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After a long solo breakaway on Thursday, Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France and Mathieu van der Poel took the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.
Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel produced a stunning display of power to win the first time trial of the Tour de France on Wednesday and defending champion Tadej Pogačar cemented his favorite status by grabbing the yellow jersey.
Tadej Pogačar secured his 100th professional career win, beating Mathieu Van der Poel in the fourth stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday.
Jasper Philipsen was knocked over by Frenchman Bryan Coquard and landed heavily on his right side. The Stage 1 winner abandoned and was taken to hospital.
It was Merlier’s second career stage win on the Tour, four years after his first, which also came on Stage 3.
Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint to the line.
Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay was second and Norwegian Søren Wærenskjold third. The first stage took riders on a 115-mile journey in and around the northern city of Lille.
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Tadej Pogačar’s main threat appears to come from two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard.
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