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Tim Merlier wins stage 9!
Merlier was on Milan’s wheel however was pressured to go spherical one other rider however had the ability to get forward. What a end to at the moment’s stage!
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700m to go: I used to be screaming at my TV then. Absolute heartbreak for Mathieu van der Poel who’s swamped by the peloton. And it resulted in a giant outdated bunch dash as all previews predicted.
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2km to go: Oof, that is so tense. Van der Poel solely has a seven seconds benefit now. The peloton are looming and Van der Poel pushes once more.
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4km to go: Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel simply regarded over his shoulder and didn’t see any riders coming. He’s actually combating for this end. The time hole is being chewed up by the peloton. It’s at 13secs.
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Up to date at 10.52 EDT
6km to go: Mathieu van der Poel goes solo! Devoted workforce mate Jonas Rickaert is finished. The bunch are growing the tempo. That is going to be tight.
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Jonas Rickaert wins the combative award
9km to go: Jonas Rickaert has been awarded probably the most combative rider at the moment. Bahrain Victorious, Tudor and Lidl-Trek are taking turns on the entrance of the bunch.
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Up to date at 10.47 EDT
12km to go: Visma-Lease a Bike are nonetheless on the entrance of the peloton, pushing the tempo and attempting to convey that point hole down. Jonas Rickaert is wanting drained now (who would blame him?). Absolutely, he’s going to drop off quickly and Mathieu van der Poel goes to must go solo.
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16km to go: Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert have been getting recent bidons from the Alpecin-Deceuninck workforce automobile. Their 1min 20secs forward of the peloton now. Polka dot jersey wearer Tim Wellens (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) has carried out his job for the day and has dropped again off the peloton.
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22km to go: Wout Van Aert has been dropped from the peloton. The polka dot jersey and maillot jaune might be noticed up on the entrance of the group. The hole between the breakaway and peloton retains shrinking after which drawing again out once more. It’s at 48secs now.
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24km to go: All the GC riders are frantically attempting to makes certain they don’t get caught behind a break up on this crosswind part. They’re consuming up the hole that Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert and Mathieu van der Poel have spent so lengthy creating. It now sits at 38secs at 24km to go. There’s a sharp flip developing quickly.
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Up to date at 10.29 EDT
28km to go: The common pace of the peloton is slightly below 50km/h. Visma-Lease a Bike have taken up place on the entrance of the bunch. The hole to the breakaway has been chopped to 52secs.
On the ‘identify the breakaway’ recreation, I’ve had a pair extra strategies. Richard suggests “Antwerp diamond sellers” and Ade says:
Van der Poel & Rickaert … prog home??? On Platypus??? That’d be Goa trance to you, sir! Attention-grabbing trivia, although – they have been the Hartnoll brothers, however to keep away from a label dispute, named themselves after a pair of Dutch émigré highwaymen, who terrorised Norfolk in 1667.
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31km to go: The peloton has break up once more due to echelons forming. Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Complete Energies are driving the entrance bunch. About 40 riders are off the again, together with Santiago Buitrago, Jonas Abrahamsen and Ben O’Connor. They’re a couple of minute behind
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36km to go: There’s a proper flip developing and the peloton are combating for the perfect place to move into it. Tim Wellens and Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) are close to the entrance. There’s fairly a little bit of street furnishings for the bunch to naviagte too.
Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert and Mathieu van der Poel are already in a extra open a part of the street, with a niche 1min 40secs.
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43km to go: The hole between the breakaway and the peloton has dropped to simply beneath 2min. Sean Kelly, not like Adam Blythe, on TNT Sports activities is adamant that the breakaway received’t win at the moment’s stage. The riders are heading in to a headwind quickly.
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Up to date at 10.13 EDT
52km to go: A detailed up of Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert confirmed him grimacing just a little. He’s placing in a terrific effort alongside workforce mate Mathieu van der Poel on the breakaway.
Arkéa-B&B Resorts are taking a flip driving the peloton, which has come again collectively after splitting earlier. Georg Zimmerman (Intermarché-Wanty) is struggling after a crash earlier and is about 30secs behind the bunch.
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57km to go: Jayco-Alula are taking a flip on the entrance of the bunch. Oscar Onley (Picnic PostNL) is again with the bunch. Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert and Mathieu van der Poel are plugging away – they’ve 3min 24secs on the group.
