1. Tim Wellens, Belgium, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, 3:34:09. 2. Victor Campenaerts, Belgium, Team Visma, 3:35:37. 3. Julian Alaphilippe, France, Tudor Pro Cycling, 3:35:45. 4. Wout van Aert, Belgium, Team Visma, same time.

TV cameras have spotted the wild moment a Tour de France rider stole a fan’s sign and shoved it down his shirt, with a bizarre explanation now emerging. This is the baffling moment a cyclist snatched a cardboard sign off a stunned fan during the Tour de France.

Analysis of the eighth stage of the 2025 Tour de France, which took the peloton from Saint-Meen-le-Grand to Laval

French president Emmanuel Macron was on hand at the mountaintop finish to congratulate the Slovenian Team UAE rider. Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel dug deep after being dropped on the first of three climbs to claw back level, before eventually losing 3min 35sec on the day's 180.6km ride from Auch, finishing seventh.

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates winning the thirteenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 10.5 kilometers (6.5 miles) in the Pyrenees mountains with start in Loudenvielle and finish in Peyragudes, France, Friday, July 18, 2025. Credit: AP/Thibault Camus