Pogačar vs. Vingegaard: Chapter Five is coming

The rivalry that defines this Tour. And we’re here for every second.

To put it in some kind of context, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier only fought one another three times for the heavyweight title of the world. When Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard line up for the 2025 Tour de France, it will be their fifth successive head-to-head contest for the greatest prize in cycling. Once again, it feels impossible to imagine anybody other than the perennial big two occupying the top two spots on the podium in Paris.

It’s a duopoly of the kind never seen before at the Tour, both in its frequency and its balance. In their four meetings thus far, Vingegaard and Pogačar have won two Tours apiece. By contrast, Jan Ullrich ‘only’ finished second to Lance Armstrong three times, and he never beat the American. Raymond Poulidor never beat Jacques Anquetil. Miguel Induráin had five different runners-up in five years.

As the 2025 Tour de France begins, all eyes are once again on the defining rivalry of this generation. The score between Vingegaard and Pogačar is level, but the momentum lies firmly with the Slovenian. After a spring campaign for the ages and a commanding display at the Dauphiné, Pogačar looks more complete than ever - stronger, sharper, and still evolving.

To help you gear up for the 2025 Tour de France, we’ve selected a few articles of us this week worth reading:

• The 10 most dramatic Tour de France stages of the 21st century

• Pogacar, Vingegaard and the eternal duel - 2025 Tour de France preview

• The five key stages of the 2025 Tour de France

• The gear behind the glory: the bikes of the 2025 Tour de France

• Tour de France 2025 prize money: Full breakdown and key figures

• Fastest. Closest. Greatest - Tour de France records to remember

Looking for all favourites for the different classifications? We’ve got you covered:

• The 10 top contenders for the yellow jersey

• The 5 main challengers for green

• The 5 favourites for the polka dot jersey

• The rising stars chasing white

The 2025 Tour de France at Domestique
What can you expect from us starting next week?

• Full news coverage - updates, reactions and everything you need to stay on top of the race.

• Daily live coverage - follow the action with our rolling live reports.

• A daily podcast and video show - by two very interesting hosts (more on that very soon).

• Sharp insights and strong opinions from our creators - including deep course previews, performance analysis, race-day standouts and the stories behind the stats.

Leaves us to say a big thank you to everyone who already visits Domestique daily. We’re seeing a nice upward trend in traffic, and we’re excited to see what the Tour will bring.

If you like what we’re doing, please help us spread the word: recommend Domestique to your cycling friends, follow us on all our socials, like and share our content, and most of all, keep coming back -daily, or even more often 🙂

Enjoy your weekend!

Best,

Michiel
On behalf of Team Domestique

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