2025 Tour de France S1 to S6 Briefing

2025 Tour de France S1: Crosswind, crash, sprint train, PHILIPSEN Jasper wins first victory

The first stage is a long-lost flat sprint stage. There are only three Class 4 slopes in the whole race, but it does not mean that this stage is not difficult. The starting and ending points of the race are both in the urban area of Lille, France. The road conditions are complicated, and the road surface may narrow at any time, which is a great test for the drivers' control skills. At the same time, the crosswind in tonight's race also caused a lot of interference to the players.

As a flat sprint stage, the ones with high expectations include MERLIER Tim of Soudal Quick-Step, PHILIPSEN Jasper of Alpecin - Deceuninck, MILAN Jonathan of Lidl - Trek team, and GIRMAY Biniam, the winner of the green jersey of last year's Tour de France.

At the beginning of the race, five riders broke away to gain more exposure for their team. With 145 kilometers to the finish line, the breakaway group entered the first Class 4 climbing point. THOMAS Benjamin from Cofidis won the only point at this four-level climbing point. At 106 kilometers from the finish line, the breakaway group was withdrawn.
At 132 kilometers from the finish line, GANNA Filippo suffered a serious crash. Although she changed cars and continued the race soon after, she chose to withdraw at 70 kilometers from the finish line because she could not continue to persist.

At the mid-stage sprint point 96 kilometers from the end of the race, MILAN Jonathan won 20 sprint points.
At the second climbing point, 79 kilometers from the end of the race, THOMAS Benjamin launched an attack and won a climbing point. He will also wear the King of the Mountain Polka Dot Jersey after this stage. But just after the climbing point, THOMAS Benjamin lost his balance and fell off the bike, ending the breakaway journey early.

The third four-level slope that followed, VINGEGAARD Jonas launched an attack and won a climbing point at climbing point.

Before the sprint to the finish line, the Alpecin-Deceuninck team and the uno-x team formed a sprint train. But in the last 400m, when VAN DER POEL Mathieu and GROVES Kaden made the final sprint for PHILIPSEN Jasper, the trains of other teams seemed pale and powerless. Although GIRMAY Biniam was in the front position, PHILIPSEN Jasper successfully made GIRMAY Biniam unable to move with his excellent experience in blocking positions. In the end, Philippsen Jasper won the first stage with a huge advantage and put on the yellow jersey. At the same time, he put on the green jersey with 50 sprint points at the end of the stage.

2025 Tour de France S2: VAN DER POEL Mathieu and POGAČAR Tadej sprint duel, Alpecin - Deceuninck wins another victory

On the second day of the race, the riders ushered in the longest stage of this Tour de France, with a total length of 209km and a climb of 2550m. It is a hilly stage. There are two Class 4 climbing points and two Class 3 climbing points in the race. The last 10km of the race is suitable for the masters of the classics to launch an attack. It includes two climbing points and a gentle uphill finish.

There are only two popular riders in this race: VAN DER POEL Mathieu and POGAČAR Tadej. Both of them are good at the classics. Another classic player, AN AERT Wout, said in an interview that to assist VINGEGAARD Jonas, he would not actively compete for the stage championship.

After finishing the honor ride, the riders started in the town of Lauwenplank. Although the famous town of Roubaix is nearby, there were no cobblestone roads throughout the entire stage. Due to the low temperature (16 degrees), heavy rain, and strong wind (23km/h), the breakaway group successfully broke through without much screening.
Around 100km from the finish line, Alpecin - Deceuninck hoped to speed up the race and lead the big group with uno-x to chase the rabbit group. Until the mid-stage sprint point, the gap between the big group and the rabbits was shortened from two and a half minutes to thirty seconds.

On the third-level slope 32km from the finish line, Visma continued to accelerate, seemingly hoping to screen the group and pull away the sprinters, but it did not work. Then uae took over Visma's leading position.
At the penultimate climb, 10km from the finish line, the riders began to pull. Mathieu van der Poel led the ride, and POGAČAR Tadej saw this and quickly launched another attack. VINGEGAARD Jonas followed POGAČAR Tadej to take the second place on the climb, while Mathieu van der Poel failed to win the climbing points.