In about 20km time, crosswinds come into play and there might be echelons.
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66km to go: Oscar Onley, Ben O’Connor, Sepp Kuss, Mathieu Burgaudeau and Lenny Martinez are among the many 22 riders within the group behind the peloton. The hole between the chasing group and the breakaway is as much as 4mins.
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71km to go: There’s a giant break up within the peloton and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) was caught behind it. He’s simply put in a giant effort to bridge throughout. The hole between the breakaway and the peloton has dropped to 3mins 40secs.
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Up to date at 09.34 EDT
João Almeida withdraws from the Tour de France 2025
The information is simply coming in that João Almeida has withdrawn from this yr’s Tour. He dropped off the again off the peloton once more and bought in to the workforce automobile. UAE Staff Emirates-XRG have simply radioed the riders on the street to allow them to know.
Almeida, sometimes called the highest lieutenant of Tadej Pogačar, suffered a damaged rib and quite a few abrasions after crashing on stage seven.
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Up to date at 09.30 EDT
82km to go: Soudal Fast-Step have determined to additionally take part within the chase with Lidl-Trek and Uno-X Mobility. The hole between the peloton and breakaway sits at about 5mins.
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Up to date at 09.31 EDT
There are some pretty scenic pictures on the TV protection, so right here is my try and share some related snaps:
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91km to go: On the TV protection, the riders might be seen pouring water from their bidons on to themselves. It’s one other scorching day for the peloton, with the temperatures sitting at about 31C. There additionally isn’t a lot shade on these uncovered roads via the French countryside.
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Up to date at 09.11 EDT
100km to go: With 100km to go, Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jonas Rickaert and Mathieu van der Poel have 5mins or so on the peloton. In different information, João Almeida (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) is again with the bunch.
Additionally, Lidl-Trek have had takers and Uno-X Mobility have determined to collaborate, with Andreas Leknessund does a powerful flip on the entrance of the bunch.
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Will has emailed in to say Adam Blythe’s maths does want checking:
[The] Peloton solely must go about 2km/h faster than the break to catch them.
Disgrace.
Rattling. However, thanks for clarifying Will!
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110km to go: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) workforce mate, João Almeida, is struggling. He’s been dropped by the peloton. He’s driving with a damaged rib after a crash within the last of stage seven.
Jens Voigt has bought some intel on Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL) – apparently the sprinter is OK however his workforce are nonetheless weighing up whether or not he’ll contest the dash later.
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114km to go: German nationwide champion, Georg Zimmerman (Intermarché-Wanty), has crashed and landed off the street within the grass. He’s again up and again on his bike however appears to be like fairly sore with some street rash.
He’s now being attended to by the physician’s automobile.
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116km to go: Mathieu van der Poel is within the digital yellow jersey in the mean time. The pair have simply bought a load of gels from the Alpecin-Deceuninck workforce automobile. Skilled cyclists doing assaults like these eat about 120g (or extra) of carbs per hour.
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123km to go: Lidl-Trek are diving the peloton however are the one ones at current. Alpecin-Deceuninck clearly received’t be serving to now and Tim Merlier’s workforce Soudal-Fast-Step are taking care of Remco Evenepoel. Lidl-Trek want one other workforce to step up and take part.
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Up to date at 08.32 EDT
127km to go: Adam Blythe has gone for it by saying he thinks Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert will win the stage. He factors out that the pair are driving at about 54km/h with a tailwind so the peloton must go at about 60km/h to catch them. I haven’t checked Blythe’s maths however you get the purpose. The hole is now at 5mins 26secs.
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Up to date at 08.30 EDT
Chris has messaged to say:
In a considerably private campaign to convey again this dormant Guardian characteristic:
Identify That Breakaway: Van der Poel & Rickaert
A elegant 90’s prog home duo, answerable for a slew of classics on the Platypus imprint and far favoured by Sasha & Digweed again within the day. Who can overlook their remix of Orbital’s Chime?
Every other takers for this recreation?
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132km to go: There’s been a crash. Sprinters like Sam Watson (Ineos Grenadiers), Soren Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) and Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL) are down. All of the riders concerned are again on their bikes now however Waerenskjold appears to be like in ache and visibly upset.
