Tadej Pogacar clear favourite over Jonas Vingegaard for 2025 Tour de France according to Miguel Indurain: "But every year the races are completely different"

Excitement and speculation is already building for the 2025 Tour de France. Once again a big head to head battle is expected between Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard for the Maillot Jaune later this summer.

According to Tour de France legend and Spanish cycling icon Miguel Indurain, Pogacar starts as the clear favourite in 2025, due his dominat victory last summer. "He's the favourite, although last year Vingegaard was also the favourite because he had won the previous year and his season was cut short at the Itzulia by a fall," Indurain says in quotes collected by Marca. "He is strong, he has a good team, he has morale and he is young, but every year the races are completely different."

Pogacar and Vingegaard won't be the only two riders at the Tour de France next summer though. In terms of Spanish interest, Indurain sees much potential, without the outstanding results to truly back it up as of yet. "There are kids who are making a strong impact and who don't have to compete for national teams, they are not afraid to compete abroad," he explains. "The thing is that there are good rivals and many winners. Nowadays what counts is winning and if you don't win, if you do well, perhaps it is not given the importance that it was given before."

"What's missing (in Spanish cycling ed.) is a winner and that's difficult. In all sports, winning is very difficult and in cycling too," Indurain concludes his assessment of the current scene. "There's a lot of rivalry. There are many riders who try to win races, but everything is very controlled. There's a lot of information and there isn't the freedom to break away that there was before. But it is what it is and you have to adapt."