Tour dominator Tadej Pogacar holds his preliminary

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Jul 22, 2025

Tour de France, 16th stage
Over four minutes – Dominator Pogačar holds ahead

07/22/2025 – 4:44 p.m.Reading time: 1 min.

Tadej Pogacar (left) and Jonas Vingegaard: They fought an exchange of blows for the overall rating. — Tadej Pogacar (left) and Jonas Vingegaard: They fought an exchange of blows for the overall rating. (Source: Imago/Vincent Kalut)

The Tour de France started the last tour week. There was no victory of the top favorites on the legendary Mont Ventoux.

Tour dominator Tadej Pogačar has also defended his lead of over four minutes on the legendary Mont Ventoux. The 16th stage won the Frenchman Valentin Paret-Peinre. The German hopeful Florian Lipowitz even expanded his lead to fourth place.