Tadej Pogačar has powered to an impressive stage win on the first day in the Pyrenees to take back the Tour de France yellow jersey.

Tour de France riders have applauded for a minute before the 12th stage in memory of Samuele Privitera, the 19-year-old Italian who died after a crash while racing in Italy.

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) has abandoned the Tour de France, climbing off on the Col du Tourmalet during stage 14.

The Tour de France 2025 had its first real mountain stage on Thursday, finishing at Hautacam, and the second part of the Pyrenees block will also see the GC contenders giving it their all. There is a short but powerful climbing time trial on the program,

The first mountain stage of the 2025 Tour de France saw Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) assert his dominance on the slopes of Hautacam. The Slovenian drop

Stage 10 was extremely hilly, with over 4,000 metres of elevation gain, but its hardest climb was rated second-category, whereas Thursday's stage contains a first-category climb of the Soulor, then the HC-rated Hautacam.