Tadej Pogacar celebrates his victory in the fourth stage of the Tour de France 2025, after imposing himself on Mathieu van der Poel (left) and Jonas Vingegaard in the packaging.
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The fight for the leadership in the Tour de France 2025 was pressed this Tuesday after an intense half -mountain day in which Tadej Pogacar won Mathieu van der Poel. The Slovenian, current champion of this race, had better legs at the close of the fourth stage, which was defined in the packaging.
With this victory, Pogacar reached 100 victories as a professional and, thanks to the bonuses per stage, he matched Van der Poel in accumulated time. Both record a total of 16 hours and 46 minutes. However, the official Tour leadership remains in the hands of the Dutch.
The regulation of the Tour of France establishes that, in case of equal time in the general classification, the tiebreaker is defined by the sum of the positions obtained at each stage. The Dutch has been more constant in the first days and, for that reason, continues in front of the general.
This was the general classification of the Tour de France 2025:
| Cyclist | Country | Equipment | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Mathieu van der Poel | Netherlands | Alpecin – Deceuninck | 16:46:00 |
| (2) Tadej Pogacar | Slovenia | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | “ |
| (3) Jonas Vingegaard | Denmark | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | +0:08 |
| (4) Matteo JORGENSON | USA | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | +0:19 |
| (5) Kévin Vauquelin | France | Arkéa – B&B Hotels | +0:26 |
| (6) Enric Mas | Space | Movistar Team | +0:48 |
| (7) Oscar Onley | United Kingdom | Team Picnic PostNL | +0:55 |
| (8) João Almeida | Portugal | UAE Team Emirates – XRG | |
| (9) Remco Evenepoel | Belgium | Soudal Quick-Step | +0:58 |
| (10) Mattias Skjelmose | Denmark | Lidl – Trek | +1:02 |
For now, third place in the fight for the jersey Yellow belongs to Jonas Vingegaard, who is emerging as Pogacar's main rival in this edition. The Danish, two -time champion of the Tour (2022 and 2023), marches six seconds from the lead.
As for Latin Americans, the best located in the general is the Colombian Santiago Buitrago. The Bahrain Victorious cyclist is in box 17, one minute and 49 seconds from Van der Poel. It is expected that in the high mountain days I climb positions.
In secondary classifications there is also Pogacar's presence, owner of the mountain shirt. The Italian Jonathan Milan leads the points classification thanks to his regularity in the packaging and the Frenchman Kevin Vauquelin remained the best young man on the tour.
The fifth stage will take place and will be an individual counterreloj of 33 kilometers. This test promises to shake the general classification and could mean a change in the leadership, since Van der Poel is not a specialist in this type of tests.
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