Watch the best action from Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de France that saw cyclists undertake a hilly 209.1km ride from Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer. Skip navigation. ... Highlights: 2025 Tour de France, Stage 2. July 6, 2025 02:09 PM.

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel has won the hilly second stage of the Tour de France after holding off defending champion Tadej Pogačar and two-time winner Jonas Vingegaard in a sprint to the line.

If riders were hoping for a relaxing stage 2 to recuperate then they may be disappointed: today’s stage is the longest of the entire Tour, 209km from the small village of Lauwin-Planque to Boulogne-sur-Mer on the northern coast of France.

Mathieu Van der Poel of the Netherlands edged Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia in a sprint to the finish in Sunday's Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de France.

Jasper Philipsen has won the opening stage of the Tour de France in a sprint to the line in Lille. Defending champion Tadej Pogačar finished safely.

Soudal-QuickStep's Tim Merlier sprinted to victory on a crash-affected stage 3 of the Tour de France, just beating Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) in a photo finish as the pair were separated by only centimetres at the finish.

A star-studded peloton are set for a three-week battle royale over lumps, bumps and mountains as the Tour de France gets underway. This year’s Grand Depart is held in Lille in northern France with stage one beginning and ending in the city near the border with Belgium.