The yellow jersey has already chopped and changed multiple times in the opening week of the Tour de France, with Mathieu van der Poel wrestling it back off Tadej Pogacar by just one second on a thrilling stage six, before the defending champion overhauled his Classics rival to take it back on stage seven.
Pogacar seized the yellow jersey for the first time at the 2025 Tour de France as Remco Evenepoel obliterated the opposition to take time trial victory on stage five, but Van der Poel was back in yellow by the end of the next day as he escaped up the road in the day’s breakaway.
Pogacar took it back at the end of stage seven in Mur-de-Bretagne, winning his second stage of this Tour and 19th Tour de France stage in total. With van der Poel distanced on the final climb, the Dutchman dropped down to fifth overall, with the world champion back into the yellow jersey.
Stage eight provided a respite for the general classification riders at the sprinters contested the run-in to Laval, with Jonathan Milan powering to the line ahead of Wout van Aert for his maiden Tour stage win, and Tim Merlier took his second stage win of the Tour on stage nine.
Here is how the riders stand in each classification after stage eight of the Tour de France.
Stage 9 results
- Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick‑Step)
- Jonathan Milan (Lidl‑Trek)
- Arnaud De Lie (Lotto‑Caps)
- Pavel Bittner (Picnic PostNL)
- Paul Penhoet (Groupama‑FDJ)
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarché‑Wanty)
- Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain‑Victorious)
- Jordi Meeus (Red Bull‑Bora‑Hansgrohe)
- Stian Edvardsen-Fredheim (Uno-X Mobility)
- Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck)
General classification
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 33hr 17min 22sec
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) +54”
- Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +1’11”
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1’17”
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +1’29”
- Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) +1’34”
- Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) +2’49”
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3’02”
- Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +3’06”
- Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +3’43”
Points classification
- Jonathan Milan (Lidl‑Trek) 227 pts
- Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 156
- Biniam Girmay (Intermarché‑Wanty) 151
- Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick‑Step) 150
- Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin‑Deceuninck) 128
King of the mountains (KOM) classification
- Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 8 pts
- Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates XRG) 7
- Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) 7
- Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) 4
- Ewen Costiou (Arkea-B&B Hotels) 3
Young riders’ classification
- Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in 33hr 18min 16sec
- Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) +17”
- Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) +1’55”
- Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +2’08”
- Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +2’49”
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