Stage 9 of the 2025 Tour de France is officially the second-fastest stage in Tour history, with the peloton averaging 50.013 kph for the just under three and half hours of racing on Sunday.
It was a 174.1km sprint stage, won by Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep), but unlike Saturday’s sprint stage that was raced relatively restfully – though still averaged 44.6 kph – stage 9 was fast and furious, thanks in part to Mathieu van der Poel‘s (Alpecin-Deceuninck) efforts in the breakaway.
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