Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) denied Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) a weekend sprint double at the Tour de France, coming from behind the Italian to score his own second win of the race on stage 9 to Châteauroux.
The European Champion prevailed at the end of a messy, chaotic, and short-lived sprint, only set up in the final 700 metres after day-long breakaway survivor Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was caught within sight of the line.
How it unfolded
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