Tour de France riders have applauded for a minute before the 12th stage in memory of Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian who died after a crash while racing in Italy.

PEYRAGUDES, France — Tadej Pogačar 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.

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

Time trial world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) suffered a "really bad day" in the stage 13 mountain time trial at the Tour de France, finishing 2:39 down on winner Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) after struggling on the climb to Peyragudes.

Stage 10 was extremely hilly, with over 4,000 metres of elevation gain, but its hardest climb was rated second-category, whereas Thursday's stage contains a first-category climb of the Soulor, then the HC-rated Hautacam.

The Tour de France 2025 had its first real mountain stage on Thursday, finishing at Hautacam, and the second part of the Pyrenees block will also see the GC contenders giving it their all. There is a short but powerful climbing time trial on the program,

The first mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France saw Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) assert his dominance on the slopes of Hautacam. The Slovenian drop