Tour De France 2025: Stage 11 Updates As Race Resumes Around Toulouse – Live

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Stage 11: Toulouse to Toulouse, 156km

Here’s a look astatine today’s stage, Wednesday 16 July: Toulouse to Toulouse, 156.8km, pinch William Fotheringham’s preview:

This could spell either of 3 ways: afloat bunch sprint, reduced bunch sprint, aliases break. The finale pinch its bid of small hills mightiness pain disconnected a accelerated man aliases two, and will surely make a coordinated pursuit difficult. This could beryllium nan past afloat bunch sprint of nan Tour, truthful let’s plump for Philipsen; if nan break goes and nan sprinters’ teams tyre successful nan finale nan wily Dane Magnus Cort is simply a bully bet.

The preview was written earlier nan Tour, truthful Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) won’t beryllium successful nan operation coming aft having to withdaw from nan title connected shape three.

Preamble

After a remainder time connected Tuesday, nan Tour riders are backmost for shape 11: a 156.8km loop, starting and ending successful Toulouse. It’s classified arsenic a level shape pinch 1,750m of elevation gain, but location are a fewer bumps for nan peloton to navigate: four class 4 climbs and a class 3 climb astatine nan end.

Sprinters specified as, Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quick-Step) and Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) will beryllium eyeing up this stage, which could very good extremity successful a bunch sprint. However, Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) has velocity and spot that could travel successful useful for a level shape pinch immoderate lumps. It’ll besides beryllium absorbing to spot what Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) does, wearing nan yellowish jersey that he grabbed disconnected Tadej Pogačar’s (UAE Team Emirates XRG) shoulders connected shape 10. As always, I’d emotion to get your thoughts, truthful please email via nan nexus above.

Before nan action starts astatine 1.15pm CEST (12.15pm BST), here’s a reminder of really shape 10 played out: