Thymen Arensman has the last mountain arrival of the Tour de France won. Florian Lipowitz finished fourth and followed up with the only 93 km long stage La Plagne A very big step towards the tour podium. Jonas Vingegaard took second place, third was Tadej Pogacar.
After losing his time the day before, Lipowitz went into the stage on Friday (July 25th, 2025) with only 22 seconds ahead of the overall fourth Oscar Onley. At the second Alpine stage, the German was unimpressed by the setback and, as is so often the case on this tour, showed a very strong performance. However, he also experienced a moment of shock on the last few meters. The 24-year-old drove on the rear wheel of Pogacar and Vingegaard when the Dane attacked shortly before the finish. Lipowitz wanted to go, but almost fell. When he started, he slipped on Nasser Strasse, but could stay on the bike.
Lipowitz reached the ski station in the French Alps six seconds after the day winner and 39 seconds before his rival in the fight for the podium place in Paris. Accordingly, the tour debut was satisfied in an interview with the sports show: “After yesterday I also put a lot of pressure on myself. I knew that I had to deliver today. I felt good today and then I knew that it could be a good day.”
Lipowitz in front of Pogacar and Vingegaard at the 19th stage
final Pogacar attack stay off
In the first stage, everything looked like the man in the yellow jersey absolutely wanted to celebrate his fifth stage win. At the 19 -kilometer final climb, Pogacar accelerated 14 kilometers before the destination that only Vingegaard could stay on the rear wheel. A big gap immediately emerged. Pogacar then took out the pace again, so that Arensman was the first to connect. The Dutch even attacked and took over the top twelve kilometers before the finish.
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Pogacar then drove the complete climb at the top of a small group of classification drivers. Only Vingegaard, Lipowitz and Onley were there on the two-kilometer mark, but the Scotsman then had to tear off. Lipowitz didn’t wait long, went to the lead with Pogacar and Vingegaard on the rear wheel. A late attack by Pogacar was missing this time. Arensman saved two seconds lead to the finish line. For the 25-year-old ineos professional, it is the second stage victory on this tour.
Lipowitz now 1:03 minutes before onley
In the overall ranking, Lipowitz consolidated its third place and the leadership in the rating of the best young professional. The German is now 1:03 minutes ahead of Onley. Pogacar goes to Vingegaard in the last two stages with a lead of 4:24 minutes. The fourth tour victory can hardly be taken from the Slovenen after the last mountain stage. Primoz Roglic, who was one of the first outliers, lost a lot of time and slipped to eighth place in the classification. Felix Gall moves to fifth place.
| Place | driver | Time |
|---|---|---|
1 | Florian Lipowitz | 69:52:55 |
2 | Oscar onley | + 01:03 |
3 | Kévin Vauquelin | + 11:26 |
4 | Ben Healy | + 16:53 |
5 | Raul Garcia | + 2:04:49 |
The 19th stage was shortened from 130 to 93 kilometers at short notice. Because of a beef disease on Col de Saisies The organizers took out the first two mountain ratings. The last around 80 kilometers went over the originally planned route, and with two mountain ratings in the highest category, the course was nevertheless very demanding. Despite the shortening, it was still 3,250 meters of altitude.
The intermediate sprint was initially due twelve kilometers after the start. Until then, Lidl-Trek kept the field together for Jonathan Milan. The Italian in the green jersey easily scored 20 more points for the sprint rating. For Milan, the main thing is to arrive in Paris. Theoretically, Pogacar could only contest the jersey.
Roglic and Martinez the first top duo
After the sprint, the 12.6 km long climb to Col du pré. Roglic immediately went on the offensive and belonged to the first top group. With Lenny Martinez, who had fallen back in third place in the mountain ranking behind Pogacar and Vingegaard the day before. The 22-year-old Frenchman was also pulled out eight points because he had held onto the bottles for too long, which was served him out of the car. The Duo Roglic and Martinez took the lead. Valentin Paret-Peintre, the winner on Mont Ventoux, Could catch up shortly before the pass. Martinez, Roglic as a classification driver and Paret-Peintre as stages hunters were not interested in the 20 points at the mountain ranking.
The trio went to the second mountain of the day with less than a minute. On Col de Roselend Martinez got five more mountain points. In the more than 30 km long descent, Roglic really had it ripped and set off from the two lighter mountain specialists. Martinez, who had previously had problems, dropped back. The peloton also swallowed paret cleaning 31 kilometers before the finish.
Roglic presented before the final climb
In the meantime it had also started to rain, and at the top of the field, UAE made a pace. Roglic’s lead shrank to less than 30 seconds. The group with the favorites also provided the Slovenes 21.5 kilometers before the finish line.
For UAE, Tim Wellens then led the peloton in the 19.1 -kilometer final climb with an average of 7.2 percent climb. Roglic immediately fell out of the field on the first kilometer. The top group still consisted of twelve drivers on the 15-kilomter brand. The Decathlon team now also participated in the pace work, because Gall had the chance to pass Roglic in the classification. The Slovenian from the Bora team had to pay for his attacks in the end, he finished 27 with a gap of 12:39 minutes.
Stage with Classic character on Saturday
On Saturday it continues with a hilly stage that has a classic character. Punch And outliers are likely to go to the 184 kilometers of the 20th stage of Nantua Pontarlier have good chances of the daily victory.