The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar achieved his first stage victory in the Tour de France 2025.
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The Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, current champion of the Tour de France, showed on Tuesday that he is more than ready to revalidate the title Lal to take the victory in the fourth stage, after imposing himself on the leader of the general, the Dutch Mathieu van der Poel, in the final meters.
In the absence of 15 km Pogacar, dressed in the points shirt and guarded by his teammates, he settled in the head of the race in a group of leaders who, in addition to counting on seeing Poel, also included serious candidates such as Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.
In the last 10 kilometers the rivalry between Pogacar and Vingegaard took the spotlights. The current champion launched an attack and his main persecutor managed to stay at his wheel. Shortly after they were reached by the leader's group.
The definition was dramatic. Van der Poel attacked in the last line, but in the final meters the rhythm of Pogacar on the pedals was more intense and took the stage victory over the Dutch. The podium of the day was completed by Vingegaard.
The Slovenian reached the leader of the general classification, who retained the yellow shirt by registering a better performance in the other stages of this edition of the Tour of France.
One of the most combative corridors of this fraction was the Frenchman Lenny Martínez (Bahrain-Victororus), who escaped the squad for a few kilometers and added points in the mountain awards. It was reached in the absence of 21 kilometers for the goal.
The action on the day on Tuesday, a new day on the middle mountain, the second of the six that have a similar profile in this edition, was accompanied by a sunny day. The tour between Amiens and Ruan had a total extension of 174.2 kilometers.
There were several not very extensive but constant and demanding promotions. In total, the runners faced 1,979 meters of unevenness. In the layout five mountain ports, three of the fourth category and two third took place.
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