{"id":45865,"date":"2025-07-14T19:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T02:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=45865"},"modified":"2025-07-14T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T03:03:59","slug":"tdf-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=45865","title":{"rendered":"TDF 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Our continuing coverage of the other big event going on this month<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simon Yates after transfering to Visma\u2026<br><br>Winning a Grand Tour after 7 years<br>Winning a Tour de France stage after 6 years<br><br>WHAT A COMEBACK ?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2025<\/a> <br><br>?: vivelevelo <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kGulO36pgM\">pic.twitter.com\/kGulO36pgM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luk\u00e1\u0161 Ronald Luk\u00e1cs (@lucasaganronald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasaganronald\/status\/1944790811171750232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<style>\n  body, table, h2, h3, p, ul, li {\n    font-family: Aptos, Arial, sans-serif;\n  }\n<\/style>\n\n<table border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n  <thead style=\"background-color: #4CAF50; color: white;\">\n    <tr>\n      <th>Stage<\/th>\n      <th>Date<\/th>\n      <th>Start > Finish<\/th>\n      <th>Type<\/th>\n      <th>Distance (km)<\/th>\n      <th>Distance (mi)<\/th>\n      <th>Winner<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n      <td>10<\/td>\n      <td>Mon 07\/14<\/td>\n      <td>Ennezat > Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy<\/td>\n      <td>Mountain<\/td>\n      <td>165.3<\/td>\n      <td>102.7<\/td>\n      <td><b>Simon Yates<\/b> (Visma-Lease a Bike)<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">First a stage win, now the yellow jersey ???<br><br>Ben Healy takes the race lead after Stage 10 of the Tour de France and becomes only the fourth Irish rider to wear yellow.<br><br>? Sprint Cycling<br>_________________<br>?? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TDF2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TDF2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EId4L1BOIf\">pic.twitter.com\/EId4L1BOIf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Velon CC (@VelonCC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VelonCC\/status\/1944807765777531363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n    <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n    <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n    <title>Tour de France Stage 10 Summary<\/title>\n    <style>\n        body {\n            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n            line-height: 1.6;\n            max-width: 800px;\n            margin: 0 auto;\n            padding: 20px;\n            color: #333;\n        }\n        h1 {\n            font-size: 24px;\n            color: #1a73e8;\n        }\n        p {\n            font-size: 16px;\n            margin-bottom: 15px;\n        }\n        .highlight {\n            font-weight: bold;\n            color: #d32f2f;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n    <h1>Tour de France Stage 10 &#8211; Simon Yates Claims Victory, Ben Healy Takes Yellow Jersey<\/h1>\n    <p>On <span class=\"highlight\">Stage 10<\/span> of the <span class=\"highlight\">2025 Tour de France<\/span>, <strong>Simon Yates<\/strong> (Visma-Lease a Bike) secured a stunning solo victory at Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, attacking at the base of the final climb to claim his first Tour stage win since 2019. The 165.3km stage from Ennezat saw a large breakaway of 29 riders form early, whittled down to an elite group over eight categorized climbs.<\/p>\n    <p>Yates outpaced <strong>Thymen Arensman<\/strong> (Ineos Grenadiers), who finished second, while <strong>Ben Healy<\/strong> (EF Education-EasyPost) took third and seized the <span class=\"highlight\">yellow jersey<\/span> from <strong>Tadej PogaCar<\/strong> (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), who finished over four minutes back.<\/p>\n    <p>The stage featured intense General Classification (GC) battles, with PogaCar and <strong>Jonas Vingegaard<\/strong> (Visma-Lease a Bike) trading attacks on the final climbs, though they gained only six seconds on rivals like <strong>Remco Evenepoel<\/strong> (Soudal-QuickStep). Healy now leads the GC by 29 seconds over PogaCar, with Evenepoel and Vingegaard trailing further.<\/p>\n    <p>The breakaway\u2019s success and Yates\u2019 tactical move highlighted a dramatic day, setting the stage for a thrilling race as the Tour heads into its first rest day.<\/p>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Editor&#8217;s Note: Why I Root for Matthieu van der Poel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mathieu van der Poel\u2019s 2025 Tour de France will be simply memorable\u2026 Many will see just one stage win, a few days in yellow, and that will be it, but it\u2019s so much more than that and it\u2019s just first week.<br><br>In stage 1 he made the split in the wind, just to make an excellent\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X410xfB1Qy\">pic.twitter.com\/X410xfB1Qy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luk\u00e1\u0161 Ronald Luk\u00e1cs (@lucasaganronald) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasaganronald\/status\/1944441631551148330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(Full comments from the Twitter post above):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html lang=\"en\">\n<head>\n    <meta charset=\"UTF-8\">\n    <meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\">\n    <title>Tour de France 2025 &#8211; Mathieu van der Poel<\/title>\n    <style>\n        body {\n            font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\n            line-height: 1.6;\n            max-width: 800px;\n            margin: 0 auto;\n            padding: 20px;\n            background-color: #f4f4f4;\n        }\n        h1 {\n            color: #333;\n            text-align: center;\n        }\n        p {\n            margin: 10px 0;\n            color: #555;\n        }\n        .highlight {\n            font-weight: bold;\n            color: #d32f2f;\n        }\n        .hashtag {\n            color: #1e88e5;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n    <h1>Mathieu van der Poel\u2019s 2025 Tour de France<\/h1>\n    <p>Mathieu van der Poel\u2019s 2025 Tour de France will be simply memorable\u2026 Many will see just one stage win, a few days in yellow, and that will be it, but it\u2019s so much more than that and it\u2019s just the first week.<\/p>\n    \n    <p>In <span class=\"highlight\">stage 1<\/span>, he made the split in the wind, just to make an excellent leadout for <span class=\"highlight\">Jasper Philipsen<\/span> winning the stage and yellow.<\/p>\n    \n    <p>He was then the only one beating uphill <span class=\"highlight\">Tadej Poga?ar<\/span> and winning in <span class=\"highlight\">stage 2<\/span>. Then he wore yellow, lost it in the time trial, but in the very next day, he attacked and attacked, spent it all on the road just to get it back by one second. Tired, but yesterday he also made a perfect leadout for another sprinter <span class=\"highlight\">Groves<\/span>.<\/p>\n    \n    <p>And now today, attacking from <span class=\"highlight\">Km 0<\/span> with <span class=\"highlight\">Rickaert<\/span>, trying an unthinkable breakaway in a pure flat stage. He didn\u2019t make it, but he made <span class=\"highlight\">Jonas Rickaert\u2019s<\/span> dream come true as he stood on the Tour de France podium for the <span class=\"highlight\">combativity award<\/span>. And he made this Sunday\u2019s boring Tour stage unforgettable.<\/p>\n    \n    <p>They didn\u2019t win today, but they won our hearts. And now I have realized again why I so much love this team. <span class=\"highlight\">Chapeau guys<\/span>. I am and we are so proud ?? <span class=\"hashtag\">#TDF2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our continuing coverage of the other big event going on this month. Stage Date Start > Finish Type Distance (km) Distance (mi) Winner 10 Mon 07\/14 Ennezat > Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy Mountain 165.3 102.7 Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) Tour de France Stage 10 Summary Tour de France Stage 10 &#8211; Simon Yates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1622,1623],"class_list":{"0":"post-45865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-featured","7":"tag-tdf","8":"tag-tdf2025","9":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45865"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45878,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45865\/revisions\/45878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}