We’re a handful of stages into the Tour de France now and the cream is already beginning to rise to the top. As I write this, former World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel, leads current World Champion Tadej Pogačar in the overall GC standings by four seconds.

Mathieu van der Poel made it two wins from two stages for Alpecin-Deceuninck at the 2025 Tour de France, winning a frantic stage into Boulogne-sur-Mer on Sunday afternoon and taking over the race lead from his team-mate Jasper Philipsen.

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.