João Almeida, a key teammate of Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar, is forced to abandon the race as Belgian Tim Merlier ...

Tour de France begins to climb, finishing in Le Mont Dore on a stage featuring eight short but intense categorized climbs.

Tim Merlier has out-sprinted Jonathan Milan to win stage nine of the Tour de France after Mathieu van der Poel almost pulled ...

Belgium’s Tim Merlier outsprinted Jonathan Milan and Arnaud De Lie to the finish line Sunday to grab a Stage 9 win at the ...

CHATEAUROUX, France — Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier won the ninth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint after Mathieu van der Poel spent the whole day at the front before being caught by the ...

It came from a false flat final kilometre, at the end of a stage that offered little in terms of action for the vast majority of its 176km distance. It nevertheless finished with a ferocious intensity ...

There was no significant change in the overall standings and three-time Tour champion Tadej Pogačar kept the race leader’s ...

1. Tim Merlier, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step, 3:28:52. 2. Jonathan Milan, Italy, Lidl-Trek, same time. 3. Arnaud De Lie, Belgium, Lotto, same time. 4. Pavel Bittner, Czechia, Team Picnic PostNL, same ...

A flat day with no action was then finished by a simply magnifcent sprint by Tour débutant Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) to take ...

The ninth stage of the 2025 was dominated by Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert all day, but was won by Tim Merlier.

An 'overheated' Tim Merlier reflects on getting the better of Jonathan Milan in the Tour de France's Stage 9 sprint finish and explains how he leaned on Soudal Quick-Step leader Remco Evenepoel.

Jonathan Milan seeks back-to-back Tour de France wins as Tim Merlier aims for revenge in Stage 9 sprint battle through Loire ...