Cycling: Tim Merlier won the ninth stage of the Tour de France. Last year's winner Tadej Pogacar remains in the yellow jersey of the overall leader.
Merlier defeats Milan
As expected, the ninth stage of the Tour de France, covering 174,1 kilometers from Chinon to Châteauroux, was decided in a bunch sprint. The Belgian Tim Merlier (Soudal – Quick-Step) has jonathan milan (Lidl – Trek) and Arnaud de Lie (Lotto) prevailed. Outlier Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin – Deceuninck) fought for a long time against being caught, but had to give up at the last 1.000 meters, he finally realized that he was not going to achieve the sensation. The yellow jersey remained on the shoulders of Tadej pogacar (UAE – XRG). Milan continues to wear the green jersey for the points leader. A very undulating section awaits the riders tomorrow. On the 165,3-kilometer course from Ennezat to Le Mont-Dore Puy de Sancy, the breakaway riders are counting on good chances of winning the stage.
Tim Merlier at the double!
A thrilling finale sees Mathieu van der Poel caught inside the final kilometer, before the Belgian star Merlier sprinted to glory pic.twitter.com/5cAGkMy30J
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