Tour de France 2025: Van der Poel sprints to stage two victory and into yellow jersey

Stage into Boulogne delayed by weather

STAGE TWO WINNER: Alpecin - Deceuninck team's Dutch rider Mathieu van der Poel celebrates on the podium with the overall leader's yellow jersey after winning the 2nd stage of the Tour de France. Pic: LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images

Mathieu van der Poel won stage two of the 2025 Tour de France into Boulogne-sur-Mer for Alpecin-Deceuninck and claimed the race lead, after a quick succession of short climbs inside the final kilometres exploded the peloton on the approach to the Channel port.

The Dutch rider thwarted Tadej Pogacar’s attempt to take the 100th win of his career, outsprinting the defending Tour champion on the steady final climb of the Boulevard Auguste Mariette.