may be the best success of his career.
The conclusion of a Dantesque race, which had started with a traditional parade since the departure in Mantes-la-Ville and which has animated in the first round on the Champs-Elysées 70 kilometers from the finish. The American Quinn Simmons (Lidl-Trek), elected super teammate of this edition, notably attempted the solo blow. Then, as if it had been summoned to make the final dantesque, the rain made its appearance, raising fears of falls that have never taken place.
What does it matter if Tadej Pogacar, fourth on the line, failed to win in Paris. However, he won his fourth large loop after those gleaned in 2020, 2021 and 2024. Enough to allow him to come back equal with Christopher Froome, to a coronation of the illustrious recordme of the event: Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Eddy Merckx.
In the general classification, he is ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike, at 4’24 “) and the German white jersey Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, at 11’09”), while the French Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels, 7th at 22’35 “) and Jordan Jegat (Totalenergies, 10th at 32’42 “) finish in the top 10. The reigning world champion, winner of four stages, also validated the gain in the polka dot jersey, while Jonathan Milan finished in green.