Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) attacked with 11 km to go on the final climb and soloed to the win 2:10 ahead of Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finished third, coming within 13 seconds of catching up to Vingegaard.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) stamped his authority on the Tour de France as the race visited the high mountains for the first time, attacking 12km from the top of Hautacam to score a dominant solo stage 12 victory.

The general classification battle is set to properly ignite today as the race reaches the high mountains for the first time, with a formidable day in the Pyrenees ahead.EF Education-EasyPost’s stage six winner Ben Healy took the overall race lead on stage 10 but is likely to relinquish it today as the big guns come to the fore,

Ben Healy lost the yellow jersey as Pogacar put on a true display of power and poise as he decimated the peloton in the first mountain stage of the Tour de France '25. GC deceptions and surprises galore!

Tadej Pogacar may be concentrating intensely on winning his fourth Tour de France, but in the middle of Saturday's stage eight he was just as focused on how his partner Urska Zigart was performing in the Giro d'Italia Women.

After an opening week of skirmishes expect battle to seriously commence among the GC contenders today as the race hits the mountains