
2025環法自由車賽:Pogacar 6年內奪第4冠,奧運雙金得主Evenepoel退賽稱「感到疲憊是可以的」 - TNL The News Lens 關鍵評論網
2025年環法自由車賽(Tour de France)於昨(27)日落幕,總成績排行榜由UAE Emirates-XRG(UAD)車隊的主將塔德伊・波加薩爾(Tadej Pogačar)以4分24秒的差距擊敗TVL的喬納斯・溫格高(Jonas Vingegaard)奪得冠軍,是其自2020年來首次參賽後的第6次冠軍。
為期23天的21站賽事中,波加薩爾在第4站奪下職業生涯的第100個勝利後,同天便穿上代表總成績排行榜(G eneral Classification, GC)第1名的黃衫,雖然途中短暫地遭到超越,他仍在本屆環法推進自身擁有黃衫的紀錄達到54天。
而GC榜上最具競爭力的溫格高,雖曾在2022、23年度擊敗Pogacar獲得環法冠軍,但在2024年初的環巴斯克嚴重摔車後,連兩年在環法屈居亞軍。對於如此強勁且難以擊敗的對手,溫格高受訪表示「我感覺比2024年好上許多,Pogacar是最強的車手,他值得這個勝利。有時,你必須接受」。 出人意料的Alpecin車隊:短暫的黃衫與驚人的表現
以賈斯珀·菲利普森(Jasper Philipsen)極具特色和爭議的衝刺能力和「單日賽王者」馬修·范德普爾(Mathieu van der Poel)著名的歐倍青-迪歐尼克車隊(Alpecin-Deceuninck)車隊,在首站激烈的競爭中,擊敗去年的衝刺綠衫得主比尼亞姆·格爾梅(Biniam Girmay)奪下勝利。
首站的單站冠軍,不僅是比利時車手Philipsen在4屆環法以來的個人第10勝,更是穿上生涯首件黃衫。然而,好景不常,Philipsen在第3站便因嚴重摔車導致鎖骨、肋骨骨折,不得不宣布退出比賽。
不過,其出身於自行車世家的隊友范德普爾在首週展現極具競爭力的表現,不僅在第2站接手穿上黃衫,第6站時以一秒之差二度穿上黃衫,更於第9站因隊友Jonas Rickaert一句「想站上頒獎台」而與其一同突圍長達174公里,在主集團強力的追擊下,以50.013公里的時速成為環法史上第二快的一站。
最終,歐倍青-迪歐尼克車隊在本屆環法奪下3個單站勝利,菲利普森與范德普爾分別短暫的穿上黃衫,即使前者因摔車、後者因感冒導致肺炎而最終皆未完賽,兩人仍成功以精彩的表現,展現自身的實力與企圖心。 奧運雙金得主兩度摔車後疲於恢復,「作為普通人是被允許的」
2024年環法獲得最佳年輕車手肯定的雷姆科・埃文內普爾(Remco Evenepoel)在2024年奧運公路、計時賽奪下雙金後,在本屆環法的第5站個人計時賽終以16秒的差距擊敗波加薩爾奪下單站勝利,並在總成績排行榜中保持絕佳的名次。
然而,在2024年底訓練時發生車禍重摔後,身為快布車隊(Soudal–Quick-Step, SOQ)的主將,埃文內普爾被迫盡快恢復訓練以備戰即將展開的賽季。第13站,極大坡度的個人計時賽中埃文內普爾出乎意料的遭到晚兩分鐘出發的溫格高「倒追」,最終以落後2分36秒差距完賽。
第十四站途中,埃文內普爾宣布退出比賽,放棄當時為居GC第三以及最佳年輕車手的榮譽。經過多天沉澱,他在個人社群發文表示近期兩次的意外導致身體並未達到最佳狀態,在拼盡全力後必須做出如此「艱難但正確的決定」。
「感到疲憊是可以的,成為一位普通人是可以的。有時,退一步反而是你能做的最堅強的事。」埃文內普爾聲明中表示。 「單飛」好手班·希利獲敢鬥賞,綠衫、白衫得主首次參賽獲佳績
擅於發動長距離突擊的英孚教育-易郵車隊(EF Eduacation Easypost, EFE)車手,愛爾蘭國家冠軍班·希利(Ben Healy)在第6站最後40公里進攻,一人對抗領先集團的追擊,奪下生涯首座單站冠軍。第10站,希利同樣展現積極的企圖心,於逃脫集團不斷拉開分差,當天GC排名一舉躍升至10名穿上黃衫,最終更奪下本屆「敢鬥賞」。
在衝刺與最佳年輕車手部分,最終皆由首次參賽的車手拿下。代表衝刺積分居冠的綠衫,由 利多-崔克車隊(Lidl–Trek, LTK) 車隊的義大利籍衝刺好手Jonathan Milan拿下,他不僅在第8、第17站奪得單站冠軍,衝刺積分更是自第3站便登上首位。
