Four years after his first bouquet, the Dutchman of Alpecin-Deceuninck signed his second stage victory over the big loop on Sunday.
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He was expected and was not asked. Mathieu Van der Poel offered himself the 2nd stage of this 2025 Tour de France, Sunday July 6, by regulating the Sprint Tadej Pogacar and a small group in the steep streets of Boulogne-sur-Mer. This second success for the Dutchman of Alpecin-Deceuninck on the roads of the Grande Boucle, four years after his first glea Mûr-de-Bretagne, allows him to recover the yellow jersey of the shoulders of his teammate Jasper Philipsen, too just to follow in the steep finale.
The conclusion of a day – that with the most distance in this 112nd edition with 209.1 kilometers on the program – long quiet despite the rain in the first hours of racing, once the departure of Lauwin -Planque with a slight delay. On Monday, “MVDP” should be able to keep its tunic as a leader in the general classification on a rather flat course between Valenciennes and Dunkirk.
