{"id":15391,"date":"2025-07-22T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15391\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:29:07","slug":"he-certainly-wont-let-it-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/15391\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe certainly won’t let it go”"},"content":{"rendered":"

UAE Team Emirates \u2013 XRG are on a roll, and Tim Wellens<\/a> is
\nstill savoring his part in it. After winning Stage 15, Wellens gave the team
\ntheir fifth stage victory of the 2025 Tour de France<\/a>. As Stage 16 heads toward
\nthe legendary slopes of Mont Ventoux, the team\u2019s momentum shows no sign of
\nslowing, with Tadej Pogacar<\/a> reportedly ready to launch an attack on the
\nmountain that once gave him trouble back in 2021.<\/p>\n

“There’s still a lot of euphoria in me, and my body is
\npretty much ready for what’s to come,” Wellens said ahead of today\u2019s
\nstage.<\/p>\n

Ventoux may not be his kind of terrain, but he knows where
\nhis strengths lie. “Today is a beautiful ride. Mont Ventoux isn’t for me,
\nbut everything before it is, of course.”<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Asked about how much control the team will assert over the
\nrace heading into the climb, Wellens was realistic. “Saying we have total
\ncontrol is an exaggeration.”<\/p>\n

Still, there\u2019s no doubt about Pogacar\u2019s mindset as the
\npeloton approaches one of the most iconic climbs in cycling. “I thought he
\nwas very motivated this morning on the bus,” Wellens said. “If he
\ncan, he certainly won’t let it go.”<\/p>\n

A headwind may complicate any ambitions for a decisive move
\non Ventoux, but Wellens pointed to tougher days ahead. “It will be
\ndifficult to make a difference on the Ventoux because of the headwind, but the
\nAlps will still be very tough on Thursday and Friday.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UAE Team Emirates \u2013 XRG are on a roll, and Tim Wellens is still savoring his part in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15392,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-15391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}