"You have to be positive, otherwise we wouldn't even start the Tour after the Dauphiné, you know?" said Sepp Kuss, one of Vingegaard's longest-standing domestiques, also saying, "You can never be surprised anymore" about Pogačar's dominant ride on stage 12.

In a Grand Tour, riders are pushed to the limits of what is physically possible, and to achieve this, riders and teams naturally explore those limits. Every day, it is up to the race jury of the Tour de France to determine and impose penalties for any rule violations,

Analysis of the 10th stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy

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.

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.

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.

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

Matteo Jorgenson said that he has "no excuses" after a tough stage 12 at the Tour de France saw him drop several times and eventually lose 10 minutes, falling from fifth to 10th in the general classification.

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