Yates beats Arensman in thrilling stage; Pogacar holds off Visma's pressure but hands yellow to Healy
CyclingMonday, 14 July 2025 at 18:20
Simon Yates won the tenth stage of the Tour de France on Monday. In a spectacular finish, the British rider from Visma | Lease a Bike was the strongest in a breakaway group of 29, narrowly beating Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers). Behind them, there was an interesting battle for the GC, with Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) taking the yellow jersey from Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates-XRG).
The top riders predicted it in advance: Monday would be chaotic on the Quatorze Juillet. Right from the start, the pace picked up, with the first real attack coming from none other than Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor). The first climb loomed quickly, and we soon saw riders drop back. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) quickly found the pace too fast, while, remarkably, Pavel Sivakov (UAE Emirates-XRG) and Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers) also dropped back on the first climb.
Meanwhile, a larger group rode away. Alaphilippe was among them, as were Thymen Arensman (INEOS Grenadiers), Michael Storer (Tudor), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Simon Yates (Visma | Lease a Bike), Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), and Ben O'Connor (Jayco AlUla). The group of about thirty riders had a half-minute lead after the first descent.
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UAE in control, Wærenskjold abandons race
It was up to UAE to control the race, as Pogacar had put his men back in front. Sivakov also managed to return to the peloton at that stage. Søren Wærenskjold had abandoned the race after the Uno-X rider crashed the day before. Together with Georg Zimmermann (Intermarché-Wanty) and Marijn van den Berg (EF Education-EasyPost), who had both not started due to earlier crashes, the Norwegian was one of the victims of this grueling stage.
Initially, there were 28 riders in the early breakaway, but Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) made it 29 with a strong effort. In addition to Yates, as mentioned earlier, Visma | Lease a Bike also had Victor Campenaerts, while Soudal Quick-Step had both Valentin Paret-Peintre and Ilan Van Wilder. EF Education-EasyPost was the best-represented team with four riders.
At the intermediate sprint in Durtol, the gap had increased to two minutes. Not much later, it was time to climb again, with three second-category climbs in quick succession. It was a record day in the Tour, as the tenth stage featured seven second-category climbs. This broke the previous record of five climbs categorized as second category.
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Sivakov was dropped again, Martinez collected mountain points and O'Connor accelerated early
UAE kept the large breakaway group at about two minutes, but to do so, they had to ride at a pace that was too high for Sivakov. The Frenchman was dropped for the second time, meaning that Pogacar, after the earlier withdrawal of Almeida, lost another domestique early on.
Martinez was the first to reach the top of the first climb, and the young Frenchman also secured all points in the second mountain sprint. With a strong sprint, he beat fellow breakaway rider Anders Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) at the top of the Côte de La Baraque. The peloton arrived there, just over 110 kilometers from the finish, 1 minute and 45 seconds behind.
With 101 kilometers to go, O'Connor accelerated in the leading group. In a short time, the Australian built up a nice lead, but before the top, several riders returned. Martinez then won the mountain sprint again while the leading group was split into three. Due to the accelerations, the gap to the peloton had increased to three minutes.
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Healy virtually in yellow, but UAE seems unwilling to give up the leader's jersey at first
The cooperation at the front failed, and the group of 29 riders was reduced to 19. Alaphilippe was one of the victims. Martinez won another mountain sprint, but it was the gap to the peloton that was striking. At the top of the fourth climb of the day, it was just under four minutes, which would be enough for Healy to take the yellow jersey.
O'Connor then saw teammates Mauro Schmid and Luke Plapp drop out of the leading group, leaving 17 riders at the front. Giving up the yellow jersey still did not seem to be what Pogacar had in mind, as UAE kept the gap to the leading group at exactly four minutes.
With 60 kilometers to go, the gap had increased to more than four and a half minutes, putting Healy virtually in the yellow jersey. The team coordination at EF Education-EasyPost was very clear: push it to the max for the Irishman. The pink formation saw Harry Sweeny do the hard work in the breakaway, and when he had to drop back, Alex Baudin pushed hard. The Frenchman ensured that the breakaway group maintained its slight lead.
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EF extends lead, Healy tries it in the distinctive Healy way
At the start of the Col de Guéry (3.3 kilometers at 6.8%), the breakaway group's lead was just over five minutes, so things were looking good for Healy. In addition to Sweeny, Raúl García Pierna (Arkea-B&B Hotels) also had to drop back. This left only 15 riders in the lead. At the top, Martinez secured the polka dot jersey by finishing first for the fifth time.
With 46 kilometers to go, Healy accelerated, but he was unable to surprise his fellow breakaway riders as he had done on Thursday. Baudin returned to the front on the Col de la Croix Morand, after which it was Campenaerts who surprisingly accelerated. That acceleration did not cause much damage, but it did cause Healy to push on once again on the climb.
Without success, all fifteen remaining breakaway riders descended together. O'Connor then tried again, with the Australian managing to thin out the leading group. Arensman seemed to have missed the move, but with a strong effort, the Dutchman rejoined the group.
Simmons was the next to try, 26 kilometers from the finish. The American champion quickly opened up a nice gap and caused problems for Martinez, who had a bloody nose. Only Healy, Yates, Storer, Arensman, and O'Connor were able to keep up with Simmons' pace. With six riders in front, we entered the final.
