Ben O'Connor won Thursday's monster Alpine stage to the ski resort of Courchevel as three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar responded to attacks from archrival Jonas Vingegaard and dropped him to cement his grip on the yellow jersey.

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His major sprint rival Tim Merlier was held up in a crash in the final kilometre which brought down several sprinters, including last year’s green jersey winner Biniam Girmay, whose torrid Tour continued as he was helped over the line by teammates clutching his collarbone.

Ben O'Connor won Thursday's monster Alpine stage as three-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar responded to attacks from archrival Jonas Vingegaard.

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Ben O’Connor (Jayco AlUla) conquered the highest summit of the 2025 Tour de France, the Col de la Loze (2,304 m), to claim his second stage win in the race four