Thymen Arensman (Ineos Grenadiers) doubled up with a second stage win at the 2025 Tour de France, this time at La Plagne. The Dutchman attacked with 13 kilometres to go on the final HC climb of the Tour de France 2025. At the summit, he edged out Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who crossed the line only 2 seconds behind the winner. Right behind them, Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) defended his white jersey and his spot on the GC podium against Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL).
With just two stages to go, Tadej Pogacar takes his 52nd Maillot Jaune. He matches Jacques Anquetil’s record and enters the top-5 for most days leading the overall standings of the Tour.
Due to a change in the course, the 161-man peloton first heading to Beaufort, where they rejoined the original route to La Plagne. Because of the change, the stage now covered 93.1 km instead of the originally planned 129,9 km.
Roglic, Paret-Peintre and Martinez lead the way
A sequence exactly similar to the previous day began with Lidl-Trek riders taking control of the peloton, en route to the intermediate sprint at Villard-sur-Doron (km 12.1). Clad with his green jersey, Jonathan Milan was first on the line.
The climb to the Col du Pré came next and after several attacks, two groups formed at the front of the race. A trio eventually emerged with Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious), Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-Quick Step), crossing the pass in that order before launching their assault on the Cormet de Roselend.
Roglic sets off
Once again, Martinez went first at the summit. In the peloton, Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) set the pace to distance Kevin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Hotels), who was distanced over the top of Col du Pré. At Cormet de Roselend, the GC group were 50” behind the leaders while the French man trailed by 1’50”.
Roglic distanced the two French climbers on the downhill. Back on the valley, Paret-Peintre and Martinez were reeled in by the bunch, led by Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), with 32 km to go. The Belgian all-rounder then bridged the gap to Roglic 2 kilometres away from the start of the final major climb of the Tour 2025: 19.1km at 7.2% to reach the finish line at La Plagne.
The last major summit
Roglic is dropped early on the ascent, which incited Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale to up the ante as Felix Gall can take the 5th place in the overall standings.
With 14 kilometres to go, Tadej Pogacar launched an attack that scatters the group. Only Jonas Vingegaard manages to stay on his wheel, but the duo was joined by Arensman. The Dutchman took a gamble and dropped them with 13 kilometres to go. Three kilometres further on, a group reformed around Pogacar and Vingegaard, with Gall, Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL), Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) and Ben Healy, while Arensman tried to keep his hopes alive with a 30” lead.
The gap was still up to 20” into the last 3 kilometres and Onley showed some signs of weakness. Lipowitz accelerated, Arensman wais in sight… But he resisted and takes the win 2 seconds ahead of Vingegaard and Pogacar.
Stage 19 Brief Results:
- Thysen Arensman (INEOS Grenadier) @ 2h 46’06”
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike) @ 2″
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.
General Classification After Stage 19:
- Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) @ 69h 41’46”
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) + 4’24”
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) + 11’09”
- Oscar Onley (Picnic – PostNL) @ 12’12”
- F. Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) @ 17’12”
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