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Tour de France stage 16 preview – Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard to face off on one of cycling’s most daunting ascents on Mont Ventoux

Great Britain's Christopher Froome (C), wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, carries his bike after falling during the 178 km twelvelth stage of the 103rd edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 14, 2016 between Montpellier and Chalet-Reynard. (Photo by BERNARD PAPON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BERNARD PAPON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The bleakly beautiful moonscapes of Mont Ventoux will be the backdrop and terrain of one of the decisive final stages of the 2025 Tour d France on Tuesday. The ‘Giant of Provence’ is the first, and arguably the most crucial, of the Tour’s third week mountain battles.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike) believes the Tour de France GC battle to not be over despite lagging behind Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) by 4:13. That is over a minute more than Pogačar’s 3:09 margin over the Dane at the same point in the 2024 race, so if Vingegaard wants to try and impact on the Slovenian, the Ventoux is an opportunity he can ill afford to miss.

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