‘I wasn’t prepared for these emotions’ – Wout van Aert conquers Montmartre to win Tour de France final stage again

by July 27, 2025

written by July 27, 2025

On a final stage of the Tour de France designed for a rider like Wout van Aert to win on, it was indeed Wout van Aert who won. The Belgian conquered the punchy course, dropping the world champion and yellow jersey Tadej Pogačar in the process, and soloed to victory, the second time in his career he has won in Paris.

Few would begrudge the Belgian the victory, given the amount of times he has tried to make something happen at this Tour, or the amount of work he has put in for his team leader, Jonas Vingegaard.

“It was always my plan to attack on the final climb,” Van Aert confirmed. “Of course, I thought it would be a bigger group going, so on the last lap I reconsidered, but especially because I still had Matteo there I could try it, and if it didn’t work out we could come together and play our cards differently. I started the climb in the wheel of Tadej, but it was always the plan to attack myself.”

“I did enjoy the final because it was quite selective,” he said of the course. “It was pretty quickly a small group in the front, and it’s how it should be . The guys that want to race can take the risks. If the GC times weren’t taken it’s impossible to create a safe race on this certain. If you’re 100th you’re already two minutes behind because it’s so technical. It’s still an exciting race to watch I think.”

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‘I wasn’t prepared for these emotions’ – Wout van Aert conquers Montmartre to win Tour de France final stage again

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