Tour de France 2025 live: Stage 16 result and GC standings from thriller on Mont Ventoux today

It’s Soudal Quick-Step’s fourth win of this year’s Tour, after Tim Merlier picked up sprint victories on stage three and nine and Remco Evenepoel won the stage five time trial.

And it’s a first of the race for France, and on Mont Ventoux, no less.

1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates – XRG) in 58:24:46
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma – Lease a Bike) +4:15
3. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe) +9:03
4. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) +11:04
5. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe) +11:42
6. Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea – B&B Hotels) +13:20
7. Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) +14:50
8. Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) +17:01
9. Ben Healy (EF Education – EasyPost) +17:52
10. Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +20:45

It seems Jonas Vingegaard was taken out by an errant photographer after he crossed the line. We didn’t see it on the live feed but hopefully it wasn’t anything serious. “People in the finish area should use their eyes a bit more,” he tells an assembled media scrum.

“I was feeling very good today, happy with the attacks I tried to do, of course I didn’t gain any time but I take a lot of motivation from today.” He thanks his teammates and says he and Pogacar followed each other’s every move. “At least it gives me some motivation how good I felt today and I will keep trying.”

1. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) in 4:03:19
2. Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost), same time
3. Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) +4”
4. Ilan Van Wilder (Soudal Quick-Step) +14”
5. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates – XRG) +43”
6. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma – Lease a Bike) +45”
7. Enric Mas (Movistar) +53”
8. Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) +1’17”
9. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe) +1’51”
10. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-Hansgrohe) +1’53”

What a day for Soudal Quick-Step, who lost their leader Remco Evenepoel and have rescued something from this Tour – with a French winner no less.

Paret-Peintre runs up to Van Wilder and the pair share a lovely and very emotional hug.

Roglic has come back and he crosses the line a few bike-lengths ahead of Lipowitz. The pair have dropped Onley and he will lose a bit of time to Lipowitz, but still looking great for fourth overall.

Pogacar attacks as he and Vingegaard come to the top, he swings past Mas, and adds another couple of seconds to his lead as he powers all the way to the line.

Healy is the first to attack! Van Wilder’s leadout is over. Paret-Peintre is on his wheel, Buitrago is dropped – can Healy hold on?

The pair sprint for the line!

It’s the Frenchman who wins atop Mont Ventoux!

400m to go: Soudal Quick-Step have played a blinder. Van Wilder comes to the front and leads this group up the uppermost, 10% slopes. What incredible timing.

Van Wilder keeps the pace high and the team have gambled that Paret-Peintre can beat Healy and Buitrago in a sprint.

700m to go: The leading trio are playing games. Vingegaard and Pogacar are just 45 seconds back.

Ilan van Wilder is coming back from absolutely nowhere to help Paret-Peintre!