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Tour de France stage 12: Tadej Pogačar punishes challengers with massive victory on Hautacam and regains race lead

HAUTACAM, FRANCE - JULY 17: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Visma | Lease a Bike reacts after crosses the finish line during the 112th Tour de France 2025, Stage 12 a 180.6km stage from Auch to Hautacam 1519m / #UCIWT / on July 17, 2025 in Hautacam, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) stamped his authority on the Tour de France as the race visited the high mountains for the first time, attacking 12km from the top of Hautacam to score a dominant solo stage 12 victory.

The World Champion, still sporting bandages following his late stage 11 crash, employed a Classics-style lead-out on the early slopes of the hors categorié mountain, with Tim Wellens giving way to Jhonatan Narváez, who sprinted uphill to launch the reigning champion.

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