A promised two-rider battle fades away as the three-time winner from Slovenia shows his superiority in the Pyrenees—and everywhere else.

The defending champion proved he was a class above the rest with a dominant 12km solo win on the Hautacam climb

Tadej Pogacar reflects on winning the first mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France, explaining how he was able to rebound from his Stage 11 crash and pick up his 20th Tour de France stage victory.

Tadej Pogacar unleashed a vintage assault on the unforgiving slopes of Hautacam, crushing the Tour de France 12th stage and leaving chief rival Jonas Vingegaard gasping for air and clinging to fading hopes on a brutal,

There was no stopping Tadej Pogacar during the twelfth stage of the Tour de France. The Slovenian rider from UAE Emirates-XRG immediately attacked at the foot of the Hautacam and saw that no one could follow.

French president Emmanuel Macron was on hand at the mountaintop finish to congratulate the Slovenian Team UAE rider. Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel dug deep after being dropped on the first of three climbs to claw back level, before eventually losing 3min 35sec on the day's 180.6km ride from Auch, finishing seventh.