Tour de France 2025 | Episode 4

We’re deep into the final week of the @LeTourDeFrance and the legendary climbs of Mont Ventoux and the Col de la Loze have been tackled 🏔️ #TDF2025

Before the final mountain day, it’s time to go behind the scenes with UAE Team Emirates-XRG through stages 16-18.

From Tim Wellens’ rest day reflections to Tadej Pogačar’s record-breaking ascent of Ventoux and Col de la Loze defence, we’ve got you covered 🎬🍿 #WeAreUAE

Morning news. Take your morning. Always low team. Come here. Take your morning gag. Finally, father, come here. Adam. Adam. What? What? Morning. Morning. [Laughter] It’s always nice to come down to see Bessna. He always gives me a a huge hug, you know. It’s like it’s like love in the team. So, it’s like give me some energy for the rest day. Nice. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Oh man. Thank you. We’re not seen by no respect guys. Guys, guys. So Tim, that was the ride this morning. An easy ride. The legs were hurting a little bit, but was nice to stop for a coffee. Atmosphere was nice. Weather good, nice roads. Perfect. And uh what about yesterday? Yesterday was a special day. Yesterday was uh my first victory in the to France, my biggest victory. So was a successful day. I come now in the specialist like to win in Gio to win and tour. It’s like um pretty nice u completion. I knew I was feeling very good. I knew I had to arrive solo and I knew I had to attack before the down started and that was the last opportunity to do it and in the end was a was a good moment. I was lucky enough to have a lot of advantage so I could really enjoy it. Um I remember giving some hands to to spectators next to the road and then crossing the finish line and seeing you after the finish. [Applause] Thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys. It’s a nice list to be in. Was not easy, but I’m happy to do it. [Music] Yeah, six more stages looking good for the moment. Still a lot can happen. That’s why we need to stay careful. Uh, three hard days in the mountains with tomorrow the finish on mobile. But, uh, yeah, only six stages to go. It seems almost nothing. [Music] M fontu. It really is a mythical climb. It encapsulates the spirit of the tour to France. And it’s one of those stages that is an allout battle for the GC. We see families, thousands of people on the narrow streets crowding around the cyclists uh and getting in touch with their their heroes. It really is uh an iconic climb that has been in the in the tour for many years and uh and will be for many years to come. The riders reach the mythical climb in the Monontto 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. It’s the assault on trying to take yellow back from Daddy Baga 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 but the guard is still locked in on the wheel. He gets dropped just before the finish. May lose a second. Oh, cool. [Music] Let’s see. [Music] [Applause] [Music] 18 stage with mountain finish on Paul de Lo. One of the hardest stage to the France. We are in yellow quite big gap but still we just not too focus on defend uh our gap and uh we see uh first uh normally at kilometer 25 will be sprint till there uh we are quite confident that will be grouped there then uh uh we just need to control breakaway and control our main rers in GC then on final on final climb we see how they feel. And uh yeah that’s it. Yes uh today uh we can expect uh rain in the mountains. You you never know. Uh but uh till now maybe first part will be quite okay dry and then in descent from Meline and on uh on final climb we expect raintorms. The attacks have started. Curse and venard have started an assault. [Music] Big move for the yellow jersey. He’s reving it up now. Inard has to succumb to the power of the boss. The GA is the boss of the 25 tour of France. Benard finishes behind him. [Applause] [Music] Good job. Good job, Mitch. [Music] Yeah, it’s a really tough day. Uh, Vizma really put us under pressure a bit at the beginning, but uh yeah, we uh regrouped well as a team and uh then on the final climb, I think we had it pretty covered. So, yeah, today is obviously uh in good shape still and uh one more mountain day to come. I mean, uh yeah, it’s hard racing. I mean, uh, yeah, when you’re not riding JC, it’s pretty easy to save energy some days. Even yesterday, I managed to, uh, save a little bit little bit of energy. So, uh, yeah, a little bit different riding style to what I’ve been, uh, doing the past couple years. So, yeah, for sure I can save a little bit and, uh, and be better on the climbs like today. But, yeah, we’re going pretty fast. [Music] [Applause] Daddy, you born [Applause] [Music]