Pogacar closes in on victory
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2025 Tour de France, Stage 19 finish
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Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - 171km from Montpellier up to the summit of the iconic Mont Ventoux
The three-time champion is up 4 minutes, 15 seconds over the Danish rider with five days to go. France’s Valentin Paret-Peintre wins the 16th stage.
The Belgian team has also released a special jersey today in honour of seven-time Tour stage winner Raymond Poulidor, to mark the 60th anniversary of the Frenchman's historic victory on top of Mont Ventoux in 1965.
Valentin Paret-Peintre has triumphed on Mont Ventoux to become the first home rider to win a stage at this year’s Tour de France.
The two-time champion was frustrated as he was brought down in the finish area at the top of the legendary climb
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Mont Ventoux, one of the Tour de France's most famous and vaunted climbs with a deadly history
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