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Tour de France: Merlier breaks the wings of Van der Poel in Châteauroux
Tim Merlier won his second victory in the Tour de France 2025 Sunday July 13 in Châteauroux by winning the Sprint 9e Step marked by the break-fuss of Jonas Rickaert. Moreover, Mathieu Van der Poel, taken up just 700 meters from the finish.
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| TIM MERLIER TRIUMPHHER on the finish line of the 9e Stage from the Tour de France. In addition, July 13 in Châteauroux. Similarly, |
| Photo : AFP/VNA/CVN |
The Belgian sprinter of the Sudal Quick-Step team led to the Italian thread Jonathan Milan. merlier breaks wings van der winner the day before in Laval, and the Belgian Arnaud de Lie, to double the bet, six days after his success in Dunkirk.
Tadej Pogacar retains his leading yellow jersey on the eve of the first mountain stage in the Massif Central. But the world champion lost his main lieutenant. the Portuguese Joao Almeida, who abandoned during the stage, too decreased by his fall occurred two days ago.
It is a big blow for the Slovenian who will have to do without his best ally in the passes against the Visma team of Jonas Vingegaard. who presents several formidable climbers in his workforce.
Merlier, 32, signed his third victory in total on the Tour, counting that of 2021. The Belgian went up on the wire and exceeded Milan on the line during this day promised to sprinters.
But. unlike the day before, she was anything but calm since Jonas Rickaert merlier breaks wings van der and Mathieu Van der Poel attacked the zero kilometer.
We then thought that they were targeting the intermediate sprint at km 24. But the two Alpecin teammates continued their effort to rush into a long raid on straight roads.
The gap went up to 5:35 before the sprinters teams start to tighten the pace as the Châteauroux approach. where the Visma formation tried in vain for a border to trap Pogacar.
Six kilometers from the finish, Rickaert, completely exhausted, got up to let Van der Poel try his luck alone. In a beauty effort. the triple winner of Paris-Roubaix resisted the return of the peloton to the red flame, before being swallowed without the slightest pity by the Furious pack.
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