Tim Merlier secured victory in the ninth stage of the Tour de France with a thrilling sprint finish. Mathieu van der Poel's ...

CHATEAUROUX, France — Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier won the ninth stage of the Tour de France in a mass sprint after Mathieu van der Poel spent the whole day at the front before being caught by the ...

Tim Merlier won stage nine of the Tour de France at Chateauroux on Sunday after a heroic long-range escape from Mathieu van ...

João Almeida, a key teammate of Tour de France leader Tadej Pogačar, is forced to abandon the race as Belgian Tim Merlier ...

Belgium’s Tim Merlier outsprinted Jonathan Milan and Arnaud De Lie to the finish line Sunday to grab a Stage 9 win at the ...

On Sunday, it was favorite Tim Merlier who managed to beat fellow favorite Jonathan Milan in stage 9 of the Tour de France.

It came from a false flat final kilometre, at the end of a stage that offered little in terms of action for the vast majority of its 176km distance. It nevertheless finished with a ferocious intensity ...

There was no significant change in the overall standings and three-time Tour champion Tadej Pogačar kept the race leader’s ...

1. Tim Merlier, Belgium, Soudal Quick-Step, 3:28:52. 2. Jonathan Milan, Italy, Lidl-Trek, same time. 3. Arnaud De Lie, Belgium, Lotto, same time. 4. Pavel Bittner, Czechia, Team Picnic PostNL, same ...

Tim Merlier wins stage nine of the Tour de France in a sprint finish as Mathieu van der Poel's hopes of an audacious ...

The ninth stage of the 2025 was dominated by Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert all day, but was won by Tim Merlier.

An 'overheated' Tim Merlier reflects on getting the better of Jonathan Milan in the Tour de France's Stage 9 sprint finish and explains how he leaned on Soudal Quick-Step leader Remco Evenepoel.