"It was my goal today to take as much time as possible” – Gall climbs as Roglic falls at the Tour de France

Felix Gall has climbed into fifth place overall after Stage 19 of the 2025 Tour de France, benefiting from Primoz Roglic’s ambitious, yet doomed tactics that ultimately cost the Slovenian over twelve minutes. Gall, who started the final week in seventh, now finds himself inside the top five after another strong ride in the mountains, finishing sixth on the stage behind Thymen Arensman who took his second stage win of the Tour ahead of Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.

"I'm very happy with today," Gall told Cyclism’Actu. "I didn't feel very good at the beginning of the stage in the Col du Pré, but after that I found good legs, and the team did an incredible job on the final climb to keep a great pace and take as much time as possible from Roglic."

Gall felt so good on the final climb that his team set the pace for much of the climb, the first team other that Visma to have dislodged UAE and Pogacar from that role over the past three weeks.

Meanwhile, Roglic had gone all-in for a stage win over two consecutive days, launching bold solo attacks that thrilled fans but saw him fall from fifth to eighth. While the move cost his team thousands in prize money, it opened the door for Gall to capitalize in the GC battle.

"It worked really well, it was my goal today to take as much time as possible from him, I wasn't really thinking about the result of the stage," Gall explained. "The Tour isn't over, I hope there won't be any more changes in the general classification. On the last rest day, I was 7th overall and I said that if I kept this position in Paris I would be very happy. Now I'm 5th, it's even better."