Extended Highlights – Stage 16 – Tour de France 2025

⛰️ A legendary finish calls for a legendary stage! The 16th stage of the #TDF2025 offered to deliver a true spectacle, with battles at every KM and that was even before we got to the main event.

▶️ Here’s a recap of a wild stage that concluded on the slopes of Mont Ventoux.

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Tom Simpson. This is now now port has gone. F has attacked and conidor has got to hold on. Is obviously a special climb. It’s a very historic climb I would say in in the two rounds. What’s happened? We were there in in 21. We did it two times. It’s the first time that as I remember it that that I really was able to show myself today. Do you want to win on Mou? Do you really really really want to win on mobile? I think everybody wants to win on mountain too. [Music] What better way to restart than attacking the giant of the province. 171 km stage leaving Melier without difficulties before a dramatic finale. Every man for himself on the legendary climb to the finish. [Applause] It’s another counterattack. But UI chased it down directly. So I mean as expected I think uh they want to go for it. Good job. Bravo. You see, they really want to control the razor. Don’t think they let many riders go anymore. That’s also good for us. The Pelaton was a huge swarm of attacking riders. The speed super high, close to 60 km an hour with so many desperate to make the break and establish a meaningful gap. Getting encouragement from the locals, over 30 riders made it. More than 3 minutes advantage built with 70 km remaining. The intermediate sprint coming up as Chat Nerf Dep on the horizon. Seven would escape off the front to earn a gap over the initial big breakaway. Alfalip and Trenton representing Tudtor. Previous stage winners this edition, Aaronman and Abramson were there too. Enrich Mass a danger with the climbing to come about to start in earnest. [Applause] They move on to the big one. The riders reach the mythical climb in the monu category. There’s the statistics. That’s where we are on the right hand side. This is the theater in which the top riders in the world will perform. Enrich Mass attacks. Big move of Enrich Mass. Yeah, he’s opened up a massive gap with that attack. You can count on the fingers of one hand the times that Enrich Mass has attacked ever in the tour to France. This is maybe the most important one. Oh, there’s the attack. Here’s the attack. Bengard starts the assault on trying to take yellow back from Tad Paga, but Pagatcha responds immediately. And here go Visma. The plan is being played out. So it’s man against man on the mythical Mont 2. Tish Bonut with Figard. Paga sitting on the wheel. He’s responded once with 7 km to go. And here’s another attack. Tish Bernude pulls the parachute and Wengerard starts again on this 10% gradient. Paga looking like he can respond easily. Wenger checks. Looks straight into his face. Wenger strikes yet again. Pagatcha responds in a headwind. Look at Wengerard sprinting as though it’s the finish line and Pagatcha is right in the slipstream and refuses to let go. Healey hits him on the left hand side. doesn’t quite have the legs though this time to open up an advantage. Parry Pond has an answer to that attack. Four riders at the front with 1,800 m now to go. Pagacha decides to strike 1,200 m from the top. He wants the stage win and he wants to get rid of the Danish rider behind him. Fergard’s refusing this time to let him go. Fergard and Pagatcha thumping blows at each other. this afternoon on this mountain. Well, this is also looking good for the breakaway. 1 minute 1 km. Healey goes round the corner, takes the right line. Valentine Parry Bond looks for the inside line. Bago sprinting now. It is two riders headto-head. Healey and Valentine Parry Pond. Who’s going to take it on Vonu? It’s a French victory at the top of the Mononton two for Valentine Paront. Fergard is stuck to him at the top of the Monon two. They catch even Enrich Mass, but Vangard is still locked in on the wheel. He gets dropped just before the finish. May lose a second. [Music] Vtor [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] France International [Music] [Applause] tour without a home stage winner. adding to his Jurro success last year ahead of Ben Healey who earned a third stage podium this tour. Danny Pagata ticking off another bad tour memory to protect the leader jersey unlike 2021. Vinegar could not break him. And the Slovenian is the greatest challenge to Jonathan Milan’s bid for the green jersey. Just 11point gap and Pagatcha reclaims the polka dots from Lenny Martinez. The Frenchman will continue to wear them on the road. And Florian Lipovitz increased his white jersey lead to a couple of minutes over Scotsman Oscar only. [Applause] [Applause]