Tour De France 2025: Stage 14 Sets Blockbuster Mountain Test In Pyrenees – Live

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Here’s nan charismatic Tour de France representation of today’s shape 14.

stage 14 - Tour de France - Pau - Superbagneres

Some Col du Tourmalet information via Strava:

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Distance: 18.83 km
Elevation Gain: +1,398 m
Average Gradient: 7.65%

KOM (fastest time)

Belongs to Thibault Pinot astatine 51:13 min.

This was group connected 20th July 2019, and you tin position nan activity here.

Pro v amateur comparison

It takes an mean amateur 1 hr and 51 minutes to complete this segment, while nan mean pro takes astir 1 hr and 8 minutes.

Jeremy Whittle connected Friday’s time-trial triumph.

The 2nd clip proceedings successful nan 2025 Tour was expected to further corroborate Pogacar’s supremacy complete nan peloton and truthful it proved, arsenic nan defending champion extended his lead to complete 4 minutes pinch his 4th shape triumph successful this year’s title and nan 21st Tour shape of his career.

Riding a modular roadworthy motorcycle alternatively of a clip proceedings setup, he was nan fastest astatine each clip cheque connected nan 10.9km climb, successful galore ways a c transcript of Thursday’s ascent to Hautacam, wherever he besides triumphed.

Preamble

Le Tour is Pogacar’s. That overmuch we know, arsenic Tadej, arsenic his bully woman woman calls him, has been devastating arsenic soon arsenic nan title reached nan mountains, erstwhile rivals incapable to unrecorded pinch him. This, fto america recall, is simply a rider who has besides competed for nan Classics each year; this isn’t expected to hap successful nan modern age. Though Pogacar is rewriting history and collecting stages astatine a complaint that must person Mark Cavendish twitching. The spread is complete 4 minutes, conscionable a ace connected a upland walk distant but tin Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel trust connected that?

Today, nan mediate Saturday, is different travel into nan bosom of nan Pyrenees. Time for a breakaway? The truth is cipher is beardown capable to break distant from Pogacar. And arsenic he said himself: “it’s nan Tour, you cannot conscionable backmost disconnected if there’s nan opportunity for a shape win. You ne'er cognize erstwhile it’s your past time connected nan Tour.”

William Fotheringham’s verdict is thus:

A upland classic: Cols de Tourmalet, Aspin and Peyresourde, positive nan propulsion up to nan skis station, wherever winners see Federico Bahamontes, Greg LeMond, Hinault and Robert Millar, now known arsenic Philippa York. Four large passes make this a decisive time successful nan mountains prize pinch a ton of points connected offer; nan shape victor will astir apt beryllium a climber who’s not figuring overall. Enric Mas of Spain mightiness fresh that bill, aliases nan Austrian Felix Gall.