BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France, July 19 (Reuters) - Belgian Remco Evenepoel abandoned the Tour de France on Saturday during the 14th stage, a 182.6-km mountain trek from Pau to Superbagneres.

Tour de France podium finisher Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–QuickStep) has abandoned on stage 14 of the 2025 race, dropping back from the bunch and climbing into the team car some 9km from the summit of the Col du Tourmalet with still 100km left in the stage.

Remco Evenepoel’s withdrawal from the Tour de France has easily been the most talked-about moment of the race’s second week. On the way to Superbagnères, he just couldn’t continue, and the Belgian had to say goodbye to the Tour while still wearing the white jersey.

INEOS Grenadiers’ Thymen Arensman won stage 14 of the Tour de France on Saturday, riding solo for the final 37km of a brutal day in the Pyrenees. Behind him race leader Tadej Pogacar added six seconds to his lead over Jonas Vingegaard.

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) opened up on his departure from the Tour de France, which shocked the Tour de France on the slopes of the Col du Tourmalet on Saturday. “It just wasn’t working, I was empty," Evenepoel told Dutch and Flemish journalists, including Nieuwsblad.

By seeing Remco Evenepoel and Primoz Roglic toeing up to the start line in Bilbao on July 1. Advertisement. ... As race organizers like to remind everyone, the Tour de France is the star.

Evenepoel, the reigning time trial Olympic and world champion, was expected to win the stage in the absence of time trial specialists — Filippo Ganna and Stefan Bissegger, who both crashed and exited the race on the first day of the Tour last week.

Tour de France jersey standings after Stage 7 Yellow ( general classification ) : Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) Green ( points classification ): Biniam Girmay (Intermarché - Wanty)

The Tour de France ended on a sour note for Remco Evenepoel. The Belgian from Soudal Quick-Step abandoned during stage fourteen, bringing his Tour to a painful close. While former riders and analysts had already criticized his decision to quit,