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Without forcing to win a fourth bouquet, the Slovenian comforted his yellow jersey on Friday, recovering 36 additional seconds from Jonas Vingegaard in the general classification.

No surprise in the Pyrenees. Already easy winner the day before in Hautacam, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) signed a fourth success on the Tour de France 2025, Friday, July 18, after having hired the steep time in the climb of Peyragudes. The yellow jersey thus takes the opportunity to take up 36 “to his dolphin of the day, the Danish Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike, 2nd to 4'07” in general), at the top of the terrible ramp of the Altiport.

Before seeing the best climbers swallow the eight kilometers of ascension of the Peyresourde pass at 7.9% average, the Australian Luke Plapp (Jayco Alula, 5th on the line) has long kept the best temporary time. But the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe Primoz Roglic and Florian Lipowitz were all faster. The second city even got closer to 6 “from 3rd place in Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in the classification, after a galley climb for the Belgian. To the point that he was caught by Jonas Vingegaard on arrival.

Unique French of the current top 10, Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B & B Hotels) took him an 11th honorable place on Friday. He nevertheless retrograde from a position to general behind the British Oscar Onley (Picnic Postnl, 5th at 8'11 “). And this, for four small seconds before a new full -bodied day between Pau and Superbagnères, on Saturday.



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