Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Premier Tech) sprinted to the third Tour de France victory of his career on the shortened stage 9, outpowering a group of four breakaway riders to grab the win in Ussel.
After instigating the move that selected the final group of four with 25km to go, Van der Poel was forced to lead out the sprint for almost the entire final kilometre, but once he opened up, no one could come around him, and he held the front all the way to the line.
