That's all from a thrilling finish to stage 16 atop Mont Ventoux, which saw Valentin Paret-Peintre deny Ben Healy his second win of this year's Tour, while Tadej Pogacar fractionally increased his overall lead over Jonas Vingegaard.

Analysis of the latest day's action in the 2025 race - 171km from Montpellier up to the summit of the iconic Mont Ventoux

With a flat stage before Mont Ventoux, it was expected to have some fireworks and huge climbing performances with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar battling at the start of the third week. For the second mountain stage in a row,

Valentin Paret-Peintre kept his cool in a furnace of pressure and heat, delivering a thunderous victory atop the legendary Mont Ventoux to give France its first win in this year's Tour de France during a breathtaking Stage 16 on Tuesday.

The event gave us showpiece finishes at Mur-de-Bretagne, Hautacam and Mont Ventoux, and plenty of action throughout a thoughtful, clever route — albeit one that turned out to be so challenging everyone was exhausted by the finish,

It was O'Connor's second stage win at the Tour, four years after his victory in Tignes. The team Jayco AlUla leader dropped his last breakaway companion, Einer Rubio, with 16 kilometers to go and then held off the return of the main contenders.

Four-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar has decided against taking part in the Spanish Vuelta next month as he recovers after winning cycling’s biggest race.