170km: Van der Poel and Rickaert have stretched their gap to 1min 13secs already. Lidl-Trek are blocking on the front of the peloton and don’t seem interested in shutting the breakaway down. The intermediate sprint is early on in the stage, coming up in 21km.
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Tour de France 2025: stage nine from Chinon to Châteauroux – live | Tour de France 2025Notice: Undefined variable: newid in D:\vertrigo\www\voice\see.php on line 32  Key events The racing has begun!172km to go: And we’re off! Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Mathieu van der Poel is straight off and up the road. He’s been joined by team mate Jonas Rickaert. As a reminder, here’s how the general classification for the yellow jersey looks: General classification: top 10 after stage eight
Today’s rollout has begunStage nine of the Tour de France 2025 is under way. The peloton have rolled out from a Chinon. There’s a 7.6km neutralised section before the racing begins. Stage nine’s official race briefing comes today from French former pro-cyclist Gilles Maignan:
Here is the route profile of stage nine: Allow Instagram content? This article includes content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'. We’ll undoubtedly be hearing a lot about Cavendish’s Châteauroux legacy today. Let me know if you have any memories of this, his first Tour stage win back in 2008: Stage nine: Chinon to Châteauroux, 174kmHere’s a look at today’s stage, Sunday 13 July: Chinon to Châteauroux, 174.1km, with William Fotheringham’s preview:
The preview was written before the Tour, so Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won’t be in the mix today after having to withdaw from the race on stage three. PreambleHello and welcome back to the Guardian’s Tour de France live blog. It’s another flat stage today for the riders as they make their way from Chinon to Châteauroux over 174.1km of parcours. There’s a low elevation gain of 1,400m, no categorised climbs and an intermediate sprint at 24km in. Châteauroux, which has been renamed ‘Cavendish City’ temporarily, is a sprinter’s finish. Mark Cavendish won three times in the city and notably took the first of his record 35 wins here in 2008. So, unsuprisingly, it’s going to be a day for the sprinters. Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) is fresh off a victory yesterday – can he repeat it in another bunch sprint? Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step) was unlucky yesterday, suffering a mechanical close to the finish and having to expend energy trying to get to the front of the pack before a rush for the line. Perhaps today is his day? Or Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) could get his first stage win of this Tour? Oh, and we shouldn’t forget Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike). I’d love to get your thoughts, so please email via the link above. Before the action starts at 1.10pm CEST (12.10am BST), here’s a refresher of how yesterday played out: Source link Posted: 2025-07-13 12:36:13 |
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