Tour de France 2025 stage nine race report:
Thank you for following the blog and getting in touch. It ended up being quite an exciting day! After a breakaway by Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu Van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert, where the duo stayed away for the majority of today’s stage, the peloton caught the attackers and the day ended in a bunch sprint. Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step took his second stage win of this year’s Tour, but Van der Poel and Rickaert were successful in getting the latter on to the podium with a most combative award.
Elsewhere, Elisa Longo Borghini has retained her Giro d’Italia Women title, holding on to the pink jersey she claimed on Saturday’s queen stage as the race concluded at Imola. You can read the full race report here:
A race report of today’s Tour de France stage will be posted here shortly.
