Mathieu Van Der Poel Wins Shortened Tour De France Ninth Stage
- On Sunday, 31-year Dutchman Mathieu van der Poel won the ninth stage of the Tour de France, securing his third career stage victory after a decisive sprint finish.
- A "red alert" weather warning in the Correze region forced organizers to shorten the 154.6km route from Malemort to Ussel by around 30km, with Temperatures reaching nearly 40C.
- Van der Poel attacked his breakaway companions with 25km remaining on the 900m-long Mont Bessou climb, then won the final sprint against Tobias Johannessen and Tom Pidcock.
- Reigning champion Tadej Pogacar finished six seconds behind the winner in the chasing peloton, maintaining his overall standings lead ahead of Monday's first rest day.
- Pogacar leads two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard by 2min 42sec, with Mexican Isaac del Toro a further 45sec back in the general classification standings.
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Thanks to a staggering attack, Mathieu van der Poel took Pidcock, Baudin and Johanessen into his wheel. In the final sprint, the Dutchman was more powerful. ...
Former world champion Mathieu van der Poel won the shortened heat stage of the 113th Tour de France in the Central Massif. After 154.6 kilometres between Malemort and Ussel, the classic specialist prevailed in the sprint of a runaway group ahead of Tobias Halland Johannessen (NOR) and Tom Pidcock (GBR). For the 31-year-old Dutchman, it was the third stage victory in the Tour. The section had been shortened by about 30 kilometres due to the high …
Despite the red alert for extreme heat, Mathieu van der Poel had no intention of taking it easy in the ninth Tour stage. With his fellow escapees...
The strongest of the last survivors of a XXL escape, Mathieu van der Poel, won the 9th stage of the Tour de France on Sunday in Ussel (Corrèze), at the price of a hell of a fight with the peloton led by the team of the yellow jersey Tadej Pogacar. A new illustration of the growing difficulty of winning by going forward.
Mathieu van der Poel has not won as much this season as he is used to. But in the ninth stage of the Tour, the nation's best cyclist struck gold: a stage victory after a long breakaway – in a sprint from the front.
The title champion Tadej Pogacar has retained the yellow leader jersey.
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