Colder than I expected. That’s how I’d describe Mont Ventoux if you were to ask me right now. Lots of other things too – beautiful, eerie, iconic, brutal, exposed – but also cold. I’m working on my first Tour de France as a journalist, so despite many years here as a fan, yesterday was my first day up the top …
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Fighting Vingegaard finishes sixth on Mont Ventoux in 16th Tour de France stage Team Visma Tour de France: Pogacar resists Vingegaard on Ventoux as Paret-Peintre claims stage 16 The Guardian Tour de France 2025 results: Paret-Peintre denies Healy in thrilling stage 16 win BBC ‘I’m definitely not Superman’ – Tadej Pogačar insists business as usual after maintaining Tour de France lead with record-breaking …
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“], “filter”: { “nextExceptions”: “img, blockquote, div”, “nextContainsExceptions”: “img, blockquote, a.btn, a.o-button”} }”> I’ll be honest: when I saw the profile for Stage 16 of the Tour de France, I wasn’t very excited. Sure, the stage finished atop Mont Ventoux. But there was a long and flat run-in – 150 kilometers for the breakaway to establish a five-minute gap that …
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Tadej Pogačar descended the Mont Ventoux on Tuesday evening with his overall Tour de France lead intact after successfully resisting Jonas Vingegaard’s fiercest climbing onslaught to date in this year’s race, and with another achievement – the record time for the ascent of the ‘Giant of Provence’ – also added to his already massive palmares. Despite a strong headwind, unofficial …
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With a flat stage before Mont Ventoux, it was expected to have some fireworks and huge climbing performances with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar battling at the start of the third week. Tour de France stage 16 2025 profile For the second mountain stage in a row, UAE Emirates could not control the breakaway and let a huge group get …
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Refresh 2025-07-22T14:31:54.081Z The cross winds on the exposed sectors of Ventoux will play a huge role in deciding the stage winner and the GC battle. 2025-07-22T14:30:52.174Z Tadej Pogačar is able to get on his wheel and they blast up the lower exposed slopes of Ventoux. 2025-07-22T14:30:17.848Z Attack number 3 by Vingegaard! 2025-07-22T14:29:53.464Z Healy attacks! Valentin Paret-Peintre goes with him but …
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