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Visma | Lease a Bike accelerates, battle on two fronts imminent
Meanwhile, Visma | Lease a Bike took over in the peloton, which was still more than five minutes behind the six riders at the front. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) broke away with Sepp Kuss (Visma | Lease a Bike), but it remained to be seen where that would lead. The pair was quickly caught. Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike) accelerated shortly afterward, but Pogacar was immediately on his wheel. The yellow jersey wearer then let Kuss accelerate.
Jorgenson jumped (perhaps a little too quickly) onto Kuss's wheel, but UAE quickly closed the gap with Adam Yates. Pogacar seemed unimpressed by his rival's attempts. Marc Soler returned after being dropped, as did Jhonatan Narvaez. At the front, O'Connor, Yates, Healy, Arensman, Simmons, and Storer were battling for the stage win.
With his eyes on the yellow jersey, Healy took on a lot of the work at the front, after which the pace became too fast for Simmons. This left only five riders from the original breakaway group of 29. In the thinned-out peloton behind, we suddenly saw Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale helping at the front. We were now in the real final, with the 5.1-kilometer Col de la Croix Saint Robert at 6.3% as the first climb.
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Jorgenson tries several times, explosive finish for the stage win
Another acceleration by Jorgenson again caused little trouble for Pogacar, but Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) had to let go. The group of favorites came back together, after which Jorgenson tried again just before the top of the penultimate climb. Again, without success, the gap to the five riders in front did not close quickly.
Just before the final climb, Simon Yates broke away from his fellow breakaway riders. O'Connor sprinted to his wheel, Arensman struggled behind him, Healy refused to give up, and Storer seemed defeated. Just as the Dutchman caught up with Yates and O'Connor, the British rider broke away again. This time, the Australian couldn't respond while Arensman remained within sight of the race leader. Yates had only a five-second lead going into the final kilometer.
It was an incredibly exciting finish, but Yates was able to protect his lead with an extra effort. The British rider won for the first time in six years in the Tour de France again, while Arensman finished second. Healy finished 31 seconds behind the stage winner, while behind them, a battle ensued between the GC contenders.
Evenepoel tried for a moment, but then Pogacar accelerated. Only Vingegaard was able to keep up, while Healy faced an unprecedentedly tense moment to see whether the Irishman would take the yellow jersey. He succeeded, as Pogacar and Vingegaard seemed to be fine with that. The rest of the GC contenders lost a few seconds to the two leaders, while Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) lost a little more time and his podium spot.
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- Maybe I was a bit disrespectful to Heiden. What he did was unique and exceptional but he wasn't the only one who combined those distances, nowadays it is just not possible and nobody competes in both distances. The same is true for cycling with for example the combination of Roubaix and de Tour de France. In Merckx era there were more riders who managed a top10 in both races than currently.Joostmehrtens19-06-2025
- Two old men shouting at pigeons in the park…JonS16-06-2025
- Out of touch old men hankering after their youth through rose tinted spectacles, their arrogance almost outshines their irrelevance. Turn the volume down, this modern stuff just isn't music like we used to sing...johnny20whales16-06-2025
- In talking speed skating, the days when Heiden did that, nobody else did that. And Eddy couldn't do the equivalent of the bike. His 200 on the velodrome was good, but not world competitive for gold. Heiden was in his own world on the ice, moreso than Eddy if we pretend Eric didn't have a very short career on the ice.Veganpotter16-06-2025
- They wouldn't have dropped HIM so easily.... the GOAT. They would have dropped the rest from that era easily thoughVeganpotter16-06-2025
- Merckx was able to win in a break away on a flat (sprinters) stage, what do you mean they did not drop that easily in his time. Vlaeminck won in the mountains and the classics, but now you need to specialise. The days that a Eric Heiden could win the sprint and the 10k and everything in between are long gone and cycljng is no differentJoostmehrtens16-06-2025
- Carsapaz and Del torro were not capable of chasing Yates. They paused and looked at each other because they didn't have it in them. Yates had kept his powder dry waiting for this stage and demolished both of them. They lost Yates won. Your second guessing is utter nonsense., if either felt they could close Yates down they would have , just like they did countless times for other riders. They blew up , Yates excelled.Uphillbilly05-06-2025
- Carapaz is full of it. He is absolutely irrelevant after a rant at del Toro. Isaac had no obligations to do anything for Carapaz. It should remind one of the saying that goes lke this: "If I jump off the bridge, are you going to jump too?" If Caapaz wanted to win the Giro he should have chased Yates with or without Isaac. And if del Toro could follow, then so be it. But it was Carapaz's choice to slow down and stare at Isaac. Isaac was on the radio at times and you can bet he was being told by the Team car to do just what he was doing. Did I like that he didn't set out after Yates himself, NO. But the 21 year old was probably being instructed to do what he did, otherwise you can bet we would have heard from UAE mgmt. that Isaac chose to ignore their orders. But what we did hear was they were happy with his result. Which I think was a terrible betrayal of their young rider, who I think was capable of more than that penultimate stage showed. The Giro finished on a truly sour note as far as I'm concerned, because it was not "raced" The most crucial stage of the whole 21 stage race was simply given away, playing games with the unwritten rules of bicycle racing. "Leaders jerseys responsibility" and all that nonsense. Just RACE! It was disgraceful.
reemmo004-06-2025 - Well this aged like fine milkGlyn31-05-2025
- This is just mean-spirited.agnessk29-05-2025