Overview

• Stage 12 covered 180 km from Auch to Hautacam with the Col du Soulor and a special-category summit finish
• Tadej Pogacar attacked 12 km from the top to win his third stage of the 2025 Tour de France
• His victory gave him a 3 minute 31 second lead in the general classification over Jonas Vingegaard
• The result carried added resonance after Pogacar’s 2022 reversal by Vingegaard on the same climb
• The race now shifts to the Alps, where more high-mountain tests will challenge Pogacar and his rivals