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Up to date at 08.23 EDT
138km to go: Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert are actually 4mins 30secs forward of the peloton. After the outcomes of the intermediate dash, the place Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) took 13 factors, he stays in third place on the dash classification and Van der Poel stays in fourth. In response to my fast maths, 9 dash factors seperate them in the mean time.
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Mark has bought in contact from Florida. He has a few questions:
In earlier years, there have been many double-wheeled moto bikes protecting the Tour de France. This yr I’ve not seen any. Any concept why? Are they out of vogue now days?
And
Each bike owner appears to put on the identical socks – white, mid-calf. What with all of the aero testing carried out now days, I’m shocked there’s so little deviation – except there’s a sock rule. What are you aware about this?
I’m unsure concerning the double-wheeled moto bikes, however I do know that there’s a sock rule. There’s a most sock top set by the UCI, so the riders will all be carrying the very best aero socks throughout the restrict. The white socks could be as a result of warmth, but in addition the truth that so many are sporting white biking footwear too.
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146km to go: The peloton have reached the intermediate dash. There’s a bunch of 5 riders, together with Jonathan Milan and Biniam Girmay, who do a “70% effort” (in accordance with Sean Kelly) dash for the reamining factors.
Outcomes of the intermediate dash
1. Van der Poel, 20 pts2. Rickaert, 17 pts3. Milan, 15 pts4. Girmay, 13 pts5. Merlier, 11 pts6. Turgis, 10 pts7. Consonni, 9 pts8. Coquard, 8 pts9. De Lie, 7 pts10. Plapp, 6 pts11. Wright, 5 pts12. Simmons, 4 pts13. Valgren, 3 pts14. Sweeny, 2 pts15. Berckmoes, 1 pt
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148km to go: Van der Poel is first over the road on the intermediate dash, taking 20 inexperienced jersey factors, and Rickaert luggage 17 factors. They’re not sitting up! The duo have continued. They’ve virtually 4mins on the peloton however there’s such an extended option to go.
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Up to date at 08.01 EDT
151km to go: Sean Kelly on TNT Sports activities thinks Van der Poel and Rickaert may preserve going after the intermediate dash. It’ll be fascinating to see in the event that they do.
Alpecin-Deceuninck simply advised Jens Voigt, who’s out on the moto, that they anticipate the break to be allowed to go away earlier than the intermediate dash. They needed to make the stage just a little more durable than yesterday.
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Listed below are a few photos coming in from the street:
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156km to go: Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert are 3mins forward now with 6km to go till the intermediate dash.
Ineos Grenadiers workforce radioed their riders to say they assume the breakaway will scoop up dash factors after which be part of again within the peloton.
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Simon has emailed in along with his ideas on at the moment’s stage:
Going to be a quiet day – a hopeless breakaway and a slog for the poor domestiques who must trip on the entrance of the peloton, holding the break beneath management. A thankless job.
Little doubt the GC chaps are kicking again, ingesting classic Chinon AOC, which may age for many years and apparently tastes just like the ‘depths of a forest after a storm’.
That’s a gorgeous description. It sound scrumptious (I feel).
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163km to go: The Alpecin-Deceuninck duo within the breakaway have over 2mins on the peloton now. Behind them, Lidl-Trek have upped the tempo barely. The workforce’s Jonathan Milan is the present inexperienced jersey wearer. Van der Poel is ranked fourth within the sprinter classification, so if he takes the 2o factors on the intermediate dash it might push him up a spot, forward of Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty).
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Up to date at 07.44 EDT
166km: Jonas Rutsch (Intermarché-Wanty) is receiving medical consideration from the Tour physician. His shoulder took successful yesterday after coming down on his method into the end. This morning he advised reporters:
I used to be pulling many of the day after which I had completed my job and the one factor I might actually do for the boys was to convey some bottles. I went again to the automobile, gave some vests, some bottles … After which I used to be coming again to the peloton, I used to be à bloc. I regarded all the way down to put my bottle within the cage and after I regarded up, a man broke exhausting simply in entrance of me. I touched his wheel and I couldn’t put it aside any extra and I crashed.
A crash at greater than 50 km/h isn’t enjoyable. My shoulder is fairly banged up, lots of street rash and bruises … However fortunately nothing is damaged. Any longer I take it daily. In two days we have now a relaxation day so we’ll see.
