In the heavy uphill in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won the second phase of Tour de France, holding the world champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates XRG) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-rental bike)

Due to inclement weather conditions that caused logistical issues, the beginning of the stage was late in about 15 minutes.

After the success of Jasper Philippined on the first day of the race, Mathieu van der Peel It starts to win during animated phase 2 to continue dreaming with Alpecin-Decembereck’s beginning in the Tour France 2025.

The great leading group remained together for most stage that cooked in mass sprint for line, Van der Peel remove Pogacar In the photo finish with Danish Jonas Vingegaard Taking a third place.

“It was great hard, finally it was actually harder than I thought”, ” Van Der Poel said he celebrated the second phase of his team in as many days.

“I was really motivated. It’s been three or four years since I last won the phase (2021 – ed.) So it was about time I have another one.”

“People said I was a favorite today, but if you see which riders were upstairs in a penny, I think I really really had a good job.”

Thanks to the victory in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mathieu Van der Peel took over a yellow jersey in the general classification. The cogar is four seconds behind the Dutch rider, while Vingegaard is third with a six-second deficit.

Monday Phase 3 Tours 2025. He causes the Tour of Peloton at 178.3 kilometers from Valenciennes to Dunkerque that cleanses the perfect chance, so we will probably see the mass sprint finish on the streets of Dunkerque.

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