‘Pogačar takes the wind out of a lot of people’s sails’ – Mike Woods keeps on hunting for Tour de France stage win despite race leader’s domination

“I know I have the legs to win, I just have to execute a bit better,” is how Mike Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) analysed his opening two-thirds of the 2025 Tour de France, in which he has been in the breaks three times in less than a week, but has yet to hit the jackpot.

Woods certainly has the know-how to get Grand Tour stage wins, with the 38-year-old getting two wins in the Vuelta a España and one in the Tour de France at Puy de Dome in 2023.