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2025-07-13T12:24:46.769Z
Crash at the back of the peloton with Samuel Watson, Ion Izagirre, Tobias Foss, Pavel Bittner and Søren Wærenskjold among those caught up. All riders are now back on their bikes and underway.
2025-07-13T12:19:20.940Z
Some incredible scenery on today’s stage, as the race is surrounded by sunflower fields and French farmland.
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2025-07-13T12:13:16.110Z
It seems impossible for a breakaway to go all the way on today’s stage, but if the gap to our leading duo continues to grow, then it could become a very dangerous move for the peloton behind. Both Rickaert and Van der Poel have proven themselves to be incredibly strong on this sort of terrain, so do not count them out just yet.
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2025-07-13T12:10:06.173Z
Rickaert and Van der Poel now have an advantage of more than four minutes over the peloton. The pair are basically riding a two-up time trial at the moment, with Lidl-Trek chasing them in the main bunch behind.
2025-07-13T12:05:20.934Z
Mathieu van der Poel takes maximum points at the intermediate sprint in Sérigny, with his breakaway companion and teammate Jonas Rickaert in second place. Jonathan Milan sweeps up the remaining points from the peloton ahead of Biniam Girmay and Tim Merlier.
2025-07-13T11:50:30.014Z
Mathieu van der Poel currently sits in fourth place in the points classification on 108 points, with a 74-point deficit to Jonathan Milan. Is the Dutchman’s foray into the breakaway a clear indication that he will be targeting the maillot vert for the remainder of the race?
2025-07-13T11:38:53.564Z
The intermediate sprint is coming up in around 15km, with Rickaert and Van der Poel seemingly fully committed to this breakaway effort. Their advantage has already gone up to over two minutes.
2025-07-13T11:36:00.562Z
Lidl-Trek are currently pacing at the front of the peloton to control the gap to the breakaway, with none of the other teams seeming particularly interested in going up the road. The leading duo already have an advantage of nearly two minutes over the main bunch.
2025-07-13T11:31:42.437Z
Jonas Rickaert attacked as soon as the flag dropped and he has now been joined by his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Mathieu van der Poel. With the intermediate sprint coming so early in the stage, is this purely a points-scoring exercise by the Dutchman?
2025-07-13T11:27:22.991Z
The flag has dropped for the official start and Alpecin-Deceuninck are already on the move at the head of the race.
2025-07-13T11:26:37.064Z
As promised, Wout van Aert has declared his intentions to contest the sprint today.
2025-07-13T11:23:50.944Z
Will any teams look to make the early breakaway on today’s stage? Or will we have to wait until later into the stage to see some moves go up the road?
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2025-07-13T11:19:31.811Z
After a late mechanical ruled him out of contesting the sprint in Laval yesterday, could Tim Merlier take his second victory of the race on today’s stage?
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2025-07-13T11:12:55.490Z
The riders have rolled out in Chinon for the neutral start of today’s stage. There’s around 7km to go until the flag drops for the official start.
2025-07-13T11:07:39.693Z
Aside from Mark Cavendish, the only other rider to win a stage of the Tour de France in Châteauroux was Mario Cipollini on stage 6 in 1998.
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2025-07-13T11:00:23.997Z
Here’s a look at the map of today’s stage as the race heads in a south-easterly direction from Chinon to Châteauroux.
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2025-07-13T10:56:01.629Z
With today’s intermediate sprint coming after just 24km of racing in the town of Sérigny, some of the sprinters’ teams may look to control the race early on to give their riders a chance to compete for the maximum points.
2025-07-13T10:49:53.126Z
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2025-07-13T10:42:02.668Z
Today’s stage finishes in Châteauroux, a place synonymous with Mark Cavendish, who won his first Tour de France stage here in 2008. From there, he would then go on to break the all-time stage win record with 35 victories, winning in Châteauroux on a further two occasions, in 2011 and 2021.
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2025-07-13T10:12:34.964Z
Yesterday we saw Jonathan Milan beat Wout van Aert to take the stage win. Behind them, the other sprint contenders were some way back, from Kaden Groves in third to Tim Merlier in 56th.
2025-07-13T10:08:09.285Z
Around an hour to go until the neutralised start, which will take place at 13:10 local time.
2025-07-13T09:59:46.395Z
On the eighth day, the Tour de France rested – Why the peloton rode steady on the road to Laval
2025-07-13T09:49:56.807Z
Here are the current GC standings at the Tour de France after stage 8. No change at the top.
2025-07-13T09:42:19.749Z
Tour de France stage 8: Jonathan Milan holds off Wout van Aert to win Laval sprint
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2025-07-13T09:40:59.660Z
Here’s a look back at yesterday’s results.
2025-07-13T09:29:59.352Z
The battle for the green jersey is set to reignite today in the second of two sprint stages this weekend. Jonathan Milan won Saturday’s stage 8 to take back the jersey from Tadej Pogačar.
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2025-07-13T09:24:31.674Z
A look at the profile for today’s stage. No categorised climbs and just 1400m of climbing on the route from Chinon to Châteauroux. It’s a perfect day for the pure sprinters.
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2025-06-27T14:57:10.707Z
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 9 of the Tour de France!