After a wild start to the 2025 Tour de France, which has seen crashes and crosswinds cause havoc in the peloton to go with some sensational racing and memorable wins, the race arrived in Toulouse for a lumpy 157km route and one final chance for the puncheurs of the bunch before a mountainous end to week two.
It was puncheur supreme and breakaway specialist Jonas Abrahamsen, who attacked nearly every day of last year’s Tour, who claimed a maiden grand tour stage win at the end of stage 11. The Norwegian was in the break from kilometre zero and held off companion Mauro Schmid by half a wheel length on the line, with Mathieu van der Poel attacking out of a high-quality chase group but unable to challenge the pair for victory.
