TOUR DE FRANCE 2025 – STAGE 4: AMIENS MÉTROPOLE - ROUEN
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18: POGACAR, THE AGE OF MAJORITY
Tadej Pogacar wins his 18th Tour de France stage. He overtakes Jean Alavoine (17) to become the 8th most successful rider. Just ahead of him are Luxembourg's François Faber (7th, 19 wins) and Nicolas Frantz (6th, 20 wins).
6: ALWAYS A WINNER SINCE 2020
This is the 6th consecutive Tour de France with at least one victory for Tadej Pogacar: three in 2020, 2021, and 2022, two in 2023, six in 2024, and one in 2025. The Slovenian has won in each of his first six Tours. Something previously achieved by André Leducq, Bernard Hinault, Walter Godefroot, Nicolas Frantz, André Greipel, and Eddy Merckx.
100: THE CENTENARY OF POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar claims his 100th professional victory in Rouen. He is the most victorious rider of the 2025 Tour peloton, ahead of Arnaud Démare (97), Primož Roglic (91), Dylan Groenewegen (77), and Remco Evenepoel (63).
1: FIRST PRIZE FOR MARTINEZ
Present in the breakaway, Lenny Martinez won the combativity award for the first time in his young career. This is his first individual award in the Tour. The Bahrain Victorious team hadn't won this award since stage 19 of the 2021 edition, with Matej Mohoric.
9: VAN DER POEL STILL IN YELLOW
Mathieu van der Poel wins his 9th Yellow Jersey and is 62nd in the standings, along with Jean Majerus, Fiorenzo Magni, and Herman Van Springel, among others. It is also the 84th Yellow Jersey for the Netherlands, the same number as Germany.
2/3: THE GOLDEN TRIO
This is the second time in three days that Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel, and Jonas Vingegaard have finished in the top-3 of a stage, something that had never happened before 2025. Today is the first time that van der Poel has finished on the podium of a stage without winning it! The two previous times, he won in Mûr-de-Bretagne (2021) and Boulogne-sur-Mer (2025).
18: (ALMOST) ALWAYS TOGETHER
Jonas Vingegaard finishes on the podium of a stage for the 20th time. Guess who was also in that top-3 with him, 18 times? His rival Tadej Pogacar!
17: THE POLKA DOT JERSEY FOR POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar reclaims the polka dot jersey, which he lost yesterday to his teammate Tim Wellens. This is the 17th time he has won the jersey, making him the 9th best historical performer, along with Peter de Clercq, Laurent Jalabert, and Chris Froome.
24: POGACAR FOR SLOVENIA
Slovenia records its 24th Tour de France victory. The 12th most victorious country of the race owes this statistic to Tadej Pogacar (18), Matej Mohoric (3), and Primoz Roglic (3), who took the first one in 2017.
4: FROM ALAPHILIPPE TO POGACAR
Tadej Pogacar is the first reigning road race World Champion to win a stage of the Tour de France since Julian Alaphilippe in 2021, four years ago. The Frenchman won the first stage between Brest and Landerneau, his most recent success.
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Pogacar’s response makes it 100
Tour de France 2025 | Stage 4 | Amiens Métropole > Rouen
Beaten by Mathieu Van der Poel on day 2, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) took his revenge on the Flying Dutchman in Rouen, at the end of stage 4 of the Tour de France 2025. The Slovenian world champion attacked on the steepest slopes of the finale and eventually made the most of his punch to claim his 100th professional win, and his 18th stage in the Tour. He is also the first reigning road world champion to claim victory in the race since Julian Alaphilippe at the beginning of the Tour 2021. With the time bonuses, Pogacar is now level on time with Van der Poel in the overall standings but the Oranje star retains the Maillot Jaune due to the addition of places in the first four stages of the Tour 2025 (54 vs 92).
On day 4 of the Tour 2025, the 181-man peloton ride from Amiens Métropole to Rouen (174.2km), with a punchy route featuring 2,050 metres of elevation. The five categorised ascents of the day are packed inside the last 50 kilometres of the stage ahead of an uphill finish.
2+1+1 = 4 attackers
After a rough start of the Tour, Lenny Martinez (Bahrain Victorious) attacks as soon the peloton pass km 0. He’s immediately followed by Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility). Thomas Gachignard (Total Energies) joins them at km 5. And Kasper Asgreen (EF Education-EasyPost) makes it a four-man breakaway at km 19.
In the peloton, Mathieu Van der Poel’s teammates - and especially Silvan Dillier - control the gap. The tailwind pushes the attackers at 46.2km/h in the first two hours but their lead never gets higher than 2’10’’ (km 49).
Martinez chases the polka dots
The intensity picks up oil the peloton as they approach the decisive challenges of the day. Asgreen goes first atop the Côte Jacques Anquetil (cat. 4, km 128.2) and the peloton trail by 1’10’’ at the summit.
The gap drops down to 20 after the intermediate sprint, where Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) displays his power. Martinez drops his breakaway companions to go first at the summit of the Côte de Belbeuf (cat. 3, km 146.6).
He is caught at the bottom of the Côte de Bonsecours (cat. 4, summit at km 154.4), paced by Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). The Belgian also drives the bunch up the Côte de la Grand’Mare (cat. 4, km 162.1), before Visma-Lease a Bike take the reins towards the Rampe Saint-Hilaire, with gradients over 10%.
Pogacar puts his stamp
UAE Team Emirates-XRG set a brutal pace with Joao Almeida. Tadej Pogacar puts the hammer down 300 metres away from the summit, with 5.5 km to go. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) is the only one who can keep up. But eight more riders get back on the downhill towards the uphill finish.
Joao Almeida controls for Pogacar. Van der Poel opens the sprint… But he can’t resist Pogacar’s acceleration in the final metres to take his 18th stage win in the Tour and his 100th professional win. Jonas Vingegaard rounds out the podium of the stage and in the overall standings , 8 seconds behind the lead duo, with Van der Poel retaining the Maillot Jaune due his better positions in the first stages (total: 54 vs 92).
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