‘He’s complaining about something that’s not there’ – Wout van Aert hits back at Tadej Pogačar’s criticism of Visma’s race tactics

Wout van Aert has hit back at the latest criticism from Tadej Pogačar, as the UAE-Visma Tour de France tactical tensions continued on the second rest day.

Pogačar and UAE are so far dominating the 2025 Tour de France, and the world champion leads Jonas Vingegaard by 4:13, but the two super teams are locked in a battle for the team classification at the Tour. There have been gestures of fair play, but they continue to compete out on the road and when discussing each other’s tactics.