Tour de France Tour 2025: Mont Ventoux climbing time

[Krzysztof_O]

I couldn't help myself. Mayo's record (Dauphine 2004 ITT) is 55'51''. Will it be beaten? By how much?

 

[scribers]

I don’t think it will be broken. Just a difficult day at the office at the most unless rabobank wants the record

 

[Valv.Piti]

Depends on the wind and tactics as usual, but going 54s

 

[Krzysztof_O]

The wind will be NNW (850 hPa maps predict up to 20-25 kph) so unfortunately long fragments of substantial headwind in the last section. However, maybe the slope will partially protect riders from it (I guess NW or WNW would be worse here).

A lot depends on pacing in the first half of the climb but I think it will be strong: both UAE and Visma will be eager to have a go during this stage. I think Mayo's record will be beaten, top2 guys have incredible level. But it won't be as shattered as some poll options indicate. Prediction: 55'10'' by Pogacar.

 

[Rackham]

Under 53 minutes. UAE are going to set a disgusting tempo and wipe out everyone not called Vingegaard. Pog will go solo somewhere around 8km from the finish.

 

[Pantani_lives]

The five fastest times were all set in two MTTs in the Dauphiné. Pantani still has the fastest time in the Tour and the fastest not in a time trial: 57:34. They might go under 57 minutes, but I don't expect Mayo's 55:51 to be broken.

 

[carolina]

Full blown thermonuclear explosion

 

[No Excuses]

53:45 - a pogenheimer for the ages

 

[SHAD0W93]

54’50”

 

[Peyroteo94]

56'40". UAE is not strong enough to pull hard for 13 km

 

[rafa92]

anyone knows the precise details (lenght and gradient) of the segment from mayo's record, and what was his vam?

 

[Pogacsa]

I remember following it on a ticker, but wasn't televised where I lived at the time. It came as quite shock.

It was a Time Trial starting somewhere in Bedoin, so unless we know precisely where, comparisons are going to be inaccurate. It was 21.6km, and the riders were not fatigued after 15 stages of Grand Tour racing, or having raced 150km to get there, so time comparisons are going to be invidious. I don't recall the prevailing wind direction at the time either.

Besides Mayo, Hamilton was a close 2nd, followed by Oscar Sevilla and Mercado, with Armstrong 2 mins behind in fifth. Obviously, this is "Clinic" territory, but a few weeks later at the Tour, four of these riders had sunk without trace, only Armstrong had improved. Very characteristic of the times, and very different to what we have now, where riders are far more consistent (and predictable).

 

[peterfin]

56'20" The time will depend on how strong Vingegaard is and I don't expect a superhuman effort from him. Pog will win but will keep the distance with Vingegaard at a comfortable 1m to 1m30. He won't go all out.

 

[Pogacsa]

I'd be surprised if the fastest time is under an hour

 

[Rou]

Is it not better to clock the times of the last 15.9 kms which is categorized?
The record belongs to Pantani at 46:00. - 1783 VAM
Vingegaard in 2021 clocked at 48:23. - 1695 VAM

 

[Eyeballs Out]

Block headwind. 58:15

 

[Red Rick]

54:10.

I don't think wind on Ventoux is as important as pacing strat, and the most important thing they go full blast from the bottom which they never do, but I think they will this time. Contador and Schleck went under 59 minutes doing stop start attacks and having a 40kph headwind near the top for example. And no, ideal pacing strategy does not mean domestiques for 13km. Finestre if anything shows you it's more like the opposite.

And I don't think 54:10 is particularly fast considering what these guys have shown before. I was expecting think earlier 52s were possible and I was doing the math on sub 50. That seems a little ambitious.

 

[YavorD]

I'm going for 56:45.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

54:54.

 

[Krzysztof_O]

54’50”

Congrats, just 9 seconds off the mark

 

[P4rthen0n]

I think we just witnessed history being made today.

Historical Performances of Vingegaard and Pogačar on Mont Ventoux | Tour de France 2025 Stage 16 - Lanterne Rouge

With a flat stage before Mont Ventoux, it was expected to have some fireworks and huge climbing performances…

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10 guys beat Pantani's record: Pogacar, Vingegaard, Roglic, Lipowitz, Onley, Carlos Rodriguez, Felix Gall, Adam Yates, Vauquelin and Higuita.

Pogacar, Vingegaard, Roglic and Lipowitz even beat Mayo's ITT record as well.

And this was done on a stage with an average speed of almost 50km/h on the flat section before the climb.

These times are so outrageous and widespread that I must assume the wind (and nice weather) probably played a major role today.