On the last gentle uphill, the big group will decide today's champion in a sprint. As most people thought, the last 50m was a duel between VAN DER POEL Mathieu and POGAČAR Tadej. In the end, VAN DER POEL Mathieu beat POGAČAR Tadej and won the stage championship, and also won 50 sprint points and 10 seconds deduction.

2025 Tour de France S3: MERLIER Tim breaks the European champion curse, PHILIPSEN Jasper crashes and retires

Yesterday, the riders completed the longest stage of this Tour de France. Today, many riders can get a chance to breathe. The third stage is 178km long, but the climb is only 800m.

For many sprinters, this is the best opportunity to show their strength. And for many small teams, this is also one of the few opportunities to achieve their goal: to win a stage championship.

At the beginning of the race, some riders still chose to break away, including MOHORIČ Matej of Bahrain - Victorious, but at 168km from the finish line, the breakaway group was caught by the big group, and no one broke away since then.
It is worth noting that before the mid-stage sprint point, the average speed of the riders was less than 40km per hour. With only this speed in such a flat stage, it can be seen that the riders hope to recover some physical strength through this stage.
However, an accident happened at the mid-sprint point. As they were about to reach the mid-sprint point, the drivers started a sprint battle to compete for the mid-sprint points. Although there was no sprint train, the sprinters were still blocking each other. The Cofidis driver still hit PHILIPSEN Jasper behind him. Philippsen Jasper was too fast and could not save the car at all. He flew out and was seriously injured. One minute after the fall, PHILIPSEN Jasper chose to retire.

At this mid-sprint point, because there was no competitor, MILAN Jonathan easily won first place.
After turning the last corner in the last 800m, the drivers entered the last straight. When turning, drivers from XDS, Cofidis, and other teams fell heavily to the ground. Some players were seriously injured and were carried away on stretchers after the race.
Because of the fall, the sprint trains of each team were disrupted, and finally, the sprint train of Team Picnic PostNL was left to the end. However, due to the poor personal ability of their sprinters, they were left behind by MERLIER Tim and MILAN Jonathan in the blink of an eye. The two started sprinting at the same time at 300m, and finally MERLIER Tim defeated MILAN Jonathan with an extremely slight advantage and won the stage championship of this stage.

2025 Tour de France S4: POGAČAR Tadej won the professional race, and VAN DER POEL Mathieu retained the yellow jersey

After yesterday's "rest", the riders will usher in a hilly stage today. The stage is 174km long and climbs 2050m. The stage is not difficult and is very suitable for the classic masters to attack.

The current yellow jersey owner, VAN DER POEL Mathieu, certainly hopes to continue to keep the yellow jersey on his body, and POGAČAR Tadej, who took off the climbing polka dot jersey yesterday, wants to take VAN DER POEL Mathieu's yellow jersey even more.
As soon as the race started, the Rabbit Team set out. The three players were from UNO-X, Team TotalEnergies, and Bahrain-Victorious. At 157km from the finish line, Asgreen Kasper of EF Education - EasyPost joined the breakaway group. The breakaway group quickly opened up a gap of about two minutes with the main group, and maintained it until 68km from the finish line.

In the subsequent mid-stage sprint point, the UNO-X rider in the breakaway group won first place, while MILAN Jonathan, who was wearing a green jersey in the main group, won 12 points at the terminal sprint point with a huge advantage.
After going downhill, the riders will immediately enter the final three-level climbing point. The Visma team took the initiative to control the field in front of the main group and actively accelerated the pace to try to break away from the main group, but it did not work. UAE stuck closely to Visma and launched an attack after entering the three-level climbing point.

Visma, who was following behind Uae, quickly caught up with him after his attack. After 400m, POGAČAR Tadej launched another fierce attack, and VINGEGAARD Jonas quickly caught up and stuck to POGAČAR Tadej. Although he fell behind a little on the way to the top of the slope, he still followed POGAČAR Tadej in the end, and the two successfully broke away. On the last three-level slope, POGAČAR Tadej won first place steadily, and VINGEGAARD Jonas won second place.

2.6km away from the finish line, the new pursuit group was about to catch up with the breakaway group. At this time, EVENEPOEL Remco launched a wave of attacks, but it did not succeed.
Entering the final gentle uphill sprint, POGAČAR Tadej and VAN DER POEL Mathieu easily surpassed other riders and entered a duel between the two. But VAN DER POEL Mathieu was exhausted at the end and lost to POGAČAR Tadej. With this victory, POGAČAR Tadej also achieved his goal of winning 100 professional races in 6 years and 138 days.

