“It was super difficult, the final was actually harder than I thought,” van der Poel said as he celebrated his team’s second stage win in as many days after taking the yellow jersey from ...

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion ...

Van der Poel claims yellow jersey from his teammate Jasper Philipsen with thrilling stage win over Pogacar in ...

Mathieu van der Poel won stage two of the Tour de France ahead of Tadej Pogacar in a dramatic sprint finish to claim the ...

Staying in the north of France, stage three is a 178km run from Valenciennes to Dunkerque, with the finish line near the ...

Mathieu van der Poel emerges victorious ahead of Tadej Pogacar in Tour de France stage 2 - Van der Poel pipped the three-time ...

Alpecin's Mathieu van der Poel edged Tadej Pogacar to win the second stage of the Tour de France in a tense hilltop finale at ...

"I wasn’t too far away from keeping the Yellow Jersey. I gave it a try, but the last few climbs turned out to be harder than I expected. Anyway, it isn’t bad at ...

1. Mathieu van der Poel, Netherlands, Alpecin-Deceuninck, 4:45:41. 2. Tadej Pogacar, Slovenia, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, same time. 3. Jonas Vingegaard, Denmark, Team Visma ' Lease a Bike, same time. 4.

Mathieu van der Poel won stage two of the 2025 Tour de France into Boulogne-sur-Mer for Alpecin-Deceuninck and claimed the ...