This Thursday, July 24, was the queen stage of this Tour de France 2025 between Vif and Courchevel with more than 5,500 meters of elevation gain. In the fog of the Col de la Loze, it is the Australian of the training Jayco simplethe world's vice-champion, Ben O’Connorwho came to seek his second stage victory on the roads of Tour After that obtained in 2021 in Tignes. The second of the last Tour of Spain won in front of the yellow jersey, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), and the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease A Bike). The latter attacked the Madeleine pass from the slopes of the Col de la Madeleine to put the leader in the general classification. Unfortunately for the double winner of the Tour, “Pogi” has taken up time in the last meters. After arrival, Awesome spoke about the complicated training strategy Visma | Lease a Bike.
“It was really brutal …”
“Today was a trying day”begins the Danish. “Five hours in the saddle. I am not sure I have already made such a difficult step in the Tour. I said it before the stage, but this one was really brutal. I felt good. The team too. We had big plans, obviously, it was seen. We tried to leave early. We did it. Unfortunately, I did not manage to resume Tadej (Pogacar). Again, today, everyone was fully behind the plan. It motivates me a lot to have a team like that working for me. In the valley, we did not want to collaborate. Then Lipowitz left the group and we waited for our teammates. Then we took up the pace in the Col de la Loze. I think we were rather tied today with Pogacar. He took a few seconds at the end, but the turn is not over “concludes Jonas Vingegaard.
