GC Update 2025 Tour de France | Mathieu van der Poel takes the Yellow Jersey on stage 2 with Pogacar & Vingegaard already on provisional podium
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We have had two incredibly exciting stages to kick off the 2025 Tour de France. Both have had a winner from Alpecin-Deceuninck too, with Mathieu van der Poel taking over control of the Maillot Jaune from teammate Jasper Philipsen thanks to his stage 2 success.
In a thrilling finale to the day, Van der Poel held off the challenge of world champion Tadej Pogacar in an uphill sprint for the line, taking the stage win and the Yellow Jersey in the process. In terms of the GC standings, Van der Poel now holds a 4 second advantage over Pogacar, with Jonas Vingegaard breathing down the necks of both of them at just 6 seconds off the race lead.
Kevin Vauquelin had a strong performance and rises to 4th overall at 10 seconds, tied on time with Vingegaard's Team Visma | Lease a Bike teammate Matteo Jorgenson and Enric Mas. Philipsen now slots in at 7th overall, 31 seconds off his teammate, with British debutant Joseph Blackmore, Tobias Johannessen and Ben O'Connor completing the top-10, all at 41 seconds.
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2025 Tour de France GC standings after Stage 2
| 1 | van der Poel Mathieu | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 08:38:42 |
| 2 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 04 |
| 3 | Vingegaard Jonas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 06 |
| 4 | Vauquelin Kévin | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 10 |
| 5 | Jorgenson Matteo | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 10 |
| 6 | Mas Enric | Movistar Team | + 10 |
| 7 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 31 |
| 8 | Blackmore Joe | Israel-Premier Tech | + 41 |
| 9 | Johannessen Tobias Halland | Uno-X Mobility | + 41 |
| 10 | O'Connor Ben | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 41 |
| 11 | Powless Neilson | EF Education-EasyPost | + 49 |
| 12 | Paret-Peintre Aurélien | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 49 |
| 13 | Almeida João | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 49 |
| 14 | Buchmann Emanuel | Cofidis | + 49 |
| 15 | Skjelmose Mattias | Lidl-Trek | + 49 |
| 16 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | + 49 |
| 17 | Buitrago Santiago | Bahrain Victorious | + 49 |
| 18 | Evenepoel Remco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 49 |
| 19 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 49 |
| 20 | Martin-Guyonnet Guillaume | Groupama-FDJ | + 49 |
| 21 | Roglic Primoz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 49 |
| 22 | Lipowitz Florian | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 49 |
| 23 | Delettre Alexandre | Team TotalEnergies | + 49 |
| 24 | Berckmoes Jenno | Lotto | + 49 |
| 25 | Hirschi Marc | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 49 |
| 26 | Berthet Clément | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:20 |
| 27 | Coquard Bryan | Cofidis | + 01:20 |
| 28 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:20 |
| 29 | Jegat Jordan | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:20 |
| 30 | Madouas Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 01:20 |
| 31 | Thomas Geraint | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:20 |
| 32 | Haig Jack | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:20 |
| 33 | Cras Steff | Team TotalEnergies | + 01:20 |
| 34 | Teuns Dylan | Cofidis | + 01:20 |
| 35 | Wright Fred | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:20 |
| 36 | Kuss Sepp | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:20 |
| 37 | Watson Sam | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:39 |
| 38 | Sweeny Harry | EF Education-EasyPost | + 01:39 |
| 39 | Groves Kaden | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 01:39 |
| 40 | Benoot Tiesj | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:39 |
| 41 | Venturini Clément | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 01:47 |
| 42 | Healy Ben | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:18 |
| 43 | Van Wilder Ilan | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:18 |
| 44 | Narvaez Jhonatan | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 02:18 |
| 45 | Lund Andresen Tobias | Team Picnic PostNL | + 02:23 |
| 46 | Valgren Michael | EF Education-EasyPost | + 02:23 |
| 47 | Touzé Damien | Cofidis | + 02:43 |
| 48 | Wellens Tim | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 03:08 |
| 49 | Skujins Toms | Lidl-Trek | + 03:10 |
| 50 | Tronchon Bastien | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 03:22 |
| 51 | Aranburu Alex | Cofidis | + 03:22 |
| 52 | Turgis Anthony | Team TotalEnergies | + 03:32 |
| 53 | Penhoët Paul | Groupama-FDJ | + 03:32 |
| 54 | Neilands Krists | Israel-Premier Tech | + 03:32 |
| 55 | Teunissen Mike | XDS Astana Team | + 03:32 |
| 56 | Asgreen Kasper | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:32 |
| 57 | Meurisse Xandro | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 03:34 |
| 58 | Stannard Robert | Bahrain Victorious | + 04:00 |
| 59 | Gachignard Thomas | Team TotalEnergies | + 04:11 |
| 60 | van Aert Wout | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 04:18 |
| 61 | Barguil Warren | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:38 |
| 62 | Scotson Callum | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:43 |
| 63 | Bittner Pavel | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:56 |
| 64 | Trentin Matteo | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 05:13 |
| 65 | Russo Clément | Groupama-FDJ | + 05:13 |
| 66 | Stuyven Jasper | Lidl-Trek | + 05:13 |
| 67 | Barthe Cyril | Groupama-FDJ | + 05:13 |
| 68 | Grégoire Romain | Groupama-FDJ | + 05:28 |
| 69 | Pacher Quentin | Groupama-FDJ | + 05:28 |
| 70 | Lutsenko Alexey | Israel-Premier Tech | + 05:28 |
| 71 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | + 05:43 |
| 72 | Louvel Matis | Israel-Premier Tech | + 05:52 |
| 73 | Vermeersch Gianni | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 05:52 |
| 74 | Naesen Oliver | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 05:52 |
| 75 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 05:59 |
| 76 | Rodriguez Cristian | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 05:59 |
| 77 | Schmid Mauro | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 06:08 |
| 78 | Dunbar Edward | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 06:38 |
| 79 | Velasco Simone | XDS Astana Team | + 06:41 |
| 80 | Alaphilippe Julian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 06:41 |
| 81 | Burgaudeau Mathieu | Team TotalEnergies | + 07:12 |
| 82 | Laurance Axel | INEOS Grenadiers | + 07:26 |
| 83 | Soler Marc | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 07:39 |
| 84 | Yates Simon | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 08:10 |
| 85 | van den Broek Frank | Team Picnic PostNL | + 08:11 |
| 86 | Zimmermann Georg | Intermarché-Wanty | + 08:21 |
| 87 | Mühlberger Gregor | Movistar Team | + 08:26 |
| 88 | Costiou Ewen | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 08:50 |
| 89 | García Raúl | ARKEA-B&B HOTELS | + 08:50 |
| 90 | Stewart Jake | Israel-Premier Tech | + 08:50 |
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