It was yet another Mathieu van der Poel show in stage 11 of the Tour de France. The Dutchman from Alpecin-Deceuninck continued what he’d been doing all week: attack, attack, attack. He ended up in third place,

Tim Merlier on Sunday won stage nine of the Tour de France in Chateauroux after a heroic long-range escape from Mathieu van der Poel was caught in the final kilometer. There was no change atop the overall standings with Tadej Pogacar now holding a 54 second advantage over Remco Evenepoel in second, with French starlet Kevin Vauquelin third.

Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier wins the ninth stage of the Tour de France in a thrilling mass sprint. The stage, held Sunday, covered 174 kilometers of flat terrain.