"Vingegaard went after me; I'm so angry" - Iván Romeo, furious after missing out on chance to win a Tour stage
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In every possible way Iván Romeo tried to succeed in stage 15 of the 2025 Tour de France. The Movistar Team rider was always the main card to fight for the victory. Although he never stopped fighting for it, he was never really close to it.
The Spanish champion crossed the line in 14th place after a very long day out for the 21-year-old. It all started with a massive crash in the peloton that cut off all the Movistar Team riders along with Jonas Vingegaard and Florian Lipowitz.
The Spanish team was in charge of pulling the group to cut the gap, with Romeo saving Jonas Vingegaard's Tour de France, although without intending to do so because what he wanted was to attack alone to go for the breakaway. Moments later, echelons left practically entire Movistar team out of the fight, except for their trump card.
From that moment on, the rider from Valladolid attacked constantly at the front of the peloton to join the breakaway. On the Côte de Sorèze he managed to join the chasing group of Wout van Aert, and together with the Belgian managed to catch the chasing group, but already out of the fight for a victory that Tim Wellens took.
In statements just after the end of the stage, you could see the enormous frustration of Ivan Romeo for not having been able to really fight for the win and give the victory to Movistar Team:
"I don't know what to say. You see yourself there, you weren't going to win, I saw a good place at the end with 3 to go when we started. The team deserved more. It was a stage for me, we went against the grain, Einer and Enric rode 20 km for me alone," Romeo began.
"Nelson launched the attack for me, Vingegaard went after me. I restarted several times, in the end with Van Aert. But all to get a place that is of no use, I'm pretty sad and pissed off. This is not what I wanted and even more so when we got into the front group," he added.
Iván Romeo was 14th in a stage that he fought to the end
"I got there in the end, attacked, thought I was going to be third, but out came Simmons at the end. I'm very competitive and I think the team deserved more. I have a lot of anger in my body, everything went wrong today, I think I had the legs, that's what makes me so angry. I always want and will always want to win, that will never change," concluded the Movistar Team rider.
Ondrej ZhasilCycling Journalist
Ondřej Zhasil is a cycling journalist at CyclingUpToDate and has been part of the team since 2023. He is based in Ostrava, the third-largest city in the Czech Republic, and covers professional cycling across the main UCI competitions, including the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and La Vuelta a España. A key focus of his work is startlist analysis and pre-race coverage, where he examines team selections, rider line-ups, and tactical scenarios ahead of major events.
Alongside WorldTour coverage, Ondřej has developed specific expertise in junior cycling and in racing across East Asia, including competitions in China and Japan. He also maintains a broad working knowledge of other disciplines and levels, including cyclocross, while continuing to expand his understanding of mountain bike racing.
Ondřej holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics, which supports his analytical, data-driven approach to performance and race analysis. In his reporting, he regularly uses ProCyclingStats for results, statistics, and historical context. He places strong emphasis on careful sourcing, editorial accuracy, and updating articles promptly when new, verified information becomes available.
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