2025 Tour de France S5: EVENEPOEL Remco wins the stage championship, POGAČAR Tadej wins three jerseys

The race enters the fifth day, and the riders usher in the first ITT stage. This stage is 33km long, with only 200m of climbing, and most of the roads are wide and flat. This will be a good opportunity for GC riders to narrow the gap and expand their advantages.

The biggest favorite to win the championship is EVENEPOEL Remco. He is 58th behind in the GC list, and he must hope to narrow the gap in this stage.
AFFINI Edoardo

After the start of the race, AFFINI Edoardo of Visma occupied the hot seat for the longest time. Today, he also took off the regular Visma team uniform and put on the European Championship ITT champion uniform. With strong strength, he finally got a score of 37 minutes and 15 seconds, with an average speed of 53.152km per hour, and occupied the hot seat for a long time.

VAN DER POEL Mathieu

VAN DER POEL Mathieu's GC journey in this year's Tour de France has come to an end here. It took 38 minutes and 26 seconds, with an average speed of 51.5 kilometers per hour, one and a half minutes behind POGAČAR Tadej, and his ranking in the overall standings dropped significantly.

VINGEGAARD Jonas

In this race, VINGEGAARD Jonas seems to be in poor condition. The entire stage took 38 minutes and 3 seconds, and the stage ranking was squeezed out of the top ten. He came in fourth place in the GC rankings, a full 1 minute and 13 seconds behind his biggest competitor, POGAČAR Tadej. The result is still very unsatisfactory for him.

EVENEPOEL Remco

The player who was expected the most by everyone before the race lived up to expectations and won the stage championship. He was 33 seconds ahead at the finish line and perfectly demonstrated his strength. After the race, he will also wear a white jersey.

POGAČAR Tadej

In this race, POGAČAR Tadej can only be said to have performed normally. The side slip and the disc in the latter stage also affected his performance to a certain extent. But it can also be said to be very eye-catching. With the advantages accumulated in the first four stages, POGAČAR Tadej will have the yellow, green, and polka dot jerseys at the same time after this stage.

2025 Tour de France S6: HEALY Ben won the championship solo, VAN DER POEL Mathieu won the yellow jersey again with a one-second advantage

After yesterday's GC ranking reshuffle, in this race, the players ushered in a hilly stage with a length of 201km and a climb of 3550m. The sprint point will be ushered in today's 22km at the beginning of the stage, followed by 5 evenly distributed third-level climbs on the route and a fourth-level climb in the last 4.4km.

Since the "mid-stage" sprint point was just 22km from the start, the players chose to follow the big group instead of breaking away. The strong contenders for the green jersey, Lidl-Trek and Intermarché-Wanty, controlled the pace in front of the big group. Before reaching the mid-stage sprint point, the sprinters of several teams began to sprint. In the end, MILAN Jonathan crossed the line first, followed by VAN DER POEL Mathieu, and GIRMAY Biniam ranked third.

After the sprint point, HEALY Ben and Simmons immediately launched an attack. When they were about to enter the first three-level climbing point, Boris and others led the big group to accelerate. At 39km from the start of the race, VAN AERT Wout launched an attack.

After the climbing point, the five-member group consisting of VAN DER POEL Mathieu, HEALY Ben, and others began to break away.
120km from the finish line, there are now five people in the chasing group.
As they were about to enter the third climb, POGAČAR Tadej and EVENEPOEL Remco kept accelerating in front of the big group, but they did not catch up with the breakaway group.
At 43km, HEALY Ben launched an attack and successfully broke away and flew solo at 41km. At 31km, HEALY Ben, who was flying solo, entered the penultimate climb of this stage, and Stull and Simmons in the breakaway group behind him launched an attack.

When HEALY Ben was 29km away, he had a gap of 53 seconds from the two-man pursuit group behind him, a gap of 1 minute and 7 seconds from the breakaway group, and a gap of 5 minutes and 12 seconds from the big group. And this gap continued to widen in the latter part of the stage. Until he successfully won the championship by flying solo.

And VAN DER POEL Mathieu also continued to wear the yellow jersey with a 1-second advantage after the stage.