While Tadej Pogacar has been enjoying a dream Tour de France run this year, his main rival Jonas Vingegaard and his once almighty team are now closer to third than first place after just one high mountain stage on Thursday.

Wout van Aert and Quinn Simmons continue to push the pace. They are joined by Matteo Trentin and Jasper Stuyven, 25 seconds behind the lead trio. The new race leader Ben Healy is currently towards the back of the peloton.

Jonas Vingegaard aided by American duo in fight to try take back time on world champion on road to Le Mont Dore

1. Simon Yates, Great Britain, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, 4:20:05. 2. Thymen Arensman, Netherlands, INEOS Grenadiers, 4:20:14. 3. Ben Healy, Ireland, EF Education-EasyPost, 4:20:36. 4. Ben O’Connor, Australia, Team Jayco-AlUla, 4:20:54.

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Analysis of the eighth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval

Tadej Pogačar underlines his greatness with a crushing victory in the Tour de France's 12th stage up the fearsome Hautacam climb.

The Tour de France rivalry between Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard and their UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike teams is intense and fought out on a daily basis but has, at least so far, has not turned nasty.

Pogačar may seem unstoppable, but down a key lieutenant and with Visma-Lease a Bike at full strength, we have an interesting race ahead