Tour de France, stage 11: Jonas Abrahamsen wins, Ben Healy remains in yellow
A month after breaking his collarbone in the Tour of Belgium, Jonas Abrahamsen won the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, July 16, in Toulouse after a crazy day during which Tadej Pogacar fell in the final, which at first glance seemed to be nothing serious.
The Norwegian Uno-X rider, aged 29, has claimed the biggest victory of his career. He edged out his breakaway companion, Swiss rider Mauro Schmid, in a sprint marked by the intrusion of a spectator onto the course, tackled like a rugby player by a member of the organizers.
After a 155km breakaway, Jonas Abrahamsen wins stage 11 🇳🇴
After a 155km breakaway, Jonas Abrahamsen wins stage 11 🥇 #TDF2025 pic.twitter.com/0jJ3qX0JSE
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The two men narrowly resisted the comeback of Mathieu van der Poel, who had broken away on the final climb (Pech David) from a group of royal counterattackers also including Wout Van Aert, Arnaud de Lie, Quinn Simmons and Axel Laurance. The yellow jersey remains on the shoulders of Irishman Ben Healy.
1. Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR/UXT) the 156.8 km in 3 h 15:56. (average: 48.2 km/h)
2. Mauro Schmid (SUI/JAY) at 0.
3. Mathieu van der Poel (NED/ADC) 7.
4. Arnaud De Lie (BEL/LTD) 53.
5. Wout Van Aert (BEL/TVL) 53.
6. Axel Laurance (FRA/IGD) 53.
7. Fred Wright (GBR/TBV) 53.
8. Mathieu Burgaudeau (FRA/TEN) 53.
9. Quinn Simmons (USA/LTK) 53.
10. Davide Ballerini (ITA/AST) 1:11
1. Ben Healy (IRL/EFE) 41:01:13.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAD) at 29.
3. Remco Evenepoel (BEL/SOQ) 1:29.
4. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/TVL) 1:46.
5. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/TVL) 2:06.
6. Kevin Vauquelin (FRA/ARK) 2:26.
7. Oscar Onley (GBR/DFP) 3:24.
8. Florian Lipowitz (GER/RBH) 3:34.
9. Primoz Roglic (SLO/RBH) 3:41.
10. Tobias Johannessen (NOR/UXT) 5:03.
Stage 12 will take the riders to the heights, covering 180.6 km, between Auch and Hautacam. This will be the first day in the high mountains. And as Christian Prudhomme, the race director, says: " When the Tour takes on the Pyrenees, it's never an ordinary day."
The stage could be the occasion for a battle between the favorites. And a battle between the contenders for the polka-dot jersey, which is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year, particularly on the Hautacam climb, which is 13.6 km long and boasts an average gradient of 7.8%.
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