At the 2025 Tour de France stage 4, Tadej Pogačar overcame Mathieu van der Poel with a decisive attack on the final steep hills, claiming his 100th career victory. Van der Poel, despite being in yellow, struggled to keep up as the Visma-Lease team set a hard pace, leading to Pogačar's successful sprint. Although Pogačar won the stage, Van der Poel retained the yellow jersey, finishing on the same time. Van der Poel aimed to win for his injured teammate Jasper Philipsen, which added motivation to his performance.
"It was a really hard pace all the last climbs actually, and also the running to the last steep one where Visma went full gas with the whole team, [that] hurt already."
"Then Tadej launched his attack, and only Jonas had a response. This hurt quite a bit, and then Remco and I closed the gap. I hoped to sprint for the win, but I already felt I was on the limit."
"When I launched, my legs just didn't want to continue anymore. He was the strongest today."
"Van der Poel had the extra motivation of wanting to win for his injured teammate Jasper Philipsen, who crashed out yesterday."
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