Pogacar conquers the yellow jersey: drama at the Tour de France!

Pogacar conquers the yellow jersey: drama at the Tour de France!

At the Tour de France 2025, Tadej Pogacar has demonstrated his skills with an impressive performance in the individual time trial in Caen. The 24-year-old took second place behind Remco Evenepoel, who completed the 33-kilometer route in 36 minutes and 42 seconds and thus reached an average of 54 km/h. Pogacar was only 16 seconds behind the day winner and thus secured the coveted yellow jersey.

With this success, Pogacar now also leads the overall ranking and has a lead of 42 seconds on Evenepoel. He is not only in possession of the yellow jersey, but also leads the ratings for the best mountain jersey and the point rating. His hardest competitor, Jonas Vingegaard, had to be satisfied with the 13th place and a time of 38 minutes and 3 seconds in time trial, which made him fall back on the fourth overall. Vingegaard is now 1 minute and 13 seconds behind Pogacar.

services of the driver

• 1. Remco Evenepoel: 36:42 minutes
• 2. Tadej Pogacar: 36:58 minutes
• 3. Kevin Vauquelin: 37:10 minutes
• 13. Jonas Vingegaard: 38:03 minutes
• 39. Felix Gall: 39:46 minutes

Felix Gall from Austria, after two consecutive hard stages improved to the overall ranking in 18th place, but was unable to perform the desired performance with its time of 39 minutes and 46 seconds. The competition remains exciting behind Evenepoel and Pogacar, both of whom are among the favorites of the tour, especially with regard to the remaining stages.

What's next?

The Tour de France is far from decided. There is only another time trial, which will be held in the Pyrenees the next Friday over a distance of 10.9 kilometers. This mountain time trial could be crucial for the overall ranking and possibly change the balance of power among the top drivers.

Development in the bicycle world also has an impact on the physical requirements of the drivers. On average, the drivers have greater and lighter today. While the average driver in 2020 had a height of around 1.80 m and a weight of 68.2 kg, in 1945 it was just under 1.75 m and heavier on average. Experts like Jonathan Vaughters call for equal opportunities in cycling through measures such as a "Salary Cap", similar to football to break the dominance of the financially strong teams.

Bringing the current tour to the stage win not only requires physical strength, but also strategically clever planning and team cooperation. The next few weeks will show who can prevail and who at the traditionally prestigious event, which will last until July 27th in Paris, may be a big surprise.

Dolomitenstadt reports that Pogacar is now not only the carrier of the yellow jerseys, but has also taken a key position in the competition. Also Independent emphasizes the importance of Evenepoels and emphasizes the strategic challenges that emphasize Vingegaard and other drivers now have to master. Finally, Radsport racing bike Further insights into the sporting development and changes in the field of professional cycling.