Geraint Thomas completed his 14th and final Tour de France as the INEOS Grenadiers capped off three weeks of hard racing in Paris.<\/p>\n
Overall winner in 2008, the Welshman crossed the line on a soaking wet Champs-Elysees as the 2025 edition of the race came to a close.<\/p>\n
Thomas\u2019 final Tour marked a true show of grit and determination from his INEOS Grenadiers squad.<\/p>\n
Thymen Arensman got stronger as the race progressed, pulling off two superb breakaway stage wins on stages 14 and 19 respectively. The Dutchman would also finish 12th overall in his Tour debut.<\/p>\n
The three weeks were peppered with bad luck, as Filippo Ganna was forced to depart the race almost immediately following a crash on the opening stage. Carlos Rodriguez was sitting 10th overall when he crashed near the conclusion of stage 17, and was unable to start the following day due to his injuries.<\/p>\n
Axel Laurance never stopped trying and picked up three top-10 stage finishes, including on home ground atop the Mur de Bretagne. The Frenchman was also part of a chasing breakaway group on the final day. Sam Watson was another rider making his Tour de France debut, showcasing the British national champion\u2019s jersey.<\/p>\n
Connor Swift put in a solid ride across the three weeks in support of his teammates, while Tobias Foss was active in trying to make a number of breakaways.<\/p>\n
For Thomas, the finale in Paris provided another emotional chapter closing during his final season on the road.<\/p>\n
Featuring a new loop and tough ascents of the Montmartre climb, the win on the day went to Wout Van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike), with Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates \u2013 XRG) wrapping up an impressive overall victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Geraint Thomas completed his 14th and final Tour de France as the INEOS Grenadiers capped off three weeks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-27706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}