Merlier reels in Van der Poel to win stage 9 – Tour de France
Mathieu van der Poel made the running for all but the last 700 metres of Stage 9, but still ended empty-handed after his stirring two-man breakaway with Alpecin Deceuninck team-mate Jonas Rickaert was swallowed up in heartbreaking fashion by a charging peloton. Tim Merlier emerged from the bunch to take his second win of the race.
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