We strive our greatest. We’re right here to race and naturally at the moment I don’t really feel 100% sharp however I’ll give it my greatest. I got here right here to assist Biniam Girmay win a stage and we received’t give up.
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170km: Van der Poel and Rickaert have stretched their hole to 1min 13secs already. Lidl-Trek are blocking on the entrance of the peloton and don’t appear inquisitive about shutting the breakaway down. The intermediate dash is early on within the stage, developing in 21km.
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The racing has begun!
172km to go: And we’re off! Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel is straight off and up the street. He’s been joined by workforce mate Jonas Rickaert.
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Up to date at 07.29 EDT
As a reminder, right here’s how the final classification for the yellow jersey appears to be like:
Basic classification: prime 10 after stage eight
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Staff Emirates XRG) 29hrs 48mins 30secs
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Fast-Step) +54secs
Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-B&B Resorts) +1min 11secs
Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 17secs
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1min 29secs
Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 34secs
Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL) +2mins 49secs
Florian Lipowitz (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3mins 2secs
Primož Roglič (Pink Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3mins 6secs
Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +3mins 43secs
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As we speak’s rollout has begun
Stage 9 of the Tour de France 2025 is beneath method. The peloton have rolled out from a Chinon. There’s a 7.6km neutralised part earlier than the racing begins.
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Stage 9’s official race briefing comes at the moment from French former pro-cyclist Gilles Maignan:
Stage 9, Chinon to Châteauroux, 174.1km [is] a stage made for sprinters. [There’s] not a lot in the best way of issue.
There might be a dash after 24km, an intermediate dash that would both launch the race or stall it if sprinters wish to go for factors. After that, there are not any climbs. Not a single climber on this stage.
The one problem could be the wind. If the wind picks up, that would change issues. There might be lots of course modifications alongside these 174km. A pure sprinter’s end, an extended straight line, no traps, on broad boulevards.
There are a number of turns earlier than getting into downtown Châteauroux. If the wind blows, it might play a task. However total, a basic end, a mass dash, possible received by a pure sprinter like Cavendish who claimed his first win in Châteauroux. His very first of 35 Tour de France stage victories.
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Right here is the route profile of stage 9:
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We’ll undoubtedly be listening to rather a lot about Cavendish’s Châteauroux legacy at the moment. Let me know when you have any recollections of this, his first Tour stage win again in 2008:
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Stage 9: Chinon to Châteauroux, 174km
Right here’s a take a look at at the moment’s stage, Sunday 13 July: Chinon to Châteauroux, 174.1km, with William Fotheringham’s preview:
British followers keep in mind Chateauroux for the primary of Mark Cavendish’s 35 stage wins in 2008 and his thirty second in 2021. With not a single rated climb en route, that is certain to be a dash day, and by this level, the stress might be mounting on the quick males who’re but to win: if Philipsen and Merlier are on type, the finger might be pointing at Biniam Girmay and Dylan Groenewegen.
The preview was written earlier than the Tour, so Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) received’t be within the combine at the moment after having to withdaw from the race on stage three.
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Preamble
Hey and welcome again to the Guardian’s Tour de France stay weblog. It’s one other flat stage at the moment for the riders as they make their method from Chinon to Châteauroux over 174.1km of parcours. There’s a low elevation achieve of 1,400m, no categorised climbs and an intermediate dash at 24km in.
Châteauroux, which has been renamed ‘Cavendish Metropolis’ briefly, is a sprinter’s end. Mark Cavendish received thrice within the metropolis and notably took the primary of his file 35 wins right here in 2008.
So, unsuprisingly, it’s going to be a day for the sprinters. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) is recent off a victory yesterday – can he repeat it in one other bunch dash? Tim Merlier (Soudal-Fast-Step) was unfortunate yesterday, struggling a mechanical near the end and having to expend power attempting to get to the entrance of the pack earlier than a rush for the road. Maybe at the moment is his day? Or Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) might get his first stage win of this Tour? Oh, and we shouldn’t overlook Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike). I’d like to get your ideas, so please e-mail by way of the hyperlink above.
Earlier than the motion begins at 1.10pm CEST (12.10am BST), right here’s a refresher of how yesterday performed out:
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Up to date at 06.36 EDT
