Norway's Jonas Abrahamsen has won stage 11 of the Tour de France in Toulouse, while defending champion Tadej Pogacar emerged largely unscathed despite crashing 4km from the line.

The first week of the Tour de France has been packed with action, but after ten intense days of racing, one thing is clear: performance in pro cycling doesn’t pay nearly as well as you’d think. According to the official jury report after stage 10,

Now he leads the Tour de France by 29” seconds over Tadej Pogacar, as well as leading the best young rider classification by 1’29” over Belgian superstar Remco Evenepoel, who was third overall at the Tour de France last year.

Two days later, on stage four to Rouen, Vingegaard resembled one of the world’s best puncheurs, as well as one of its best climbers. Following Pogacar’s attack in the closing kilometres, Vingegaard produced the best one-minute power effort of his career, matching the Slovenian’s famed acceleration.

Tadej Pogacar may be concentrating intensely on winning his fourth Tour de France, but in the middle of Saturday's stage eight he was just as focused on how his partner Urska Zigart was performing in the Giro d'Italia Women.

After a wild start to the 2025 Tour de France, which has seen crashes and crosswinds cause havoc in the peloton to go with some sensation racing and memorable wins, the race finally reaches the mountains – or at least some very big hills.

Portugal's Joao Almeida retires from the race during the ninth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 174.1 kilometres (108 miles) with start in Chinon and finish in Chateauroux, France, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (Mosa'ab Elshamy/AP)