象徵25歲以下最佳年輕車手的白衫,則在埃文內普爾宣布退出比賽後有重大變化,紅牛-博拉-漢斯格雅車隊(RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE, RBH)車隊的德國籍車手弗洛里安·利波維茲(Florian Lipowitz)雖未能取得單站勝利,但自13站後便持續穩坐GC榜上第三位,也使得車隊變換戰術,由35歲老將普里莫茲・羅格里奇(Primoz Roglic)擔任其「護衛」。 溫格高信心喊話「比賽尚未結束」,范・阿爾特為車隊畫下美好句點
2021年是溫格高第一次參加環法自由車賽,當時他以總排第二之姿強勢完賽,至此,他與波加薩爾變包辦了近5屆環法的冠亞軍,即使在2024年初摔車傷及肋骨與肺部後,他仍被視為「唯一」能與波加薩爾抗衡的「外星人」。
然而,在第5站33公里的個人計時賽中,溫格高以落後單站冠軍埃文內普爾1分21秒的成績完賽,與波加薩爾的總成績差距更拉開到1分13秒。賽後,溫格高坦言狀況不佳,並表示是艱難的一天,「我的腿使不上力,沒什麼好說的」,但仍對總冠軍抱有希望。
第一個休息日後的連續大山站與登山個人計時賽,雖然溫格高仍展現極高的水準,甚至在第13站「倒追」奧運雙金得主埃文內普爾,但仍不敵波加薩爾的單站冠軍減秒獎勵、計時賽的分差,以及登山站中一點一滴損失的時間,在第二週結束時的差距來到4分13秒。
賽程進入第三週時,兩人表現並未出現明顯差距,但溫格高的攻擊和TVL車隊的戰術始終無法奏效,未能如願在又長又陡的18、19站扳回戰局。直到最後,溫格高受訪時皆表示「雖然無法搶下秒差,但比賽尚未結束」,對於自己與團隊的能力表示信任與肯定。
最終,溫格高以4分24秒的分差奪下亞軍,未能阻止波加薩爾的二度衛冕。對於一個月後的環西班牙提問,他表示目前相較於去年的狀態好上許多,會在短暫休息後持續備戰。
在最後的第21站,比利時籍隊友沃特・范・阿爾特(Wout van Aert)在最後6.5公里處的石板路上坡發動攻擊,成功甩開波加薩爾,不僅在極具意義的巴黎香榭麗舍大道奪下個人環法的第10次單站勝利,更為TVL車隊畫下本屆環法最好的句點。 波加薩爾獨霸環法,高山站無人能敵
本屆環法不同以往慣例,不僅直到第11天才規劃休息日,第一週的賽事更是以平地衝刺站為主,賽前各界預期總成績排行的黃衫之爭將在入山後展開。出乎意料地,奪冠熱門人選溫格高與波加薩爾在開賽之初便展現極高的企圖心。
第四站波加薩爾在最後衝線階段擊敗范德普爾,不僅奪下本屆環法首勝,更是其生涯第100個單站勝利。第7站波加薩爾同樣在終點前的上坡發動進攻,擊敗溫格高拿下單站冠軍並重新穿回黃衫。
休息日後首座大山的第12站,以及第13站計時賽,波加薩爾仍保持強勁的實力,一舉從溫格高身上搶下2分10秒及36秒的決定性差距。
截至本屆環法結束,他共在GC排行榜中位居首位達到54天,在環法男子自行車史上排行第5。環法單站冠軍方面也進帳4座來到20座,更同時穿上代表登山點積分王的紅點衫。
而波加薩爾與溫格高自2020年包辦環法冠亞軍後,奪下總冠軍的比數來到4比2。兩人「統治」自行車界最高層級賽事-環法自由車賽的現象,也引發各界對於車隊資金、資源落差懸殊的討論,在Netflix製作的三季紀錄片中,許多車隊對此表達了看法。
2025最後一場大環賽——環西班牙——將於8月23日至9月14日舉行,奪下環義粉紅衫的TVL車隊是否能再下一城?環法冠軍所在的UAD又會派出哪些精銳選手參賽,又或是劍指9月21日至28日於盧安達首都吉佳利(Kigali)舉行的世錦賽呢?
另一方面,奪下本屆環法首站冠軍的賈斯珀·菲利普森(Jasper Philipsen),受邀來台參加「環法自行車挑戰賽」(L'Étape du Tour de France),賽事將在10月18日於南投日月潭登場,屆時其恢復狀況如何,備受關注。 資料來源 Official website of Tour de France 2025 延伸閱讀
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