The second stage of the Tour de France was removed this Sunday at the sprint by Mathieu Van der Poel in front of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard. The French Romain Grégoire and Julian Alaphilippe follow this trio of gala.
The day after the launch of the Tour de France, the second day of the race between Lauwin-Planque and Boulogne-sur-Mer held all its promises. The longest stage of this 2025 edition (209 kilometers) Above all, the accident profile has put the frames to the mounts. Besides the falls – fortunately seriously – technical failures have continued to disturb the runners. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale) found itself in the ground while Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) was forced to change bikes less than ten kilometers from the finish, which could not therefore get involved in victory.
The Eritrean therefore did not compete in the final sprint, like Bruno Armirail (Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale), Yevgeniy Fedorov (Astana), Andreas Leknesnd (UNO-X Mobility) and Brent Van Moer (Lotto), the escaping quartet which was taken up less than fifty kilometers from Boulogne-sur-Mer. Nevertheless, the peloton did not remain compact for very long. The Coast of Saint-Etienne-au-Mont then the Côte d’Outreau blew up the least strong. Very naturally, the victory was played between leaders. Offensive in the last ascent, Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-Bxb Hotels) tried his luck. In vain. The same fate was reserved for Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora), at the head yet after the Red Flame was passed by a kilometer from the line.
Alaphilippe 5th, Vauquelin and Paret-Pintre in the top 10
Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor) quickly understood that he was unable to outperform the strongest. In legs nevertheless, The former world champion seized 5th place just behind Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ), 4th. The two French people therefore attended the first lodges with the impressive triumph of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceunick) in the sprint in front of Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease A Bike). Two other tricolors, Aurélien Paret-Peintre and Kévin Vauquelin, also placed in the Top 10, respectively in 7th and 8th positions.
Winner for the second time in his career as a stage in the Tour de France, Mathieu van der Poel seizes the yellow jersey at the same timeAt the expense of his teammate Jasper Philipsen, released in Finish this Sunday. The Batavian is ahead of Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard of four and six seconds. Kévin Vauquelin, 4th to ten seconds, is the first French after two days of racing. Distributed with a similar gap, the American Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease A Bike) and the Spanish Enric Mas (Movistar) are 5th and 6th. Positions called to change this Monday? The peloton will start from Valenciennes and take the direction of Dunkirk where the stables of sprinters will probably fight to win the Grail.
