The Dutch cyclist of the Alpecin – Diseuninck, Mathieu van der Poel (left), reaches the finish line to win in front of the Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar (der.), Of the UAE Emirate – XRG, and the Danish cyclist Jonas Vingegaard (Center), of the Visma – Lease team – Lease to Bike, in the second stage of the second stage of the 112. Tour de France, 209.1 km between Lauwin-Planque and Boulogne-Sur-Mer, in northern France, on July 6, 2025.
Photo: AFP – Marco Berlorello
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The Dutch corridor Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won this Sunday in the second stage of the Tour de France, with end at Boulogne-Sur -mer (Northwest), and He dressed with the yellow jersey of the general leader that his partner Jasper Philipsen held.
In an exciting end in the rise, 'MVDP', a specialist in that type of arrivals, he took his second stage victory in the Tour, surpassing the current champion of the French round and world champion Tadej Pogacar, which was placed second in the general, just ahead of the Danish Jonas Vingegaard.
Van der Poel, the grandson of the mythical runner Raymond Poulidor30 years old, he had already dressed in yellow in 2021, precisely after winning his first stage, on the Brittany wall.
“The end was much more complicated than I thought,” the winner of the day acknowledged. “I was very motivated, four years ago I expected this and that I wanted this second victory”He added.
The man who started the day with the precious yellow tunic, the Belgian sprinter Jasper Philipsen, teammate of Van der Poel and who had won the sprint on the eve in Lille, reached more than 30 seconds, in a group in a group in which the Colombian was also Harold Tejada (Astana) and the Spanish Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos).
The also Colombian Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain) managed to cross the goal in the head group and occupy the 17th place in the general, 49 seconds from the leader.
In the general, Van der Poel takes four seconds to Pogacar and six seconds to Vingegaardthe two runners who have distributed the last five editions of the Tour.
The third stage, on Monday, presents a plain tour of 178 kilometers to Dunkirkwhere a massive sprint is expected unless the wind causes cuts in the platoon.
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